The address is: To the Countess of Kent.
Country calls. The usual rule in calling
is for the
residents
to call first upon the temporary
cottage
people, and between these latter the
early comers
call first upon those coming
later.
In the city
there is no necessity for
neighbors
to call upon each other.
Crackers should be broken into small pieces and
eaten with
the fingers.
Crests. If men and women wish, these may
be
stamped
in the latest fashionable colors on
their stationery.
It is not customary to use
a crest
and a stamped address on the same
paper.
The present
fashion in crests is that they
should be
of small size.
It is not
usual to stamp the crest on the
flap of
the envelope.
If sealing-wax
is used, some dull color
should be
chosen.
A person
should avoid all individual
eccentricities
and oddities in stamping, such
as facsimile
autographs, etc.
Crystal weddings. This anniversary
comes after
fifteen
years of married life, and the
invitations
may bear the words: No presents
received,
and on their acceptance or declination,
congratulations
may be extended. An
entertainment
should be provided for. Any
article
of crystal or glass is appropriate as a
gift.
DANCES.
Carriages. A man should secure
his carriage-check
when leaving
his carriage. It is safer
to take
wraps and coats to the house in case
of accidents.
When taking
a woman wearing evening
dress to
a ball or dance, a man should
provide
a carriage.
Debutante. See dances—women—debutante.
Dress. Evening dress is worn by men
and
women.
Dinner invitations. The hostess issues
two
sets of
invitations—one for those invited to
both dinner
and dance, and one for those
invited
to the dance only.
For the former, the hostess should use her usual engraved dinner cards, with the written words: Dancing at eleven, and for the latter her usual engraved At Home cards, with the written words: Dancing at eleven.
A less formal way is to use, instead of the At Home card, a Mr. and Mrs. card, or Mrs. And Miss card, with the following written in the lower left-hand corner: Dancing at ten. March the second. R. S. V. P.
Invitations. These should be acknowledged
by an acceptance,
or declined, with a note of
regret within
one week.