Manners Make Friends

My sister and I were taught to be polite! My mother wanted us to know how to sit at the table, how to ask others if they would like some bread, and how to pass them the cheese should they ask for it. So it was when I was in high school I received a prize from the DAR for "good manners." It came as a surprise to me just the same. An embroidered handkerchief!

Recently I was telling a friend that I wanted to do a book on...manners! "Manners are missing! But I cannot start without having a titl...