Morning journal and courier., 1882-07-29
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struction, remained for amusement, and for half an hour turned over pages of scrap books bearing the names of half the distin- guished people in the kingdom.
 All visiting cards alike in this-the plainest script is upon each one No fancy printing or writing is seen upon one of them, either of gentleman or lady. I must except l the card of the Princess Beatrice. This is plain bit of thick paper, engraved with the l two words in an Italian script It seemed | odd to just that Princess Beatrice'' on l the royal maiden's card. l don't think l had expected to see "NIiss Beatrice Guelph" but it does seem funny to think that there are girls who don't have to have their last names inscribed: If there had heen a non- ogram and gilded crest. and so on, it would have seemed less strange, I suppose. In point of size, all ladies' cards like hers. They little over three inches in length by two in width. It is not ''good form'' to have the address engraved with the name on either a lady's or gentlemans visiting card. That is reserved l for ladies' ''at Hone' cards. There is no | difference between young lady's card and | that of he. mother. Gentlemen's cards are very small. The names of MT. Alfred Ten l nyson Lord Russell appear in small script, and upon microscopic scraps of pasteboard, those of John Jenkins or 1 Thomas Jones. An ''at Home'' card ig always | printed as I indicate, with little ''a" and capital H. .,, ! At lIcAhco dlo iuAp0 uO1uS away "ADA
 calLpaying in London, except by means of l cards. Yes, it is no longer the fashion to go
 out upon round of calls. A lady may make ! out her list of visits owed and give to her
 servant corresponding number Of cards,
 with her name thereupon While she takes
 her ease at home these cards are left at the
 doors of her "dear five hundred friends, y
 and her duty to society is done. At first
 thought one is apt to cry out at this as 8
 great sham, but after all it is not. It is & ~c1 1:, xl@lx Ia~
 always known that formal calls are not only
 insipid and tiresome, but very taxing upon
 one's strength Now the labor may be done
 by servant, and the lady keep herself fresh
 for other duties or pleasures. If the lady ! choose, she may go about and leave her own
 cards at her friends doors, but unless very
 intimate she is not supposed even to ask If
 the people on whom she leaves the card are
 in. But on each at Home" day she may go
 to see them. This fashion brings gentlemen
 more into afternoon society and so makes it
 more agreeable. Men who hate ball or a round of calls will drop in to ''an afternoon
 and enjoy it.
 Invitations are usually printed now on very
 large plain cards, often bordered with silver,
 never, of course, with gilt. The old folded \ form IS seldom used even for wedding lnv1-
 tations. People in mourning deeper ! black borders than ever before. An invita- 1 tion for wedding is always sent out at least ! month before the ceremony
 | It Is not considered good style for 8 bride
 and groom to wait to receive congratulate ns
 if going away a wedding journey. When
 they return they send out cards to thei1 ! friends. Sometimes the brides mother sends ) out the cards just after the wedding, naming \ the date of return. The proper thing in ! these cards is satin silver edged card with | the name and address of the new married
 pair thereupon, and with the brides maider ! name on the fold of the invitation envelope,
 with printed line drawn through it. That indicates that the young lady has done with that , ! name, and seems to me 8 much better idea , than the old one of enclosing her girlhood ! card.
 Young ladies use ''correspondence cards ! very much for written invitations and on , It is pretty fancy for them to have their ! Christian names in illuminated text across the left hand corner. Only square envelopes
 are fashionable in any correspondence. Tint
 ed papers reviving in fashion, dull pinks greys and greens being most used, though { i, nice taste uses always white cream.
 ! The livery latest' in note paper is ths ''middle age.' It is something like papyrus and has ragged edges. I suppose it is very
 high art, but sheet of it looks to me good deal like dilapidated piece of wrapping pa ! per that came around a box of matches