Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-16
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WHEN TO CALL ON BRIDES;
RULES GOVERNING CARDS
Should Not Be Visited After Ceremony Unless
Their Personal Cards, With or Without
Address, Have Been Received

THERE need never be any doubt
about WerinC wedding invl-
L tation and the mode OF procedure
later. for unless il is requested that an
answer he sent at once no acknowledg-
ment OF the cards is necessary until the
day set for the wedding Then. whether
the ceremony be in the morning after
noon or evening. a woman attending il
wears her prettiest gown-hlSh neck for
the day. of course. and decollete for
evening What a man wears is governed
accordingly
II one has been bidden to a reception al
the house after the marriage it is custom
airy. If this is in the daytime. to leave a
visiting card. at any tea None Is left
for the bride and bridegroom. To be eN-
act in this particular. a married woman
going to the reception would leave one of
her cards and two of her husba nds if the
invitations were sent out in the names of
the brides parents. If, for any reason.
the invitations are issued by one person
only, as in the case of one parent being
dead or a guardian being the person who
sends them. only one card of the married
woman and one of her husbands would
be left.
No Cards at an Evening Reception.
For an evening reception no cards are
required
IT, for any reason. il is impossible to at
tend the ceremony or reception to which
one has been invited. visiting cards fol-
lowing the rule given. should be sent on
the day of the wedding. they being ad-
dressed to the person or persons sehdhnS
the Invitations.
Whether present or absent from the
marriage or reception. call within Two
weeks after the wedding is imperative.
During this visit cards are left as at d re-
ception.
An unmarried woman does not leave a
card for the father Of the bride unless he
alcne gave the invitation. Good form now
demands that such an invitation from a
man requires Il visiting card afterWard
from all whom he honored, and an unmar-
ried woman would post 'Acrs or send 1t TO
the house by Il servant during the regular
calling hours \ married woman would
leave hers and her husband IN the same
way.
bride is not asked for unless. under her
new name she has signaliZed request
to continue the acquaintance OF her pre-
vious days. This fact sh" makes known
either by verbal request TO call or ny en-
sraved cards with her new name and resi-
from the bride it is to be understood en-
phatically that she does not wish to keep
the persons ignored upon 'her visiting
list and to go 10 see her is 10 thrust one S
self upon her.
Brides Cards.
If the card that comes in the wedding
invitation bears simply her new name and
that of her husband with the address of
their new home. this means that she Will
have no regular reception days. but VIII
be at home any afternoon informally If
she has days" they are the same as a
tea except for the fact that the bride
is expected to return these calls. Any one
going To her days sending cards makes
a formal call. or shows a desire to do so,
and il is for her TO respond.
II cannot be too emphdtCally stated
however. that the bride should not be Wis
tied unless in some way she shows such
desire Many girls take the opportunity
offered when they are married and enter
ing new life to drop many OF their
parentS' friends.