款待礼仪

    如果说款待工作是一种杂务而不是一种娱乐，那么伊丽莎白·波斯特则会让您在各种款待性场合感觉轻松并尽情享受。伊丽莎白·波斯特是享誉美国的著名礼仪专家，在本书中她详尽地解答了诸多的问题，以使各种款待场合欢快有趣。
你将会了解到：晚会的筹划、邀请与回覆、晚宴聚会、上菜礼节、自助餐、午餐、鸡尾酒会及其他款待场合、客人和主人的义务、餐桌与座位的布置、公务性款待等等。

    

    

引言
晚会的筹划
邀请与回覆
晚宴聚会
布置餐桌与座位
上菜礼节
自助餐、午餐与鸡尾酒会
其他款待场合
客人和主人的义务
公务款待
索引

书摘
Q. How do you choose personal stationery?A. Your choice is determined by a combination of your personal taste and suitability to the occasion. Everyone who does, or expects to do, any formal correspondence should have a supply of good-qual- ity paper in a conservative color—usually white,ivory, gray, pale green, or pale blue—to be used for condolence notes, answers to invitations, and so on.This "good" paper need not be personalized, al-though it may have a monogram if you wish. It may be bordered in a conservative color, generally darker tones of the paper color or burgundy or gold or silver. It should not include design motifs, such as butterflies or kittens. Those papers should be reserved for informal notes and letters. The texture of the paper, whether it is rough or smooth, is a matter of personal choice, as is the texture of tile edges, which may be moderately ragged to smooth. Most personal stationery produced by writing paper companies ranges from 57/8inches by73/4inches, called princess size, to 71/4 inches by 101/2inches, monarch size.
For more personal letters, there are no longer many restrictions, and color combinations may vary. A woman's paper may be marked with a mooog, ram, initials, or her name and address. These may be placed in the center or upper left comer
either in a contrasting shade or in a color to match a border. If stationery is monogrammed, either the single letter of her last name may be used or her three initials (with that of her first name to the left, her last name—larger—in the center, and her maiden name initial to the right). The paper is smaller than a man's, approximately 51/2 inches by 61/2 inches, and it may be a single sheet or a double,folded sheet.
问：怎样选择私人信笺?
答：你的选择应由你个人的爱好和适用的场合来决定。每一个有或希望建立与他人的正式通信 联系的人都应备有质量上乘、颜色比较保守的白色、乳白色、灰色、浅绿色、或淡蓝色的 信纸，用来写吊唁函，回复邀请信等。这种“好”纸
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