Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-11-09
Style. Of VISITING Cards.

From Walden's Stationer and Printer.
There are a few changes in visiting cards
from those used last season, but such as
exist must be r!gidly observed. Cards
for married women are three inches long
and TWO inches wide in size, and the board
Is gray. white and thin. Those for un-
married women may be Il biz smaller, al
though older unmarried women may use
the same size as that selected by their
married sisters. II they prefer. Mems
cards are two and seven-eighths inches
long by one and a half inches wide. and
the club address Is put in the right hand
lower corner. If a man has no club the
house address may be used.
Good form still demands that the full
name shall be written out on a card. and
Mrs. j. II. Brown or Mrs. James II.
Brown Ia not permitted. Mrs. James Henry
Brown Is used instead. and on the lower
light hand corner is put the address,
which etiquette DEGREES shall be written In
fun. no numerals being used. Fol IN
stance. a card reads:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
Seven hundred and two Park avenue.
In case of the address being so long that
1t cannot go on one line 1t reads:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
One hundred and eighteen
Arlington avenue
French script, either vertical or slant.
ing is dividing honors with shaded ole
English lettering. but English script Is al
ways good form and in vogue, because i
costs far less than the other two styles
IT is not to be desired. however. when the
newer may he had.
Married women may use cards on which
both the husbands and wife's names arr
used. as
MIR. and Mrs. James Brown Smith.
These are sent in when a woman Is call
ing upon another woman. but never II
card is to be sent to the man of the family
In that case Mrs. Smith sends one of he
own. and two of her husbands. one TO
her hostess. and the other for the hostess
husband. Separate CARDS are sttil sup
posed to be sent to each member of
family for whom one asks. but this custom
has been carried to such an extreme tina
rarely more than two cards are left now
If there are more than two member
Of the family to he asked for one card l
bent in the middle up and down and on
asks for 1.-The Ladies'" the bend signifyin
that all were asked for.
When a wife Is leaving her husband
card for more than one person his Is ben
as we'll as hers.
The double cards. or those with Mr.. an
Mrs. are used for the most formal calm
at receptions. and when sending gifts tina
come from both.
e best form approves of having tn
names OF daughters engraved on IN
mothers card plate, as:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
The Misses Brown.
These are used instead of separate card
even when the mother does not actual
her daughters. the theory ht
Ing that they do not visit without the
MOTHER formal consent and approval, an
that their friends are hers.
The prefix must be on the cards OF a
unmarried women. and OF girls as soon q
the lat:el are old enough to have visitin
cards. The prefix Mr.. or whatever tit
he has. must Re used m the cards of me
A widow continues TO use the name
her husband. although II one wishes II
\ maiden name can te resumed precedtI
her unmarried name. This. however.
, not sanctioned by the bNst usage. and
rarely done. Mourning cards are suppose
to be for two years. and longer II OF
wishes. but in the latter case thc border
extremely narrow. During the hvst We
II is supposed to be about three-eighihs
an inch wide. decreasing a trihe in Il
. second year. The newest mourning ca
ing cards for this season are oblong, bel,
. made Of glazed linen.