St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-25
GOOD RULES TO KEMEMBER.
Little Social Laws Observed by
/, elI-Bred People.


Little Social Laws Observed by
/, elI-Bred People.
| From the Whole Family.
In issuing invitations it is the correct
thing to send out all at the same time as
nearly as is possible, and to send them
out i'll good season.
To Issue invitations for large recep-
ton, dinner OF luncheon, one or two
weeks, and for ball III the gay season,
two or three weeks, beforehand.
To use plain cards or note paper en-
graved III plain script for any large or
formal occasion, such as reception,
ball, diuner, etc.
70 invite guests TO luncheon or DIM
ner by means Of written invitations, II
one prefers to do so.
10 write Mrs. L. II. johnson re-
quests the pleasure of MI. Il. n COM
pany."
For a bachelor to request the honor"
in invitations addressed to ladies.
To invite in the name of the hostess
alone, except for weddings or dinner
parties.
70 invite in the names of both host
and hostess for wedding or dinner
party.
For young lady who is no longer
very young TO issue invitations for Il
tea
For a wIdower to issue invitations for
receptions and dinners in his own
name and that of his eldest daughter,
if she has been for some years III So
ciety, or in his own name alone.
In accordance with the new custom,
to send invitations through the post
office. if one prefers to do so, Ill which
case they should be enclosed i'll two en-
yelopes.
To write ''R. S. V. P" below an in
vitaton, on the right hand side, when
an answer is especially desired. The
English use the phrase, 1.-The favor OF
an answer is requested"
To send only general invitations
that is, invitations to large general oc-
caSions, weddings. etc.-to persons III
mourning. Such invitations are sent by
way of compliment merely.
To answer all invitations, save cat
HOme' or wedding cards, promptly.
TO answer an invitation to a dinner
or formal luncheon at once, and to &C
cept OF refuse it definitely.
To accept first invitation whenever
it is possible to do so.
For people in deep mourning to refuse
an invitation without giving reason.
and also to send their viSIting-cardS,
with black border, on the day Of the
entertainment. thus showing the reason
Of their refusal.
To accept or regret your inability to
do so in the present tense.
To use the phrase regrets extremely
that previous engagement must de-
priYe him of the pleasure of accepting"
or "that absence from the city must
prevent his accepting" etc.
To direct an answer to an invitation
to the person or persons in whose name
it is given, whether you know them or
not.
If a person is unable, through any
sufficiently serious cause, to keep dim
ner engagement, to write at once, OF
telegraph TO the giver of the entertain
ment.
In sending invitations 10 an entire
family, to address one to the husband
and wife, one to the daughter or daugh
tiers, and third to the brother or BROTH
ers.
To direct notes of Invitation to "Mr
B. j."
To write miss Brown and Brother;;"
although most gentlemen, especially if
they have been in society for some
years, prefer to have separate note of
invitation sent to them.
To send a separate invitation. adj
dressed to his residence or club, to
young gentleman who lives in the same
city with his parents, but not in the
same house.
To answer all invitations courteously
and with due Formally, making the
answer correspond with the form OF the
invitation.
To write a note of invitation with
great care, on rather small plain white
paper of the best quality, and to pay
special attention to spacing and divd-
ing the words correctly. Thus "Dr.
and Mrs. l.. B. Fox" must all be writ
ten on the same line.