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

her in, takes her departure. It is an unwarranted familiarity to question the servant as to her mistress's whereabouts unless business or a most important errand is the occasion of the call. CALLING IN THE EVENING W HEN a man calls of a Sunday afternoon or of an evening, he asks to see "the ladies," if his call is in return for a hospitality extended to him in the name of the mistress of the house, as it usually is on his first calls. He also asks particularly to see "the ladies" when the mother of the young lady of the house has herself asked him to call. Otherwise, he may very properly ask to see the young ladies, or the particular lady for whom his visit is especially in-tended. If the servant is doubtful of the lady's where­abouts, or of her readiness to receive, the caller should step into the drawing room and wait for an answer, retaining his overcoat and gloves. If the servant's reply is favorable, he then divests himself of these garments, putting them in the hall, and awaits the lady's arrival. When she enters, he goes forward a space to meet her, and stands until she has seated

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