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

message with the servant at the door begging to be excused. The formal call of condolence, however, is gradually going out of practice. Persons in affliction prefer, as a rule, to see only their near friends; and it is thus considered better form for those who hold the relation of mere visiting ac­quaintances to send a simple note of sympathy. When a visit of condolence is paid, it is best to make no reference to the loss that occasions the visit, un­less the caller is gifted with rare tact, or unless the others themselves introduce the subject. To say on greeting the friend who is in sorrow, I hope you do not think me intrusive, but I wished to assure you in person of my sincerest sympathy is a sufficient allu­sion to the motive of the visit. If a quiet thank you. I appreciate your thought of me, is the response and no further reference is made to the caller's real mission, there then remains no need for an effort at further consolation. It is just as well sometimes for a caller, who finds the bereaved friends unwilling to revert Calls 39

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