"Never introduce two people, unless you know that it is their desire to become acquainted. Always present the gentleman to the lady, never the lady to the gentleman. A gentleman should never offer his hand when introduced to a lady if, for some reason, the lady wishes to be more gracious in her recognition, the hand may be touched lightly." Not for worlds would he offend her with one sign of rudeness. The man who reserves his smiles and graces for women other than his wife is undeserving his position as husband, and she who forgets to offer her husband the delicate attentions which are his due is wholly unfit for her exalted station." "The man who loves will study to please his sweetheart. These rules in particular apply mostly to the New Rochelle, NY folk etiquette was considered exclusive and virtually only accessible to upper-middle class families: For the purposes of this show, the following excerpts from L.W Sheldon's book 20th Century Guide to Etiquette, which was actually entered according to act of Congress in 1901. They are an expression of how you treat others when you care about them, their self-esteem, and their feelings." - Letitia Baldridge's Complete Guide to the New MannersĮtiquette in early 20th century North America was centered mostly around gender and the social perception of one's neighbors and acquaintances, and would even delve as specific as the way one would interact through invitations to lunch and dinner invitations. Manners embrace socially acceptable behavior, of course, but also much more than that. "Etiquette is protocol, rules of behavior that you memorize and that rarely bend to encompass individual concerns and needs.
If they do not give you work, demand bread. Well, then, demonstrate before the palaces of the rich demand work.
They will go on robbing you, your children, and your children’s children, unless you wake up, unless you become daring enough to demand your rights. Your neighbors – they have not only stolen your bread,but they are sapping your blood. Yet here you stand, a giant, starved, and fettered… You too,will have to learn that you have a right to share your neighbors’ bread.
"Fifth Avenue is laid in gold, every mansion a citadel of money and power. There were more than three thousand people who gathered in Union Square for this protest: Here is another excerpt from her speech in 1893. 2011 Top 10 Famous Protest Plazas and A Brief History of Union Square Protests for more information on Union Square.) (See Time Magazine's brief feature from Feb. Union Square was a common place for political protest since the mid 1800s, but Emma Goldman's more famous speeches happened in the Union Square protests of 1893 (only 7 years after she arrived in America) and 1916. "I will speak, they can arrest me if they please, but they cannot shut my mouth." - Emma Goldman – 1893. The politicians are misleading you… We are told God will feed the starving, but that is humbug in the nineteenth century." … You built the palaces and others are living in them. We have Gould and Astor and Sage and Rockefeller and Vanderbilt. Here in America we have capitalistic czars.
“Most of you left Russia, where you had a Czar who acted in as brutal a way as any man on earth.