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Commonsense Etiquette: A Guide to Gracious, Simple Manners for the Twenty-First Century
Dear Reader,
For the past forty years I've had the great pleasure of teaching schoolchildren, college students, businesspeople, brides- and grooms-to-be, and other Americans the simple joy of behaving with courtesy and style.
With my sixteenth book I'm thrilled to be sharing with you a complete handbook for old-fashioned and effortless etiquette for the twenty-first century.
Never have thoughtfulness and care been more important in our lives-- from shared conversations at the family dinner table to two-line E-mails written in haste. I hope this book helps bring the joys of graciousness, kindness, and civility to your home and your life.
Yours fondly,
Marjabelle Young Stewart
For the past forty years I've had the great pleasure of teaching schoolchildren, college students, businesspeople, brides- and grooms-to-be, and other Americans the simple joy of behaving with courtesy and style.
With my sixteenth book I'm thrilled to be sharing with you a complete handbook for old-fashioned and effortless etiquette for the twenty-first century.
Never have thoughtfulness and care been more important in our lives-- from shared conversations at the family dinner table to two-line E-mails written in haste. I hope this book helps bring the joys of graciousness, kindness, and civility to your home and your life.
Yours fondly,
Marjabelle Young Stewart
272 pages, Paperback
First published November 10, 1999
About the author
Marjabelle Young Stewart
26 booksMarjabelle Young Stewart (1924 – 2007) was an American writer and expert on etiquette.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she and her sisters lived in an orphanage after her parents' divorce, where her youngest sister died of an illness. After her mother remarried, they returned to live with her. After graduating high school at the age of 17, she married scientist Jack Davison Young and moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked in a naval yard.
Young then became a model and created her own agency in partnership with two other women. She collaborated with Ann Buchwald on two more books and then started writing her own.
She went on to teach etiquette and manners to many children, including the children and grandchildren of several presidents. Her husband started a business to teach etiquette training and she began teaching classes.
She moved to Kewanee, Illinois in 1965 after her divorce and remarriage, and created a network of etiquette classes, which at its height had locations in several hundred U.S. cities. These classes were called "White Gloves" (for girls) and "Blue Blazers" (for boys), usually in cooperation with department stores.
She died of pneumonia in Kewanee, Illinois at the age of 82.
Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, she and her sisters lived in an orphanage after her parents' divorce, where her youngest sister died of an illness. After her mother remarried, they returned to live with her. After graduating high school at the age of 17, she married scientist Jack Davison Young and moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked in a naval yard.
Young then became a model and created her own agency in partnership with two other women. She collaborated with Ann Buchwald on two more books and then started writing her own.
She went on to teach etiquette and manners to many children, including the children and grandchildren of several presidents. Her husband started a business to teach etiquette training and she began teaching classes.
She moved to Kewanee, Illinois in 1965 after her divorce and remarriage, and created a network of etiquette classes, which at its height had locations in several hundred U.S. cities. These classes were called "White Gloves" (for girls) and "Blue Blazers" (for boys), usually in cooperation with department stores.
She died of pneumonia in Kewanee, Illinois at the age of 82.
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