The morning times., 1895-09-29
Beauty Speaks
By the Card
FORMS AND FADS IN THH
MAGICAL PASTEBOARDS.
Fashionable Authority In Regard
to These Social Necessities
and Their Use.

The punishment inflicted upon the man
or woman who attempts to be Individual
in the matter of visiting cards is immediate
and lasting. Society exacts from its mem
bers visiting cards rather large than small.
engraved in fine script on unglazed card
board. You VIII never be accepted among
fashionable people if you present your
name to them printed in German text.
Gentlemen's visiting cards are smaller than
ladies' and longer in proportion to their
width, and must have the prefix Mr."
and bear the full name. Your grocer or
butcher may announce his presence by
card which reads u. S. Brown" but a
gentleman's card must be engraved "Mr
James Simpson Brown" 1t VIII not even
do to attempt MIR. ]. Simpson Brown"
Women also must strictly adhere to the
rules which govern visiting cards-not
shade of license viii be accepted There
is but one form for married ladies' Mrs.
James Simpson Brown"
Young ladies' names are engraved oq
their mothers cards thus:
Mrs. James Simpson Brown,
Miss Brown,
or If there are two daughters in society
Mrs. James Simpson Brown.
The Misses Brown
The address is aIwa Us placed at the right
hand lower corner of the card, a reception
day on the lower left-hand corner. Uu-
married men may have their club, If it
be an extremely fashionable one, engraved
at the right-hand corner of their cards in
place of a home address; never political
or second-rate club. Married men do not
have their names engraved on the same
cards with their wives except for wedding
cards or for sending wedding presents.
Legally a widow has no right to continue
to use her deceased husbands name. Mr..
James Simpson Brown having died, his
widow, who was born Elizabeth Jones,
becomes Mrs. Elizabeth Jones Brown, and
should have her visiting cards so engraved.
But one woman of the Brown family
has the right to call. herself Mrs. Brown
and she must emphaticaIy be the wife
of the eldest Mr.. Brown. Many Of my
readers will recollect the feud which d.
vided Newport some years ago by Mrs.
William Astor's issuing cards on which
Mrs Astor" was engraved while there
still " as and is an older Mrs Astor Of the
same family.
Unmarried Iadiese no longer debutantps
or in their first or second seasons, are
permitted to have their individual cards
with Miss Brown" engraved upon them,
but only one young lady in a family may
do this-that is to say, if Mr. James Simp-
son Brown and his brother Mr. George
Burd Brown each have a family OF girls
but one, and she the eldest OF the cousinS
is entitled to the privilege of the sepa-
rate card with Miss Brown" engraved
thereon No young lady should ever.
even though she be the Miss Brown of
the family, leave her card without that Of
her mother or chaperon
Do not allow any one to inveigle you into
a 'P. c. c." on your card. ''P C.C.''is the
abbreviation of Pour prendre congo" or
Ito take leave" but inasmuch as most of
US speak English quite as well as French, it
is far more elegant to substitute ''On leav-
ing Chicago" or ION taking leave" On Ger
tain occasions it is quite proper to send
cards Just referred to which announce
departure, also where one is Unexpectedly
prevented from attending an afternoon tea
or reception, castls may be sent by mail ard
the sender is not obliged TO pay visit i'm
mediateIy afterward- 1t is understood that
in attending kettle-drum reception or any
afternoon function one pays ones ceremO-
ninus visit In so doing, and a card sent by
post is accepted in lieu Of a call The after
noon tea is a saving grace to many a hard
worked society individual for this reason.
Leave-taking cards are not sent except
when one is going far away for lengthy
stay or when one goes from summer re-
sort or watering place where usually one
has made acquaintance from other cities
It is now expected that every gentleman,