Evans, Charles, on the origin of
golf 706

Evans, Dr. Thomas H., 572
Exogamy,

definition of, 205;
rules of, among primitive peo-
gles, 210; theories of the origin
of, 219

Eyebrow pencil, use of, 554

Face, falling on the, a mark of
submission, 95
Faience pottery, 367
Faith, birth of, 38

Family, the, greatest impetus to-
ward monogamy in primitive
life, 206-207
Fans, use of, 540-541
Farrar, James A., 66
Fashions, how, are made, 527-536;
origin of hat bands, 529
streamers on a child's hat, 529;
hair cutting, 530; influence of
Louis XIV on, 531; influence of
World War on, 532; influence
of French Revolution and the
Directoire on, 532; ribbons
hanging from a hat, 533; in-
fluence of Lord Carnarvon's
discoveries in Egypt on, 533
Fasting, 377

Father's Day, 427

Fear, one of the oldest of human
instincts, 21, 625; the basis of
primitive etiquette, 92; element
of, in eating, 349-350
Feast, theory of the origin of the,
153

Feet, bandaging, of female in-

fants in China, 545-546
Ferdinand IV, death of, caused by
superstition, 631

Fetishes, 39, 40, 46, 47

Fielding, William J., 22, 61, 203,
245, 627

Fiji Islands, savages of the, 74;
early marriage in, 181
Finck, Henry T., on evolution of
musical instruments, 498
Finger bowl, origin and use of
the, 372-373

Finnish language, 134

Fire, discovery of, 13-14; tradi-
tions concerning the origin of,
351-352

Fish, a sacred symbol, 28; eating,
on Friday, 645
Fitzstephen, 705

Flag Day, origin and observance
of, 431

Flax, early use of, 534
Flint implement, 14
"Flouncing,"

custom, 191

an old betrothal

Flower, a token of love, 275-276
Flower girl, origin of the, at wed-
dings, 239

Flower traditions and supersti-
tions, 656-666; Bachelor's-but-
tons, 660-661; Carnation, 661;
Chrysanthemum, 661-662; Dahlia,
662; Forget-me-not, 662; Hya-
cinth, 663; Lily, 663-664;
Laurel, 664; Marigold, 665;
Mignonette, 665; Orange Blos-
soms, 665; Rose; 666
Flowers, romance in the use of,
184; use of, 657-658; meanings
of, 658-660

Flute, ancient use of, 496
Folklore, 8-9

Food, tabu of, 97-98; relationship
of, to hospitality, 323-325; and
civilization, 346-348; luncheon
with primitive man, 347-348;
man begins to eat leisurely, 348-
350; development of the culinary
art, 350-358; origin and develop-
ment of bread-making, 352-353;
concerning the stove, 353-354;
cooking as an art, 354-356; the
beginning of modern cookery,
356-358; when man began to
dine, 358; chairs and tables, 359-
361; tablecloths, 361; napkins,
361; origin of the spoon, 362.
chopsticks, 362-363; knife and
fork, 363-365; use of dishes:
pottery, 365-369; table manners
(q.v.), 369-388; origins of,
671-672

Football, origin and playing of,
704-706

Forget-me-not, traditions concern-
ing the, 662

Forks, origin and use of, 363-365
Fourth of July, observance of,
431-433

France, development of etiquette
in, 110; the causerie in, 143-
144

Frazer, on origin of tattooing, 509
Frazer, Dr., says mourning is a
disguise, 588

Frazer, Sir James G., 33, 34, 36,
49, 66
French Revolution, influence of
the, on fashion, 532
Freud, 62

Friday, superstitious fear of, 645;
eating fish on, 645; important
events in American history that
happened on, 646

Friendliness, the early need for,
94

Friendly (Tonga) Islands, 74
Froebel, Friedrich Wilhelm
August, originator of the kinder-
garten, 610

