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

of introduction to a man, she posts it to him with her card, and he responds by a call at the very earliest opportunity. If he is a bachelor with no sisters or a mother who can entertain his new ac­quaintance for him, he may still show many courtes­ies. To call merely and then to believe that the whole duty of recognizing the introduction is done, or to wait a week before calling and then present some lame excuse for tardiness, is to prove oneself either painfully ignorant of, or reprehensibly indifferent to, the laws of good breeding. Having called upon and entertained the person who comes with a letter of introduction, there re-mains no further obligation. After the lapse of a few weeks following a note of introduction, persons who are punctilious do not fail to write a note of acknowledgment and thanks to the person who made the presentation. 2I CHAPTER II CALLS WHEN TO PAY CALLS F ORMAL calls, in the city and during the season of winter gayety, are paid between four and six o'clock in the afternoon. Calls of ceremony are never

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