washinton's

Updated: June 20, 2025

There we were without a stitch of work, and sitting in state; but General Washinton's lady, with her own hands, was knitting stockings for her husband." To answer a civil question rudely, or even impatiently, is a gross breach of etiquette. Even if it inconveniences you or interrupts you, it will take no longer to answer kindly or politely than to wound or offend by crustiness.

Sarah Annie Frost - Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society: A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages: in America, containing plain and reliable directions for: deportment in every situation in life.