Funeral, counting carriages at a,
a superstitious omen of death,
648

Funeral customs, 559-597; fear of

the dead, 559-562; disposing of
the body, 562-564; customs of
the burial, 564-568; eating the
dead, 564, 579-580; dancing at
burial, 564-565; feasting in hon-
our of the dead, 565; barrows,
566; Viking burial in ships, 567;
burial in early Egypt, 567, 570
burial in early Greece, 567;
burial in early Rome, 567-568;
Assyrian burial, 568; burial
among ancient Hebrews, 568;
burial among savages, 568-569,
573; coffin and tomb, 569-573;
customs concerning the placing
of the body in the coffin, 572-
573; marking the grave, 573-
575; decorating graves, 575; the
custom of cremation, 575-577;
belief in after life, 577-582;
spreading dust around the body,
580; ancient beliefs concerning
spirits, 580-582; preserving the
body 582-584; gifts to the dead,
583-588; killing widows and
servants to accompany their
dead husband or master, 586-
588; burning in effigy, 587;
mourning customs (q.v.), 588-
593

Gaditanas, dancing girls of Cadiz,
470

Games, 692-725; origin and de-
velopment of play, 692-694; of
Greece and Rome, 694-697; with
balls, 697-715; baseball, 698-700;
basketball, 700-701; billiards,

701-703; bowling, 703-704; ten-
pins, 704; football, 704-706;
golf, 706-710; hockey, 710-711;
polo, 711-712; tennis, 712-716;
chess, 716-719; dominoes, 720;
Mah-Jong, 720-721; with cards,
721-725; bridge, 724-725
Gas light, first use of, 676
Gauguin, Paul, 75
Gauntlets, use of, 539
Gavotte, the, 478

Gifts, origin of exchanging, 183; to
appease the anger of the gods,
269; to the dead, 269; to kings,
270-272; ceremonious aspect of,
272; in warfare, 273; become
obligatory, 273-274; in courtship
and marriage, 274-279; flowers
as tokens of love, 275-276; the
wedding gift, 276-279; by the
wedding guests, 278; among the
sexes, regulated with great pre-
cision in early life, 279; display-
ing of, falling into disuse, 279;
on New Year's Day, 280, 396-
397, 415; Christmas, 281-283,
458; to children, 283-285, 621;
at christenings, 284; to the dead,
583-588

Girl, the, in primitive life, 164-175
Gladstone, on respect for ancient
manners, 308

Glass-blowing, 366-367
Glasse, Hannah, 685

Gloves, the wearing of, at wed-
dings, 256; as a New Year's
gift, 281; use of, 539
Godparents, 620

Gods, offering, to appease the
anger of the, 269

Gold, custom of breaking, to seal
the marriage pact, 189

Golden Rule "accredited to Con-
fucius," 105; the true basis of
all etiquette, 105

Golf, origin, development, and
playing of, 706-710; terms used
in, 708-710

"Good luck" charms, 48, 505;
omens, 634-640

Grace, saying, before eating, 376-
377

Graves, decorating, 575
Gravestones, use of, 573-575
Greeting, kissing the feet
hand, a form of, 157; some
curious customs of, 160-163

or

Groomsmen at weddings, origin of,
238-239; origin of wearing a bit
of jewellery presented by the
bridegroom, 240

Guest book, possible origin of the,
328

Guests, seating, at a formal din-
ner, 340; customs of politeness
toward, 380-384 (see also "Hos-
pitality and Entertainment")
Gutenberg, printing from movable
type by, 296

Habits, see "Custom"

Hadith, the collection of Moham-

medan traditions, 220
Hair, bracelet of, as a token of
betrothal, 190; cutting the, 530,
550-552; arranging and dressing
the, 548-552; origin of bobbing
the, 552; powdering the, 557
Haka, the, Marquesan dance,
483-484

