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Exercises 57This poster of “UncleSam” has come toepitomize U.S. armyrecruitment.James Montgomery Flagg/Swim Ink/CORBIS2. liberal, liberalized, liberalityA peek into an 1896 book of etiquette (rules of behavior) shows howCopyright © Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.social customs have. According to Youth’sEducator for Home and Society, by Anna Rice, gentlemen weresupposed to wear suits or dinner jackets to dine. Dinners wereknown for their, with each one consistingof six or seven courses. Romance was different too. Even a-thinking person would not tolerate menand women making their own dates. If a gentleman wanted to getto know a lady, he could leave a calling card at her home. Then, theyoung woman’s mother might choose to invite him to visit them.