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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
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ave our effort ignored. Should several guests arrive during a gentlemanscall, it is a nice time to avail himself of the oppor-tunity and pay his respects to his hostess and leave. He can do this less awkwardly than if he waitsuntil they also, depart. A NEWLY MARRIED MANS LIST OF FRIENDS. When a wedding has been limited to a few rela-tives, or has been strictly private, the bridegroomshould send his card to those of his gentlemen friendswhom he wishes to introduce to his new home. Therecipients of such cards should call upon the bridewithin two weeks. After one has been invited to a dinner party, onemust call within a week after the occasion,—call inperson, and ask if the hostess is at home. A dinnerparty is one of the most solemn obligations of society;if you accept an invitation to one, only death or mor-tal illness is a legitimate excuse for not attending it,and. you must have nearly as good a reason for notcalling promptly after it. The gentleman who moves in society will readily
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CHAPTER XVI. ladies calls. ALLING is so intimately interwoven in societyslaws, that not to know when to call, how tocall and on whom to call, would be an unpardonablebreach of etiquette. Society exacts of woman minuteattention to little formalities which would be excusedin a man in this land, where the sterner sex arealmost to a unit immersed in business or politics. Formal calls in the city are intended to serve inlieu of the more genial and lengthy visits which are apart of country life; and are designed to cement theacquaintance with all whom you admit to your circle. MORNING CALLS. These do not mean, as the title would imply, callsmade in the forenoon, but embrace the hours from ito 5 p. M. They are generally of fifteen or twentyminutes duration. Should another lady call, makeyour own stay even more brief than this. Conversa.tion should be had on agreeable topics. Inquire firstafter all the inmates of the home, then passing ob 199

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