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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF ETIQUETTE WHAT TO WRITE WHAT TO DO WHAT TO WEAR WHAT TO SAY: 348 total pages.

note or card, slip into it a card giving her name and address, and trust it to the post for safe delivery. THE RECEPTION OF A NOTE OF INTRODUCTION W HEN the bearer of a note or card of intro­duction is a woman a call must be paid her promptly-that is, within forty-eight hours of the reception of the note or card. The call should then be followed by the offer of some hospitality. If it is impossible to call, a note should be written acknowl­edging the receipt of the introduction; and unless mourning, illness, or a speedy departure from home prevents, a very earnest effort should be made to entertain the bearer of the introductory missive. A woman should follow this latter course in dealing with a note of introduction presented by a man. Unless unable from age or illness, she should most certainly honor first by a call, and then by an invitation, 20 Encyclopedia of Etiquette an introduction to a woman. A man must first call upon and then entertain to the best of his ability a man introduced to him by letter. When a woman bears a letter

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