The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-11-02
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From waidsn's stationsr and Printer.
There are q few changes In visiting cards
from those used last season. but such IN
exist must be rigidiy observed. Cards
for married women are three inches long
and two inches wide In size. and the board
h gray, white and thin. Those for un-
married women may be n Bit smaller. al
though older unmarried women may use
the same sire az that selected By their
married sisters. n they prefer. Mems
cards arc two and sovcn-eighths inches
long by one and q half inches wide. n
the club address In put In the right hand
lower corner. II n man has no club the
house address may be used.
Good form still demands that the fun
name shall be written out on n card. and
Mrs. J. II. Brown or Mrs. James II.
Brown n not permitted. Mrs. James Henry
Brown II used instead, and on tho lower
right hand corner n PUT the address.
which etiquette DEGREES shall be written In
full. no numerals being used. For tn
stance. a card reads:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
Seven hundred and two Park avenue.
In case OF the address being no long that
II cannot 20 on one line II reads:
Mira. James Henry Brown.
One hundred and eighteen
Arlington avenue.
French script. either vertical or slant
ing IL dividing honors With shaded old
I English lettering. but English script is al
ways good form and In vogue. because u
cosSs far less han the other two styles.
Il II not 10 be desired. however. when tho
newer may be had.
Married women may use cards on which
both the husbands and wIfe's names are
used. rs
Mr.. and Mrs. James Brown Smith.
These are sent In when n woman Is call
ing upon mother woman. but never II a
card IN TO be sent TO the man OF the family.
In that case Mrs. Smith sends one OF her
own. and two OF her husbands. ono for
her hostess, and the other for the hostess's
husband. Separate cards are still sup
posed TO DO sent TO each mi or q
| family for whom ono asks. but the custom
has been carried TO u an extreme that
rarely moro than two cards are left now.
IL there AFRO moro than two members
OF tho family 90 be asked for ono card -
ben; In the middle up and down and one
asks for The Ladies'" the bend signifying
that all were asked for.
when n wife Is leaving her husbands
card for moro than one person his Is bent
a well rs hers.
The double cards. or those with SIR. and
Mrs. are used for the most formal calling
nj receptions. and when sending gifts that
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a best form approves OF having tho
names OF daughters engraved on the
Mothers card plate. as:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
Tho Misses Brown.
These are used instead OF separate cards.
even when tho mother does not actually
accompany her daughters. the theory be-
ing that they do not visit without their
mothers formal consent and approval. and
that their friends are hers.
The prefix must be on tho cards OF all
unmarried women. and OF girls as soon as
the latter are old enough TO have visiting
cards. Tho prefix Mr.. or whatever title
he has. must be used on the cards OF men.
a widow continues to use the name at
her husband. although II one wishes thc
maiden name can be resumed preceding
her unmarried name. This. however. is
not sanctioned by the best usage. and II
rarely done. Mourning cards arc supposed
TO he for two years. and longer " one
wishes. but In the latter case the border IL
extremely narrow. During the FIRST year
" Is supposed to be about threc-cighihs OF
an inch wide. decreasing n trine In the
second year. Tho newest mourning call
ing cards for this season arc ob'ong. being
made OF glazed linen.