Halibut, origin of the word, 672
Hallowe'en, origin and celebra-
tion of, 434-439; customs and
superstitions of, 435-437; chalk-
ing on, 437; festivities, 437-439
Hamite race, 71

Hamitic languages, 132
Hand, right, extending the, a sign
of friendliness, 93
Hand-blowing at parting, 333
"Hand-fest," a kind of marriage
contract, 191-192

Handkerchiefs, pocket, 530-531;
first use of, 540

Handshake, origin of the, 157-159;
variations of the, 158

Hebrew language, 132; marriage
ceremony, 250
Heels, high, 547
Hegemon, 355

Hell, meaning of the word, 672
Herrick, 231, 240, 462, 638
Hervey, on the ancient yule log,
461
Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, 5, 288,
289

Hindus, eating among the, 97-98
History, oral, 9; how language
preserved unwritten, 139
Hockey, origin and playing of,
710-711

Hodgin, Charles, 123
Holidays and their customs, 389-
467; origin of, 389-392; con-
nected with the dead, the sun
and moon, and changing seasons,
390-391; Lupercalia and Sat-
urnalia, 391; Dionysian, 391;
originally meant holy days, 391-
392; holidays celebrated in the
United States, 392-393; New
Year's Day (q.v.), 393-403;
Lincoln's Birthday, 403-405;
Valentine's Day, 405-410;
Washington's Birthday, 410-
413; St. Patrick's Day, 413-414;
April Fools' Day, 414-419;
Easter, 419-424; May Day, 425-
428; Mother's Day, 427;
Memorial Day, 428-429; Arbour
Day, 429-430; Flag Day, 431;
Independence Day, 431-433;
Labour Day, 433; Columbus
Day, 433; Hallowe'en, 434-439;
Armistice Day, 439-440; Thanks-
giving (q.v.), 440-449; Christ-
mas (q.v.), 449-467

Holly at Christmas, 459-461
Home entertainments, 337
"Home," the first, 21
Homer, 139-140
Homo sapiens, 3

Hone, William, 299, 459
Hone's "Ancient Mysteries" on
St. Nicholas, 453

Honeymoon, symbolism of, 29;
possible origins of the, 209, 255-
256

Hoods, wearing of, 521
Hope chests, 193

Hopf, Ludwig, 351

Horns, use of, 496

Horseshoe, lucky, superstition,
634-637
Hose, wearing of, 521, 547-548
Hospitality and entertainment,
321-345; relationship of food to
hospitality, 323-325; early hospi-
tality, 325-327; a curious custom
of hospitality, 327; possible
origin of the guest book, 328;
the favoured guest, 329-330; the
"Bread-and-Butter" letter, 330-
331; concerning precedence, 331-
332; announcing one's arrival,
332; the ceremonious leave-tak-
ing, 333; the Indian, pioneer of
American hospitality, 334-336;
modern hospitality, 336-345;
home entertainments, 337:
dinners, large and small, 338-341
(see also "Games" and "Dance")
Hottentots, 72

correct form of acknowledg-
ment in, 158

Invitation, the social, 298-301;
the wedding, 299-300; posting
the, 300;

Ireland, how, got its name, 674-675
Iron, Age of, 13, 16; regarded as
a protective agent and a good-
luck charm, 636

Irrigation, use of, in cultivating
the soil, 15
on the

Irving, Washington,
Christmas festival, 449
Isthmian games, 696

Italy, the Renaissance in, 155

Jackets, wearing of, 521
Jackson, "Stonewall," dying words
of, 597

James, Dr. Robert, 637
Japanese tea party, 343
Jazz, savage origin of, 482-484
Jealousy, 204

Jensen, Johannes V., 500, 511, 562,
569, 600, 611

Joker in playing cards, origin of,
723

Jordan, David Starr, 2

June, apparent origin of popularity
of, for weddings, 176

Kalmuck woman must not speak
to father-in-law or sit down in
his presence, 101

Keats, John, dying words of, 596
Keith, Sir Arthur, 3

Kelly, Katherine M., on the
development of the art of
dressing, 513

Key, Ellen, 176, 178

Khakyens, interchange of gifts
among the, in the marriage
ceremony, 184

Kikuyu girls stand aside for war-
riors, 101; older women treated
with respect, 101

