social etiquette

Hi everyone, If you were a First class passenger, would you have had to open your own porthole for fresh air? Or would some passengers expect a steward/stewardess to do this for them? I can imagine this possibly happening in the stateroom suites but would it have been too much of an ask if...

Hello, i understand that back then (and in modern times) that there's an etiquette for hats, you must take your hat off while talking to people, etc, i believe. What i would like to know, is was there an etiquette for pocket watches? everyone looks at their smartphones nowadays, oblivious to...

Reading about the movements and actions of people after the collision....to some extent even before - often made me wonder if they behaved rather differently during a long voyage such as a transatlantic crossing ie sort of let their hair down a bit. I was always under the impression that many...

So, part of my heritage is in some Russian military émigrés (White Guards) who fled to America when the communists took over. I was taught at table as a child in this circle of friends that was my father's usual dinner accompaniment on formal occasions, to never use a fork in my right hand...

Hello all! I am curious about dinner attire. From my understanding, it was customary for men to wear hats and gloves most of the time during this period, removing gloves to eat. Would most of the men at dinner in First Class be wearing hats? In the scene in Titanic (1997), there isn't a hat in...

I am currently writing a story/diary from the perspective of a fictional 11-year old girl on the Titanic. She is in the lower middle class and hails from London, England. I was wondering how a child of this age and upbringing would act. Would she still be more childish, allowed to run about on...

I typed what's below on another thread (General Titanica >> Titanic Interest -- For Women Only) i/{The Titanic disaster increased the temperature of the woman's sufferage debates. I recently read Walter Lord's "The Good Years". He mentioned a woman's sufferage parade held the month after the...

Hello. Just a couple of questions. 1)Were passengers aloud to smoke in any other public rooms other than the Smoking Room? (i.e Dining Saloon, Lounge, Parisian Cafe?) 2)What about young smokers? Was it ok for 15-16yr olds to smoke in 1912? How about consuming alcohol? Thanks, Tommy

This is another one, more or less directed at Captain Erik Wood, although I'd be interested in what anyone has to say on the subject. In the section of TAOS that describes the sinking of the Titanic Lightoller mentions that off-duty officers were not welcome on the bridge. While I think I...

The topic truly deserves its own thread as so many aspects present themselves for discussion: dress, home decor, visiting etiquette, burial observances, gravestones and cemeteries, etc. As many Edwardian customs found origin in Victorian times, some background would seem in order. Who can forget...

I thought I read somewhere that Lightoller and Murdoch somehow ended up with different policies. One said W&C first, the other said W&C ONLY. In fact, in the 1997 movie, you hear Lightoller offscreen say the latter. Where can I find a discussion or documentation of this discrepancy, and did...