Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-02-24

to q church wedding, do I send cards
whether / attend or not? How many
Of mine? Only one, or in this case
must ! also enclose one for the father?
If a widower sent the invitations would
| send my card, too, or just my hus-
bands? Are they mailed on receipt
of invitation, SO they will reach there
On day of ceremony? If I have re-
ceiyed cards for church and not for
the reception afterward or "at home
cards, am I still supposed to send cards
invitation to church and also the
brides "at home" cards, do I send cards
or leave cards for both? If / must
send cards and do So, does the obliga-
ton of calling then rest with them or
must I also call? l intend giving an
informal "at home" What would be
proper in the way of refreshments? l
received two cards from sisters, who
are acquaintance, but with whom |
have not exchanged calls. On the cards
were New Years Greeting" What am
l supposed to do?
If you go to the reception for which
you have received cards, you must leave
your cards, two of your husbands and
one of your own. If you send cards
and do not go, you must address the
envelope "Mr. and Mrs" and enclose
one of your husbands and one of your
own cards. Your cards should always
be mailed together. In sending cards
to a large family, you send to Mr..
and Mrs, the Messrs. and the Misses"
and enclose the cards in three separate
envelopes. The envelope addressed
Mr.. and Mrs" is all that is necessary
for husband and wife. Invitations to a
church wedding do not demand cards,
but it is more courteous to send them,
and you should send your husbands
and your own cards to the bride and
groom, as well as to the people who
give the invitation. The cards should
be sent on the day of the ceremony.
If you do pct receive Eat home" cards
from the bride, you are not expected
to call. If you have received cards for
IN 'iat home" you should call and
leave cards. not send them. You
~shouldonly send them if you are unable
to attend, and the obligation then rests
with the bride to return the call. You
should have a very simple collation.
for an informal day "at home" such as
tea and chocolate, three or four kinds
of sandwiches and some fancy cakes.
The New Years cards do not require
acknowledgement, except in so far that
it is always more gracious to acknowl-
edge a courteous act, such as sending
you the cards was intended to be.
If I do not hear from a young lady L
met in a hotel this summer and saw a
great deal of, and who has come into the
city for the winter, and l see that her
house is in order, ought 1 to go and call
on her or ought L to wait until l am
asked to call on her, as she may have
forgotten my address? w. B. S.
If you were asked to call by your ac-
quaintance of the summer, there is no rea-
son why you should not leave a card some
afternoon between four and five o'clock;
but if there is any chance of meeting the
young lady at any friends house you had
better wait until you meet her and she
shows some desire to continue the sum-
mer's acquaintance. Life in the city is
very different from that in the country,
especially the life at a summer hotel,
where everything is more or less informal.
In asking a young lady to go to the
theatre. ought she be asked toset a night,
or should the young gentleman first buy
the tickets and then ask her? NJ. II.
1t is better to buy the tickets beforehand
and then to ask the young lady for that
evening. If she refuses you can then use
the tickets for some one else.
If a gentleman asks a lady to dine with
him at Il restaurant, including in the in
v%itation, or rather in the dinner, one or
more ladies, is it necessary for him to
ask any more gentlemen to meet them?
WESTERNER.
1t is not necessary, but it would GER
tainly be more agreeable for the ladies
you invite to dine with you if you invite
some other gentlemen as well. A party
of three or four women and one man is
never as pleasant as when there are an
equal number of men and women.
Kindly inform a constant reader wheth-
er it is customary for the acknowledgements !
of an association to lead a march at a ball
or should it be the floor manager? TIC.
Who shall lead the march at a ball is
decided by a vote at a meeting held be-
fore the entertainment comes off. Some
times the duties of a floor manager are so
onerous that it would be impossible for
him to serve in both capacities, and yet
again it is sometimes understood that by
virtue of being floor manager he should
lead the grand march.