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Article: Emily Post biography shows manners are relevant
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- Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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- October 14, 2008
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Emily Post has been dead nearly half a century. Many believe good
manners died right along with the woman who gave us the ultimate
book on etiquette in 1922.
But would she be shocked by the boorish behavior -- from rampant
cell-phone abuse to undie-less celebrities -- we see around us
today?
"No," says Peggy Post, her great-granddaughter-in-law. "She'd be
fascinated."
The matriarch of American manners is getting another spin around
the dance floor this month, thanks to a major new biography, and the
story of her life is full of surprises. Emily Post wasn't as much a
stickler for using the correct piece of silverware as you might
think. She was a practical gal, right down to pickin' on the ...