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of honor, usher, or best man, to call upon the bride's mother shortly after the wedding, and upon the bride as soon as she returns from her wedding trip. The guests at a home wedding, wedding reception, or breakfast must call in due course on the mother of the bride, and later on the bride. It is obligatory to call on one's hostess after a dinner, a breakfast, a musicale,
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or a luncheon. But for men as well as women the dinner call is of paramount importance. It is paid within a fortnight after the dinner, and whether the invitation was accepted or not. When a dinner or dance invitation is declined and no call is made after-ward a hostess has every reason to feel deeply of-fended, and to accept the slight as a sign that her friendship and hospitality are not desired. Only very ignorant or ill-bred persons pursue such a course with a view to dropping an undesirable acquaintance. If one wishes to drop an acquaintance, one should care-fully pay the required call, and then let the inter-change of visits cease. A hostess who is heedful
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