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

meeting to call; and when an invitation has been extended and the recipient shows as time goes on no inclination to profit by the permission, it is only dignified for the woman not to repeat her civility. In that society which does not represent the ex­treme of formality young girls claim the right, from the moment of their debuts, to choose their own men friends. The American mother, well aware of the independence as well as clear good sense of her daughter, gladly resigns to her this privilege. Calls 35 There is, however, an unwritten law, in the code followed by the American girl, against asking a man to call on first meeting, unless he is a friend or relative of a good friend of her own and formally introduced, or unless he proves an agreeable and gentlemanly person, well known in her own circle of friends, and betrays very clearly his desire for her friendship. On asking a gentleman to call, it is sufficient to say, I hope you will come and see me, Mr. Blank. My mother and I are at home on Tuesday afternoons, or, I hope you will

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