The herald., 1895-02-18
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SOCIAL LIFE

ms week the question comes, is II
necessary to send acceptance or regret to
an invitation for a come and go recep-
tion?N Up to the present writing no
definite answer to that particular question
has been found in any books of etiquette
that were accessible. However, perhaps
a suggestion will be acceptable in lieu of
more incontrovertibe reply; and the
suggestion is-'put yourself in her place. -
You have sent out four hundred invita-
tions bidding your friends come TO you
on a certain day or evening, you receive
regrets from one hundred does that mean
that three hundred are coming, or one
hundred and-ifty or in other words how
many gallons of ice cream are you going
to order; how much chocolate, or coffee or
both shall you have made, and how many
chickens, or Holsters, etc, ETC., etc? Mrs.
J. Sherwood and various other authorities
on the subject of social etiquette refer to
the manner and style of wording accept
ances or regrets to functions of one kind
and another, as if the fact of answering in
some way went without saying-it prob
ably does A matter of two minutes a
sheet of paper, envelope and postage
stamp and the thing is done. Why ques-
tion it? Good breeding demands that an
answer always be given to II question, un-
less the question be impertinent; why not
then reply to an invitation which is al
most the least civility that can be paid to
an invitation which is usually meant to
be a courtesy?
Mrs. Sherwood says: In our new coun-
try the relations of men and women are
necessarily simple. The whole business of
etiquette is, of course, reduced to each
ones sense of propriety, and the
standard must be changed as the
Id,
ing which, if you meet friend on the
street and she says: Il want you to meet
some friends in my home such and such
a time, you don stand and stare at her.
nor turn on your heel and leave her.
Should not written invitations, even to a
come and go reception" have as much
attention as one given by word of mouth?
Here and There
Mrs. s. +. Gibbon will give luncheon
Saturday, February 23d, at her home, cor
ner Eleventh and Beacon streets.
The Assistance League will meet Satui-
day, February 23d, at the residence of
Mrs. T. b. Brown, 2626 Portland street.
Miss Murphy, principal of the Los An
geles Cumnock School of Oratory, will
give a reading on Tuesday evening, in
by Miss Anna E. Robinson of the Cum
mock School of Oratory at Evanston, ILL.,,
and by the krauss Institute of this city,
The officers of the Assistance League
desire as full an attendance as possible at
a meeting to be held in the Blanchard
Fitzgerald hall Wednesday morning, Feb
ruary 10Th. Arrangements are then to be
made concerning the candy and flower
booth of which the league has assumed
charge in tina coming Citrus Fair.
The wedding of Miss Adde Cowles and
F. J. keely took place last Tuesday at the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. S. Marks, West
First street. A floral canopy and other
decorations adorned the house. Rev. Will
hartitz presided at the piano. After the
ceremony refreshments were served.
Those present We're Mr. and Mrs. s.
Marks, Mr.. and Mrs. Gerer, Mr.. Vanatter
Mrs. Lddel Mr. and Mrs. Cror, Mrs
Price, Mr.. and Mrs. Schol, Mr.. and Mrs.
Rich, Mrs. La Dell Kellerman, Mrs. Weeks,
Mrs. Moore, Professor Willhartitz, Mr..
and Mrs. Keirsky, Mrs Montgomery,
Mrs. Barney, Mr.. Montgomery Jr., Mr..
c. p. Grogan.
A series of art lectures will be delivered
in the Art Association galleries, 1l0 West
Second street, as follows:
February 26-Rev. J. G. Fletcher, Paint
ing of the Greeks; Mr.. Guy Rose, Art in
France.
March l9-Mrs. George Caswell, Classical
Architecture.
April 16-Mrs. Garden Macleod, impress
sionists, Old and New; Mr., Woodman,
Technique of the Old Masters.
May 2l-Mrs. Eliza A. Otis, California
Scenery Artistcally Viewed Professor
w. l.. Judson, Student Life in Paris
June 1s-Dr. S. IL. Weller, Titan and
II intprpetp1 in ri rn ipvita6