“Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics.”
These sagacious words from the late Emily Post, a well-known authority on etiquette, denote her perspectives on social conducts that abandon the trivial and exclusionary. For her, etiquette should never be used to judge; it’s a tool to show respect, inclusivity, and consideration.
While Post passed away more than 60 years ago, her spirit lives on with The Emily Post Institute, a fifth-generation family business that—to this day—advances her altruistic precepts on etiquette. Recently, her great-great granddaughter, Lizzie Post, collaborated with Daniel Post Senning, who is Lizzie’s cousin and Emily’s great-great grandson, to bring forth Emily Post’s Etiquette: The Centennial Edition. Weighing in as one of the largest existing…
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Naples Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2023