A well-bred woman will endeavour to acquire an elegant walk. She will hold herself erect without stiffness, and walk without a footfall being audible in the house. In the road or street she should also walk lightly.

If you meet a gentleman whom you know slightly, it is your place, as a lady, to bow to him first, and thus acknowledge his acquaintance. He is not permitted by the rules of society to bow to you first. If you only just wish to recognise him with ordinary civility, you must bow slightly and distantly, and pass on. But do not, if you are short-sighted, examine him first through your eyeglass before you bow; look at him well before you come up to him, and be sure that you know him before you recognise him.

A lady shakes hands with gentlemen who are friends or intimate acquaintance.

A young lady rather gives her own hand than shakes that of a gentleman.

A very young lady should not walk out alone; she should be accompanied by a relative or governess, or attended by a lady's maid. It is now usual for grown-up young ladies to walk without attendance. Ladies and gentlemen never now walk arm-in-arm, unless the lady is elderly or requires support.

At watering-places and public promenades it is usual for gentlemen to join ladies with whom they are acquainted and walk with them for a short time. A gentleman slightly acquainted with a lady raises his hat only slightly.

Now as to riding:

A lady who rides should be dressed in the fashion of the time - but she must not exaggerate it, nor even go to the extreme of it, especially if it is at all fantastic. A lady over or gaily dressed on horseback would look like a circus-rider.

A too long riding habit is very dangerous.

A gentleman helps you to mount your horse. You must gather up your habit, and hold it in your left hand; then place yourself as close as possible to the horse, with your face towards the animal's head, and your right hand on the pummel. The gentleman stoops and places his right hand horizontally, at a convenient distance from the ground. Put your left foot in it, and spring upwards into your saddle as he lifts you.

You should not rise much in your seat, nor lean over the horse's neck, nor hold the reins in both hands.

It is much better for a young lady not to ride out alone, with only a groom in attendance, and mothers who permit the violation of this rule of propriety are greatly to blame. We should not have so many disgraceful stories of young ladies running away with and marrying grooms or riding-masters, if they were not improperly left to such low riding associates.

You should imitate the best examples in getting into a carriage. Do not hurry in. If you are going to sit with your face to the horses, and there is one step to the carriage, put your left foot on it - or, if there are two steps, put your right foot on the first, and your left on the last step, so as to enter the carriage with your right foot, and sink easily into your seat. If you are going to sit in the back seat, reverse this action, and put your left foot into the carriage first.

The seat facing the horses is the place of honour, and should be given to the eldest ladies, or the first in rank. The lady of the house, however, always occupies her own seat on it, and should never be allowed by a guest to resign it to her. Do not take a stiff-handled parasol, or a large umbrella, in your friend's carriage to scratch the paint. I need scarcely say that you must let your guests precede you in entering your own carriage, as well as in quitting the room, etc.

You may dress rather gaily for a drive.