The Indianapolis journal., 1896-03-06
FOR WOMEN'S READING
MATTERS OF SOCIAL USAGE WHICH
THEY LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT.
Theory that Latent Talent Should De
Developed I'm Children - Butter
without Salt-What to Wear.

"But then there is the question OF grand
fathers" urged the little matron, in Jenness
Millers Magazine. (which grandfather
should have the preference, and which
coat-of-arms should / adopt-the grand
father own by birth, or the grand
father of my husband? Shall 1 put the
crest of my father on my notepaper or bear
the arms of my husbands house?'
There are ever so many good people from
Arcadia who want to know of these small
matters of social usage. There are ever so
many good people in society whose note
paper and cards matters of eyebrow
lifting comment, when a little consultation
with reliable authority on heraldry and
the etiquette of cards and correspondence
would have assured correctness. So. hark
We to the laws of Rome
The unmarried woman bears her paternal
arms in lozenge emblazoned on her sta
tionery. Upon her marriage her crest be-
comes incorporated with that of her hus-
band on an escutcheon, and the two are
used together. If, however, her husband
has no claim to a crest, she may properly
retain the paternal coat-of-arms.
A coat-of-arms is significant decoration.
one to be proud of, and heraldry is receiv-
ing an unprecedented amount of attention
of societies of the descendants of dis
tInguished ancestors is leading to a general
ransacking of family history.
To have search made through the dim
ages for the armorial insignia which be-
longs to one by right of ancestral descent
is costly proceeding. But in New York.
Boston, in Philadelphia and all the large
cities, there are jewelry and stationery
shops which have special departments OF
heraldry for the convenience of their pa
irons, and, besides, there are scholars of
neraldry, ''pursuivants of arms, in the
.echmcai phrase, VINO make profession s,;, OF OF
.amily arms.
Once discovered, the engraving of the arms
seal engraver viii produce an artistic crest
Tor from so 10 So, the price depending
VI or the amount of work involved in the
tesisn. The printing of the crest on sta
.Ionery in single color will cost i cent
pe- sheet, and an additional cent per sheet
SIN. a descn. therefore. which calls for
a crest printed In three colors VIII cost
cents for each sheet of notepaper on which
" hen there is nc coat-of-arms to be had
by preference, the monogram is a very at
tfactive bit Of individuality when stamped
bold, big, bright letters stood out con-
spicuously on fashionable notepaper, and the
monogram was readable at Yards length
long-legged sprawly letters making design
fully an incn square at the head OF the
sheet, and the effect was not unlike a
trademark. The era Of the conspicuous
monogram Is over. There is certain lati-
tude for individual taste, but the quiet taste
lne monogram is design inciosed In a
circle, the. circle. being occasionally sur
sign should not be over half an inch in
diameter. Within this radius ii is remark
able what fine detail in script Is produced.
The tiny monogram Is also the appropriate
seal stamp. A monogram is by far the
most convenient and practicable decoration,
though the woman who has an address line
printed at the head of her note sheet. in
stead. saves herself considerable penwork.