The Ely miner., 1937-11-11
No Gift Is Necessary
MT Dinner for Bride

night supper In h0nOr OF visiting
bride and groom. We know the
groom's family but were not in
vited to the wedding in the East
and did not send them a wedding
present. Do you think that after
this party we should send them
something or would you perhaps
suggest that we take something to
the party?
Answer: Unless local custom is
involved about which l have not
heard, it certainly will not be ex-
pected that you take or send any,
thing to the bride and groom.
Announcing Departure
n EAR Mrs. Post: My husband
- has long held public Office in
this town and in consequence we
have met many people whom we be-
that we are going to make our
home in a distant town. May I send
our visiting cards to long local
list of names, writing p. p. C. on
them, and could these cards include
our future address rather than the
present one, which we are giving up
permanently?
Answer: Utility suggests that you
might change the usual procedure
of writing P. P. c. on cards which
you are now using and instead write
on those which carry your future
address. However, unless you in
some way make this clear people
receiving them may not notice the
change. AS a suggestion, you might
have this number of cards engraved
with the name of the town on the
line below the street address, and
then on the cards which you have
made up for other uses simply omit
it, since visiting cards do not usu-.
ally include any more than the
street address.
Making Apologies.
rs 1T correct to say Excuse me
L or pardon me" when passing
in front of someone? For instance,
in a theater. And when are the
more suitable occasions for saying
''I'm sorry?
Answer: The expressions "I'm
sorry" and Excuse me" can be
said almost INTERCHANGEABLE for an
offense that is unavoidable and yet
one which might be unpleasant to
others. 81 beg your pardon" is said
for an offense that is caused by
ones own awkwardness. The word
pardon" is a social tabu if sep
arated from the complete sentence,
81 beg your pardon" In the thea
ter, when your seat happens to be
an inner one, you say to the person
on the aisle Excuse me" and then
wait a second until he can turn
aside. If he seems to be disturbed,
you add "I'm sorry"
Neu Daughter-in-La,U
nEAR Mrs. Post: / have new
- daughter in law and even
though she and my son are living
ont of town have never had Occa-
sion to write her. She has never
called me any name directly and
naturally signs her letters to me,
"Mary." To my son / have heard
her say "your mother" and to 9TH
ers she refers to me as "Dick's
mother" l don't want her to call
me "Mrs. Brown" but l also dare
not force her into anything she may
not like.
Answer: Sign your letter Dicks
Mother" and then, since this would
be very hard to settle by letter, why
not wait until you see her to tell
her that you don't care what she
chooses to call you as long as it is
not "Mrs. Brown"
Youth Crolving Up.
A T WHAT age Toes a girl have
miss" engraved on her visiting
cards? And does this same age ap-
ply to boys card?
Answer: Miss" is prefixed to the
name of young girl at fifteen or
often sooner, and her name should
be engraved Miss Margaret Blank
and not Miss Sunny Blank On the
other hand, boy never puts Mr. on
his cards until he leaves school and
many prefer cards without Mr. un-
til after leaving college.
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