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

of all nice social observances will take pains to call upon a new acquaintance before offering her any hospital­ity; and she will also be careful to call or leave cards on a woman not of her acquaintance to whom she has been asked to give an invitation, particularly if the stranger is the guest or a relative of a good friend. However, both of these obligations are reversed where the would-be hostess is a much older woman than the lady she invites to her house, and under such condi­tions the call is not obligatory. A man or woman invited through the influence of a friend to a private entertainment is obliged to call upon the hostess of the occasion after the entertain­ment, whether the invitation was accepted or not. When a man has served as a pall-bearer, he should call on the bereaved family within ten days or three weeks after the funeral, though this call is rarely 28 Encyclopaedia of Etiquette more than the leaving of a card, along with a kindly inquiry. RETURNING CALLS F IRST calls in the season are returned very promptly,

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