The collection presents a series of witty sketches that satirize everyday social mores, especially urban courtship and manners. One essay enumerates ironically the traits of a fashionable young woman—gestures, speech, dress, and café slang—mocking affectation and modern gendered performance. Another piece considers professional matchmakers, weighing romantic anxieties against pragmatic matchmaking, tracing how brokerage became businesslike and offering a measured defense of its usefulness. Throughout, the tone is humorous and observational, pairing playful prescriptions with skeptical commentary on contemporary social customs.