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

loss, or an injury by fire, has been sustained; or even where there has been some recognized unhappiness. Such calls, in these and similar misfortunes, are very necessary, and indicate sincere sympathy and a desire to express friendly feeling. They are as obligatory on men as on women. Encyclopedia of Etiquette THE DAY AT HOME T HE day at home, in large cities, during the winter season, and nowadays, at the fashionable summer resorts, is an established and admirable social institution, contributing to the convenience and pleasure of every one concerned. One after-noon in every week or fortnight or month, usually from the first of November until the beginning of Lent or until Easter, is set aside by women who have a large circle of friends and entertain frequently. The day chosen should be engraved on the visiting card; and from four until six or seven o'clock of the afternoon of that day the lady enter­tains, with conversation and slight refreshment, all those who call in courteous acknowledgment of some hospitality received or offered, or who wish to enjoy the pleasure of her society.

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