The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-15
ABOUT CALLING CARDS.
THE pAsTEsOAR0s USED ef WASH
,Ne1oN DUDES AND BELLIES.
The Etiquette Of C~ards-shaii MI u"
used with "A G%entIeman's Name:-ihe
Diplomats and senators"
of Card Corners.
lspecial Correspondence.l

necessities. lens OF tnouShh"' VI ""
are spent here each year on p~asteboard
and ladies think nothing OF ordering card'
hv the box. 4 Washington society bell'
spends from $50 to 800 for her ontht o.
this kind for the season, ana n fanny
often needs several kinds OF cards fol
each member.
Only the backwoods congressman and
their wives now have their names printed
upon cartes de visite, and the engraved
plate is used by all Of any pretensions'
There j. nm etiquette III cards, ard thcll
style has rs much to do With fixing the
standing Of the caller as has dress or so
cial accomplishment.
The gentlemen Of today are quite as par
ticular Is the ladies' in regard this matter.
They bave their names engraved on theIr
cards in fine letters, and u ~ Low the
custom for Mr. to be put before Inc
mans name. At Washington the title IS
nyen with the name, and the residence
finds its place on the corner OF the card.
The regulation visiting card for gentle
men now is about one-third the size OF q
lady's. 1t is not much longer than the
width OF this newspaper column. and 1t Is
about half as wide as its lcuCth. Senator
Fyarts' card is one Of this kind. IL Is
plain "NIr. Evarts," with his residence,
1901 X street. at the left hand corner.
''Nr. Justice Bradley i another, and n
third etyle is that Of Horace Hillyer, one
Of the fancy Young men Of the British le-
cation. He puts his title in French,
which. though the language Of courts,
seems affectatiOn in q representative oil
Victoria.
Some Of our great men think this style
Of o'Nfr.' an afectatioB. and they use
simply their names. Among these are
Justice Harlan, Of the supreme court,
who has n heavily engraved card, bearing
simply the name Charles Il. Harlan.
Senator Sabin IS another. and his card ~
quite a pretty mt IT is regularly en-
craved. and he has written the whole Of
bis first name, which is Dwight.
Leland Stanford. rich as he Is, is salts
fed with a card without MIR, and the
plain mourning lined pasteboard which
be uses in his calling IS more simple than
that Of many "a peEniless adFenturer.
StIl. he is the richest man in the senate,
| and one of the richest men III the world.
lie has made a great fortune ont of his
own efforts, aud there are few rich men
who have been less affected BY the pos
session Of wealth. He is as simple as a
child in his manners. and he has as much
common sense rs he has gold. He gives
gorgeous receptions, but he does not plate
his dishes with silver. nor do anything
for pure ostentatiOn. His card is much
| more simple than that Of Rear Admiral
TAYLOR. Naval officers. as a rule, are up
to the latest in p%asteboards. They are q
class Of men who do not think OF dining
except in full dress, and society seems to
hc their business, rather than fighting.
II is so now, when there is no war to
! bother Us, aud in these piping times
OF peacei the naval official trips the toe
fantastic with as much yig0r as be wields
the sabcr in the times Of bloody war.
The legations. rs "a rule, have fancy
cards. \ card before me IS that Of Mr.,
Montufar, n representative from South
America, and 10 is three times as big as
that of the minister Of Portugal. which
lies beside it,. Both are in French. and
they are finely engraved Tho card at
| Nine. Kuki, the wife Of the japanese
minister, is prettily printed, and is simple
and modest, like its owner, one OF the
most attractive women OF Washington.
The VicOmtesse de SibOurg has a card as
biz as tire joker OF Il euchcr deck, and IL
Is bordered with black; and that OF Do
mingue2, Of the Argentine legation, looks
little beside IT, ] have also the card Of
the captain of the japanese navy, who
visited Washington not long ago. He
does not put Mr. before his name, aud
| be appears to be like all the Japanese-a
gentleman.
The use OF cards among ladies is much
more general and fixed than among gen
tlemcn, and the fashionable women here
would rs soon think OF using an old dress
as an old card. She would receive much
less attention IN the old dress than she
would with the old card, and it is from
the bushels Of cards that the calling lists
Of Washington society are made up. No
ladies Of prominence use anything but en-
grayed cards. and The simpler the card. rs
u rule, the more elegant the lady. Few
written cards are used, aud autograph
cards are, az a rule, used only between
friends. The etiquette of our high society
grows more stately year after year, and II
may be that in the future we shall have
the thee and "thou.n rs the German
families have now. We Will Use the
you only IN speahingt to chance acquaint-
| aaces. and we viii reserve the familiar
thee for our dearest friends.
The iIdy's name II always put in the
center Of the card. and at Washington il
is usual for her 60 have her residence Oh
grayed in much smaller letters on the
lower right hand corner. The day on
which she receives is put on the lower
left hand corner, and 10 is a necessity in
Washington for q society woman TO have
her day" Wednesday "a the cabinet
DAY, when all tie cabinet ladies receive
callers. Monday the ladies Of the supreme
! court are expected 20 be AT home. on
Tuesday you find the representatives.
wives receiving calls. and on Thursday
Yen may call on the ladies Of the senate.
Friday is the day for calling On ladies out
o. oGiNS life, and saturday is SET aside
for the reception oi Mrs. Cleveland. ~
To sunday night there is no rule, but the
custom is that most people receive calls.
and there is as much cOurting rs church
going.
As to ladies' cards. one OF the rretticsi
| have seen is that OF Mrs. Mclean. wife
OF the proprietor of The Cincinnati En-
Quirer. 1t is about three inches long by
two wide, ana is beautifully engraved.
The card OF Mrs. and Miss Dahlgren,
the widow and daughter OF the admiral.