Kindergarten, origin of the, 610
Kings as gods, 53-54; gifts to,
270-272

Kinship, development of ties of,
604-605

Kiss, a form of greeting and af-
fection, 161; origin and devel-
opment of the, in courtship, 185-
188
"Kiss it and make it well" remedy,
probable origin of, 23

Kissing the ground, hand, or feet,
a form of greeting or obeisance,
157

Knife, origin and development of
use of the, 364-365

Koosa Kaffirs, infant betrothals
among, 181
Koranna, 73

Kowtowing, one of the earliest
forms of obeisance, 94-95
Kriss Kringle, 285, 454

Labour Day, observance of, 433
Lady, origin of the title of, 104-
105

Laird, on tattooing in West Afri-
ca, 510; on use of cosmetics by
savages, 556-557
Lamps, origin of, 675-676
Lancers, origin of the, 482
Lang, Andrew, 8, 206
Language, man's first,

125-127;

primitive development of, 127-
130; Aryan languages, 130-132;
Latin, 131; Sanskrit, 131; other
great language groups, 132;
American Indian languages, 134;
Chinese languages, 134; Tu-
ranian languages, 134; and civ-
ilization, 134-135; in social life,
135-142; how, preserved un-
written history, 139; as conver-
sation, 142-148;

Lapel, origin of V-shaped nick in,
528

Lappish language, 134
Lapps, 83

Latin, a mother language, 131
Laughlin, Clara E., author of "The

Complete Hostess," 410, 418-
419

Laurel, significance of the, 664-
665

Lawn tennis (see "Tennis")
Leave-talking, 163, 333
Lefevre, on early Roman forms of
salutation, etc., 162

Legends, possible origin of, 137,
138

Legers, M., introduces use of lamp
wick, 676

Lenclos, Ninon de, 142
Letter-writing,

development of,
302-307; the salutation, 303-305;
formal and informal, 304; forms
of closing the letter, 305; crests
and monograms, 305-307

Libraries, public, antiquity of,
672-673

Lichtenstein, 46

Lighting devices, 675-676

Lily, symbolism and use of the,
663-664

Lincoln's birthday, celebrating, 403-
405

Lineham, Ray S., 361

Linen, early use of, 534-535
Lip ring, wearing of the, among
savages, 507

Lipstick, use of, 554

Logan, General, originates Mem-
orial Day, 429

Loincloths, the wearing of, 505,
518

Lombroso, on the origin of kiss-
ing, 185

Lord, origin of title of, 104-105
Louis XIV of France, court eti-

quette under, 111-112; develop-
ment of the art of conversation
under, 143-144; dancing at the
Court of, 477; dying words of,
596

Love, the dawn of, 178
"Love-locks," wearing of, 523
Loving cup, 380

Lubbock, Sir John, 63, 66, 221, 351
Lucas, Louis, inventor of plate
glass, 541

Lucian, on the art of dancing, 469
Luck (see "Omens")
Lullabies, 607

Lulli, famous composer of dance
music, 477
Lupercalia, 391

Lynching, origin of the word, 682

Mabuiag boys crouch as a sign of
respect, 101

Madagascar, island of, 73
Magic in primitive life, 29; uses of
imitative, 34-37; the fusion of,
and religion, 40-41; black and
white, 628

Magyar language, 134
Mah-Jong, origin of, 720-721
Maintenon, Madame de, 142
Majolica pottery, 367

Make-believe, spirit of, in children,
37

Mallery, Garrick, on origin of
etiquette, 107; on salutations in
letters to royalty, 304
Man, primitive, 1-66