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bow and a civil good afternoon to the guests near the hostess, he turns and walks straight away.
It is the duty of a man, when calling, to relieve women of their empty tea-cups and to carry refreshments to those at a distance from the tea-table. He must rise from his chair when a woman caller enters, when his hostess leaves her seat, when a woman caller rises to make her adieu, and, of course, when any one is introduced to him. When he rises, he stands beside or behind-not before-his chair, and he continues to stand as long as the lady on whose account he has risen is herself standing.
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HEN a woman makes an afternoon call on one who keeps no day at home, or pays her visit on a day other than the one appointed for receiving
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calls, she makes at the door some such inquiry as: Are the ladies at home? or, Is Mrs. Blank at home ? Receiving a reply in the negative, she leaves the requisite number of cards, and with or without some such regretful message as, Pray tell Mrs. Blank I am very sorry not to find
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