The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-13
WHEN TO FAKE LEAVE.
Several Interesting Problems I'm Social
Life Commented On.
Boston Courier.

Boston Courier.
Some OF the guests at homes, have
80 little Judgment In the matter OF depart
ure that experience never serves them ~
Eating when they should be neither: they
linger and know not how TO Set themselves
making an abrupt exit. They know the
right moment at which to leave, but fall to
perplex themselves with, I almost think il
L. time TO 80 n goNi-b Or J a. wonder Snit uv whether anm,e !
ttonal time for a call on an AT home day
Is about twenty minutes, but this can be
minutes, circumstances being favorable, or
shortened to ten minutes when the position
is distinctly unfavorable TO a longer stay.
when 10 take leave at a dinner party is
somswha,t Of : IsTblemi rb ana requires q a lit
varies from 1890 to l0:45 D. M. and yet TO
take leave the instant a carriage Is an
hostess. and leads to the inference that a
guest Is pleased to go rather than. sorry 70
night might be gracefully said, as this fif-
teen minutes stay satisfies the susceptible
would care TO delay departure until II p. m.
has struck or Is about to strike. unless par
terms at d house. The departures after a
dinner party are made almost Simultaneous
when to leave at a ball Is a very
elastic rule. which varies to suit the cir
cumstances of the case. To leave as soon
after supper as may be. or to stay until a
ball is actually over. are equally correct
courses to follow. To remain until morning
dawns is a proof of will what elan and
spirit the entertainment has been kept up.
On the other hand, 2:30 a. m. Is a general
time at which to take leave. AT balls
during the London season many do not re-
main beyond half an hour or so, and then
pass on to another function. and yet to a
third, but these are the exceptions to the.
general run Of departures at balls.
AT small dances the guests leave almost
as collectively as at dinner parties, as far
as engagements permit of doing so, and
commence to take leave when the last
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the lead. while some few still remain for
an extra dance or so, the majority taking
leave about 2 .. m.
AT receptions and evening parties the
majority of the guests take leave immedi-
ately after supper, between II y. IN. and !
a. M; but this is not the case with those
who have other engagements, and who go
an hour at each one; thus at crowded re-
c~eptioas the departures commence before
the arrivals have ceased to be announced.
TT usual hour at which TO take leave
after luncheon is 3 O'Clock, and. un.ess
pressed TO do SO. luncheon guests should
not remain beyond this hour 10 avoid incon-
v~eniencing a hostess in the matter of her
afternoon engagements. 1t Is quite i'm
material which OF the guests Is first to take
leave: age confers neither presidency nor
privilege In this matter; neither does mar
riage. A young lady of no rank could
take leave before a married lady Of rank
had done so, and again a young man before
an elderly one. This point Is widely mis-
understood, IL being a. prevailing idea that
age and rank should be outstayed at this
meal. viz. ut luncheon.
LAT wedding receptions IL Is usual to take
leave immediately after the deoaTturc OF
the bride and BRIDEGROOM. IT heif1g con-
sidcred discourteous TO lc1~e earlier. unless