LL.D. and
all professional titles are placed
after the
name. Political and judicial titles
are always
omitted.
Physicians may use Dr. before or M.D. after their names. On cards intended for social use, office hours and other professional matters are omitted.
Women’s cards. The
same principles govern
the titles
on women’s cards, with the addition
that women
should never use titles of their
husbands.
Toothpicks should not be used in public.
If necessity
requires
it, raise the napkin over the
mouth, with
the hand behind it, using the
toothpick
as quickly as possible.
Town, returning to-women.
Cards of the entire
family should
be sent by mail to all acquaintances
when returning
after a prolonged
absence.
When using cards, if out of town, the place of a woman’s permanent residence can be written on the card thus: New York. Philadelphia.
Travelers’ visiting-cards.
A woman visiting a place
for a length
of time should mail to her friends
a visiting-card
containing her temporary address.
A man in
a similar situation should call
upon his
friends, and if he does not find
them at
home should leave his card.
TRAVELING.
Men with women. When
traveling with a
woman, a
man should see to the checking
and care
of her baggage.
Men. As it is exceedingly trying
and difficult
for a woman
to stand in a railroad train while
it is in
motion, it is the height of good manners
for a man
to offer her his seat and to
insist on
her taking it.
Expenses. On a short boat or railroad
trip a
man should
pay the expenses of a woman
who accompanies
him by his invitation. But
on a long
trip she should insist on paying
her share,
and he should accept her decision.
Of course,
he is at liberty, however, to pay
all the
expenses of slight entertainments-as,
fruit, magazines,
etc.
He should
see to the care of her baggage
and all
other details.
Parlor-car. When traveling a long
distance
accompanied
by a woman, a man should secure
seats in
the parlor-car.
While it is admissible to offer assistance to a woman traveling in a parlor-car without an escort, it should be done in the most polite and delicate manner, and be perfectly agreeable to her.
Women. If a woman arrives at a strange
place,
especially
a large city, and no one meets her,
she should
ask the station porter to attend to
her baggage
and all such details, and, if
traveling
farther, to see to her ticket and to
find for
her the right train.