Book/Printed Material The Ball-room guide With coloured plates
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Ball-room companion THE BALLROOM COMPANION- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Image 2 of The Ball-room guide With coloured plates
Ball-room companion- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion THE BALL ROOM COMPANION London: Frederick Warne & Co.- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion WARNE'S BIJOU BOOKS. THE BALL-ROOM GUIDE. With Coloured Plates. LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO. BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1866.- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion LONDON: SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET COVENT GARDEN.- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion CONTENTS. PAGE ARRANGEMENTS FOR A BALL 6 LADIES' BALL-ROOM TOILETTES 17 GENTLEMEN'S DRESS 21 ETIQUETTE OF THE BALL-ROOM 23 BALL-ROOM DANCES 36 QUADRILLES:— FIRST SET 41 THE LANCERS 50 THE CALEDONIANS 57...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion iv THE POLKA 67 THE SCHOTTISCHE 71 CELLARIUS OR MAZOURKA VALSE 74 THE GALOP 76 THE SPANISH DANCE 77 LA TEMPÊTE 81 SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY 85 FRENCH TERMS USED IN DANCING...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion THE BALLROOM GUIDE. It is in the ball-room that society is on its very best behaviour. Everything there is regulated according to the strict code of good-breeding, and as any departure from...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 6 assembled, and the manner in which the implied amusement, that of dancing, shall be conducted. Each of these topics, and others arising out of them, will be found treated of under...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 7 rooms, and the admission is by ticket. More or less care is always taken to secure the selectness of these assemblies. Sometimes lady patronesses are appointed, from whom it is necessary...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 8 this: that ball-goers should make one return during the season. In giving this, you may imitate the vulgar among the higher classes, and have a “crush” as it is called; but...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 9 three weeks before the time; but a fortnight is sufficient: a less time is not de rigueur . Printed forms of invitation may be obtained at every stationer's; but it is...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 10 “Wednesday, Jan. 3rd. “Mr. — has much pleasure in accepting Mrs. —'s polite invitation for Monday evening, the 21st inst.” Short or verbal invitations should never be given, even among relations...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 11 better than one which is long and narrow; but a medium between these extremes is best; above all, a ball-room should be well lighted, and have a gay or exhilarating aspect,...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 12 violoncello. The cornet is often dispensed with in small assemblies, the violin and piano being sufficient. When the piano alone is used, however limited the number of guests, the hostess should...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 13 Refreshments must of course be provided for the guests during the evening; and, as nothing should be handed round in the ball-room, a refreshment-room is absolutely necessary. The refreshment-room should, if...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 14 plan, but is apt to prove somewhat expensive. If provided at home, let it be done on a liberal, but not vulgarly profuse, scale. Substantial fare, such as fowls, ham, tongue,...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 15 port and sherry of course, and it is well to add claret. Bottled pale ale and stout are quite permissible—in fact, they have become indispensable. A lady should drink very little...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 16 room there should be several looking glasses, with a supply of hair-pins, needles and thread, pins, and similar trifles. A hat-room for gentlemen must not be forgotten; and it is best...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 17 LADIES' BALL-ROOM TOILETTES. Fashion is so capricious and so imperative in the matter of dress, that it is difficult to give advice or instruction of permanent value upon this subject. Still...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 18 be proper at the dinner-table, concert, or opera. Rich brocades, if not sombre in hue, and a somewhat profuse display of good jewellery, are permissible. The toilette of the married and...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 19 There is no restriction as to colours, except that they should be chosen with reference to the wearer. Thus, a blonde appears to most advantage in delicate hues, such as light-blue...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 20 Where the mourning is sufficiently for dancing to be seemly, white, with mauve, violet or black trimmings, flounces, &c., is proper. White gloves befit the ball-room: in mourning they may be...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 21 All the accessories of the toilette—gloves, shoes, flowers, fans, and the sortie du bal , or, as it is commonly called, opera-cloak—should be fresh and new. Inattention in this matter spoils...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 22 and of the latest style as to cut. The waistcoat may be low, so as to disclose an ample shirt-front, fine and delicately plaited; it is better not embroidered, but small...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 23 they should be of the very best and most delicate character, or they may give offence, as persons often entertain strong aversions to particular scents, as patchouli, eau-de-cologne, &c. ETIQUETTE OF...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 24 to introduce to the lady any of his or their friends on their arrival. It is not necessary that the daughters should assist in the ceremony of reception. Guests are announced...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 25 their cards, about the size of a page of this book, the numbered dances on one side, and numbered lines for engagements on the other. A better plan is to have...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 26 From eighteen to twenty-one dances is a convenient number to arrange for: supper causes a convenient break after, say, the twelfth dance, and if, at the end of the ball-list, there...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 27 Programme. 1 QUADRILLE 2 WALTZ 3 QUADRILLE 4 WALTZ 5 LANCERS 6 GALOP 7 QUADRILLE 8 WALTZ 9 QUADRILLE 10 WALTZ 11 QUADRILLE 12 WALTZ 13 LANCERS 14 GALOP 15 QUADRILLE...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 28 Formerly at public balls a Master of the Ceremonies was considered indispensable; but this custom is going out, and his duties are performed by the stewards, who are often distinguished by...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 29 through members of the family giving the ball, or the lady's chaperon, or one intimate friend may ask permission to introduce another. The usual form of asking a lady to dance...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 30 it is ungentlemanly to force or press a lady to dance. Ladies should take special care not to accept two partners for the same dance; nor should a gentleman ask a...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 31 are not thoroughly proficient, is an unpardonable offence. It is not in good taste for gentlemen who do not dance to accept invitations to balls; but it is only the vulgar...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 32 thither, that he may resign her to her chaperon or friends, or to the partner who claims her promise for the next dance. A lady should not accept refreshments from a...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 33 It is vulgar either to eat or drink to excess at a ball-supper. One or two hints on Conduct may be here grouped together. It is not well to dance every...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 34 and to see that their dresses are not torn. Assemblies of this kind should be left quietly. If the party is small, it is permissible to bow to the hostess; but...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 35 If those who have danced together meet next day in the street, or the park, the gentleman must not venture to bow, unless the lady chooses to favour him with some...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 36 BALL-ROOM DANCES. The Quadrille, though generally considered the slowest of dances, is, perhaps, about the pleasantest and most sociable ever contrived; and, despite the contempt with which many violent advocates of...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
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Ball-room companion 37 and, from the intervals occurring during the figure, opportunity is given for agreeable conversation with your partner. Three sets of quadrilles hold possession of the ball-room. These are known as the...- Contributor: F. Warne and Co.
- Date: 1866
