The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-09-02
CALLING CARD FORMS
SUGGESTIONS TO Young PEOPLE
JUST STARTING OUT.
Also the Proper Card for the widow
and Diyorcec---Use of Confractions
White UngIazed Cards
Preferable.

Many y0lng people starting out on
first vacations or round OF visits
write for information about cards
What size do user" what
shall | have on my card IN the way
OF an address, the house number
only or the name OF the town also2''
How will my newly made acquain-
tance know the city where reside?"
Such are the questions sent part
| icularly by those who viii be travel
Ing far from home. IN reply, here
are some general suggestions for
| cards and their uses;
There is no pronounced change In
/ size this season The largest card
used is that shared by husband and
wife Next in size comes the card
used by thematron. third the card
for single women and fourth in size.
that used by men.
Pure white polished, but unglazed
bristol board, with plain. unbeyeled
edges, is preferred. The type may
be in the square block text. most
severely plain, in French script or in
old English No family crests or
decorations OF any sort are used and
the full name runs directly through
the center of the card, with the
house address, "23 West Branch
street." in the lower right-hand cor
ner. woman can have her day at
home engraved In the lower left
hand corner and man may have
there the Eame of his fayorte club.
Ii he lives al a club however he has
the name engraved where his home
address would come in the lower /
right-hand corner.
The name of the city is not given. I
Presumably ii a travelling aequain- /
lance desires to remember you, she /
will either write the name of Your /
home town ON the card or in her
address book.
Married women have their hus-
bands names in full on their cards
thus: Mrs James Newton Grey.
not Mrs. Anna b. Grey. The
name is engraved in full.
A widow may use her husbands
Christian name. Mrs James New
ton Grey" or resume part OF her
maiden name. thus: Mrs. Anna
Barton Grey"
A divorced woman drops her for
ner husbands surname or retains it,
according to the terms OF the annul-
ment of their marriage For instan-
se. the card of Mrs. John Trent
Barton, after divorce, may be either
Mrs. Jane Merton Barton" il she
iecides to retain his surname. or she
AN resume her maiden name, thus: !
Mrs. Jane Merton but she may
lot use Miss OH her card
The eldest daughter in the fam
ly uses Miss Brown" Her sisters 5
ave their names engraved in full. {
hus: Miss Margaret Lee Brown" I
A mans card, whether he has not /
ct attained his majority, or is near /
ng the proyertial three-score and |
en-, runs: Mr. James Ellsworth s
carton" Mr.. is obligatory. t
Young people never use contrac- a
ions on their cards like Ned" I
Kit etc, a
The wife of doctor or minister
oes not take her husbands title.
he wife of Dr. James Hudson
'rown has Mrs James Hudson
irown" engraved on her card. The
est form tor a doctor to observe is
card engraved, James Henry
rown, NJ D." with residence in
be lower right hand corner. This
for social purposes He has an
Their card with Office address ana
ours for professional purposes. A
Iiaister's card runs: Reverend
amuel Dodge Baxter II the name
very long. the title may be short
led 10 "Rey."