The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-01
LESS CALLING THAN EVER,
VISITING IN NEW YORK COMPILE
GATED ny TELEPHONE.

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Evening Calls UnGashIonabIc-sunday Car
lng Killed by tine Auto and Out Of Town
Hhsits-LeavIng Cards Not So Easy for
tho Hacinelor as II Was &C Ono Time.
Tho process Of paying calls in New York
has now passed into stiIl another stage %
cOnv~entionalsm.
The man who makes evening calls II al
most as eXeinct AZ the dOdO. Many New
York families would be thrown into great
excitement by the visit Of a young man IA
the evening.
IL he happened to find any member u
the family at home it Ia probable that his
intentions would Immediately be regarded
as serious. He would be accepted as q
sutton or pushed out as an undesirable in~
truder, according TO the feelings Of the
family toward him, 80 unusual has tia
evening call become in this city.
h men ceased to call in the evening
Sunday afternoon became the time for
visiting. Every woman. whatever her age
might be. wanted her men friends to pay
their visits on Sunday afternoons, ard the
women with lots OF friends were able to
have a small tea fight every week.
The popularity of this day practically
put an end to all other calls for more than
n decade and il was only a few winters ago
that other social diversions began to inter-
fere with Sundays at home. There was
In the first place the motor, which carried
many persons out of town. Now there ara
public concerts as well as private musicales
ON Sunday afternoons, and the number Of
New Workers. who 20 out Of town every
Friday, even in winter, to emain until
Monday grove larger every year.
AAa.e
began TO put an end to Sunday Calling.
Then men left their cards on week days.
sometimes finding their friends but more
frequently doing No more than drop thu
p~astebOard which acknowledged the dinnep
or dance invitation.
Men were known TO attain great social
Importance by dropping cards at a time
when they were not occupied. Two calls
could easily be made on an average be-
tween 5 and 8P. N. For the next two wins
ters this method Of keeping up with ones
social duties hOurished fnmously.
h present season promises to put an
end at least temporarily TO this informal
afternoon visiting. Even the men who
wanted merely to leave a card and SQUARE
social necessities will find it difficult.
ID come in some afternoon" is now the
familiar way Of inviting a man to call.
But be sure to telephone me. as am usually
out"
So there you are. II you go without teIe-
Phoning IL Is a practical admission that
you do not want TO see your hostess and
that your are merely doing your duty.
Il feel like a ohump calling up a girl TO
say l am coming to CALL said one OF a
group who was discussing the matter the
other afternoon. ~She will think 1 must
have something very Important to say to her
or l must. at all events. be a little bit more
entertaining than usual.
Il can't just sit around and be the same
old thing after l have taken the trouble to
Gallup a girland make certain that shoisa al
home. Yet there isn't a girl I know Who
doesn't tell a fellow nowadays to be surs
and telephone her hat she may be at home
when he calls"
The result Of the new fashion Is that lasa
calling il done this year than over before.
Of course the men and women who want
to 1ee one another for some particular rea-
son manage TO meet The merely indlfferene
md intercourse moro than ever confined
TO meetings at entertainments.