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Identifier: youthseducatorfo00whit (find matches)
Title: Youth's educator for home and society ..
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: White, Anna R., Mrs. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: Chicago, Philadelphia (etc.) Monarch book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the ladies of his own family. He mayalso venture to accept an invitation given him byanother gentleman. MAKE YOUR CALL BRIEF. A call on this day should be limited to ten or fifteenminutes, for the hostess presumably has an extensivelist of friends to entertain, and cannot devote muchtime to any particular ones. If she does not recognize a stranger who is intro-duced to her at such a time, when meeting him again,he must not feel aggrieved. gentlemens toilet. The dress of a gentleman making New Years callsshould be a morning costume of dark coat, vest andtie, and dark or light pants. Dress suits are for even-ing calls. His gloves should be of a sober tint. DECLINING OFFERED REFRESHMENTS. He has a right to decline refreshments. He shouldnever accept wine or spirituous liquors, however hos-pitably they may be pressed upon him. He cannotafford to risk his reputation as a gentleman by usingliquors promiscuously at every house at which he calls,knowing that the result would be intoxication.
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GENTLEMENS CALLS. TAKING A FRIEND WITH HIM. 191 A gentleman should never take the liberty to inviteanother gentleman to call on a lady (save on NewYears Day) without first asking her permission. In making a ceremonious call, the hat and caneare retained in the hand, but an umbrella is left inthe hall. If you chance to call when a lady is just going out,make your stay brief, and say that you will call onanother time. CARRYING CARD-CASES. Card cases are used only by ladies. Gentlemencarry their cards loose in their pockets, or in thoseleather memorandum books now so popular. EVENING CALLS. An evening call should not be too long. Threehours can scarcely be dubbed a call—it is rather moreof a visit. Two hours is sufficient; and an hourwill answer in most cases, and will be more likely toleave an agreeable impression behind them. LEAVE-TAKING. A long-drawn-out leave-taking is tiresome and im-polite to the hostess, as she must stand after he hasrisen to go, until he has left the room. If

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