Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-03-30
ETIQUETTE.
From World Of Fashion.

From World Of Fashion.
notwithstanding the ridicule that
has always been poured upon the habit
of paying calls and receiving callers. it
is necessary custom in existing socie
ty, and its rules must lie known to any
woman who meals tn frequent society.
There are MANY occasions on which
calls should be paid. They may be-
ranged under three heads: Congratu
latory calls, coincidence calls, and calls
of courtesy. At the head of the con-
gratulatory calls are those paid To bride
as SON as she is settled in her new
home. Her parents receive callers I'M
mediately after the engagement is an
nounced, and after the marriage has
taken place. When any of your friends
have "a child born to them it is your
duty to call with your congratulations
as soon as the mother is well enough
to receive you.
Besides the two grand occasions of
marriages and births, it is usual when
any other cause for congratulation
arises, for friends to offer their good
wishes Z. person.
Calls Of courtesy are made in the
country upon people when they first
come into the neiglborhood, and in "a
town after an introduction has been
made through some mutual friend.
These formal visits should always BE-
returned within three or four days.
What are called i'm France Digestion
calls, +" that is. after you have been out
to dinner, ETC., are paid in few days
after the event. If you cannot go, you
must leave cards at the door or send
them.
IL the persons upon whom you call
are not at home, you turn down one
corner of your card, which means that
you have called in person. When you
send cards with inquiries, a servant
must take them.
For first visits in town exactly the
opposite rule must be observed to those
in the country. When you arrive in
town, you call and leave your card to
inform your acquaintance IF your ar
rival. Whilst in the country, you wait
till you have been called upon. OF
course this custom has its raisoa d'etre.
Your friends cannot he expected to
know o. your presence in large town,
whereas in the country, every event
is known directly.
Cards now are transformations and
plain. and the simpler the better; the
gentleman's smaller than the lady's.
Name and address are printed in ordi-
nary type.
On any occasions of formal charac-
ter, cards must be left. A lady leaves
her own and two of her husband's-one
for the gentleman of the house. and the
other for the lady. When a lady leaves
her husbands cards she must place
them on the hall table, and not leave
them in the drawing-room as the Gus
tom used to be-.
A formal call should never last long
er than a quarter of an hour. If when
you call there are visitors there already
you leave sooner. When the mistress
of the house receives her friends, she
rises and gives chair near her to the
last conner. The gentlemen get up as
visitors enter, but the ladies keep their
seats. When visitors leave, the lady
rings the bell. and a servant should be
near 10 open the door. If the gentle
man of the house is present lie accom-
panies the guests TO the door and puts
the ladies in their carriage. A gentle
man should bring his hat and stick into
the room and keep them in his hand.
II is rude to keep visitors waiting; it
is much more polite to appear as you
are than To keep people waiting while
you change your dress. Ii, however,
You have unavoidally kept your visitor
waiting, do not ''confound YOURSELF in
apologies; if you can, state calmly the
reason, and then say nothing more
about it.
1t is rude TO take either children or
dogs when you go 10 pay visit.
When you call wlth letter of intro
duction, which, by-the-by, should he
left open, you should leave your card
and the letter, and not go in, as it is
awkward To read letter before the per-
s,n rhom il concerns.