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

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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 UNI
married women may be a bit 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 no; permitted. Mrs. James Henry
Brown is used instead. and on the lower
right hand corner is put the address.
which etiquette DEGREES shall be written in
full. no numerals being used. For 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 it reads:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
One hundred and eighteen
Arlington avenue.
French script. either vertical or slant
ing is dividing honors with shaded old
English lettering. but English script Is al
ways good form and in vogue, because II
costs far less than the other two styles.
II is not 10 be desired, however, when the
newer may he had.
Married women may use cards on which
both the husbands and wife's names are
used. as
MIR. and Mrs. James Brown Smith.
These are sent in when a woman is call
ipu ,,nn,, avC.bcr woman hlt never III 4
card is to be sent to the man of the family
In that case Mrs. Smith sends one of her
own. and two of her husbands. one for
her hostess, and the other for the hostess
husband. Separate cards are still sup
posed to be sent to each member OF q
family for whom one asks, but the custom
has been carried to such an extreme tina
rarely more than two cards are left now.
II there are more than two members
Of the family to be asked for one card l.
bent in the middle up and down and one
asks for THE Ladies' the bend signifylnl
hat all were asked for.
When a wife is leaving her husba nd
card for more than one person his Is ben
as we'll as hers.
The double cards. or those with Mr.. ant
Mrs, are used for the most formal calling
at receptions. and when sending gifts tina
come from both.
e best form approves of having th'
names OF "dauRhterS engraved On tn'
mothers card plate, as:
Mrs. James Henry Brown.
The Misses Brown.
These are used instead of separate cards
even when the mother does not actual!
accompany her daughters. the theory be
ing thai they do not visit without thei
mothers formal consent and approval, an
that their friends are hers.
The prefix must be on the cards OF al
unmarried women. and Of girls as soon a
the latter are old enough to have visiting
cards. The prefix Mr.. or whatever It'll
ne has. must be used on the cards of men
A widow continues to use the name o
her husband. although II one wishes tn
maiden name can he resumed precedin
her unmarried name. This. however, !
not sanctioned by the best usage. and !
rarely done. Mourning cards are suppose
to be for two years. and longer II on
wishes. but in the latter case the border
extremely narrow. During the first yea
ii is supposed to be about three-eighths G
an inch wide. decreasing a trife in tn
second year. The newest mourning call
ing cards for this season are oblong, bein
made Of glazed linen.