Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-19
OUR CRAZY QUILT.
The Art of Carving as Mastered by Mrs
Harrison Gray Otis.-When and
When Not to Use T. p. G..
Cards.
How Dining Room Should Be Furnished
and Decorated.
2. 2. G.. CARDS.

During the last week or two the Gus
tom of leaving 2. ?. G. cards on friends
and acquaintance has been in full force
and Will continue to be so until the last
departures from Newport and other re-
sorts have taken place. The letters p.
2. c., for pour prendre congo, written
at the bottom of a visiting card, init
mates that the one who leaves it is
about to take her departure from town,
or from the neighborhoOd where she
has been residing Whether the period
be q long or a short one, etiquette and
politeneSs decree that p. P. G.. cards
should be left, and by this means
friends and acquaintance are mutually
made aware of each others departure.
Like all other etiquette, this practice is
founded on sound common sense; it
simplifies and does away with all I'M
necessary leave-taking, it saves a vast
amount of correspondence and endless
supposition as to whether people are or
are nOtin town, ndpreYents any ofense
being taken or given in the matter of
calls being delayed, or letters or invi-
tationS remaining unanswered.
i. 7. g. cards are left within week
of departure from town, or within ten
days, If the acquaintance is a very
large one, and they are left, as all Wis
iting cards are left, in person, and can
not be sent by a servant or through the
post.
Occasionally, however, an intimate
friend is asked to leave 2. p. C.. card
that has been overlooked, or when dis
tanceS or other causes prevented its
having been duly left; or, again,
when lime is pressing the young
ladies, still in the school room, leave
cards for their mother when driving
with their governness. 2. p. G. card
leaving is in all instances followed
methOdically, in accordance with the
visiting list and the routine of card
leaving. Should the date of the de-
parture be deferred beyond the before
mentioned period, after the p. p. c..
card has been left-say, for three weeks
or so-those who have left them have
virtually ostracised themselves as far
as society is concerned. They have
cut themselves off from receiving invi-
tations and visits from their friends;
they are supposed to have left town,
and, if casually met, a feeling of sur
pllcC 10 "a ilLCooCu dU UllC1L SUIlI 1ILSCI-
ing on.
Ladies whose movements depend
very much upon themselves, and are
not influenced by outward circumstance
es, find it eXpedient to adhere to their
first resolutions. If they have decided
to leave town early in the season, and
have made their arrangements with
this end in view, they are aware that,
having left P. P C. cards it would be
foolish to postpone their going and
change their plans, as they cannot
readily take up their everyday society
life, having once relinquished it.
Many are in doubt as to what consti-
tutes an occasion for leaving ?. 2. G.
cards, and whether it is necessary to
leave them upon those who are also 90
ing away. Short distances from town
say, at Christmas and Easter, are not
of sufficient duration to render leaving
2. 2. G. cards necessary, and would
only lead to misrepresentation as to
movements. These holiday move
ments are so thoroughly recognized
that no leave-taking is obligatory, and
sending cards of invitation and all So
cial correspondence is uninterrupted in
its course during these periods. Long
absences of from one to two months
render leaving ?. ?. c. cards point of
etiquette; under that period it would
be unnecessary to give notice OF tenn
pOrary absence which does not amount
10 an actual departure