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of the moment. No distinction is now made in size between the cards used by married or unmarried women. The card should always be pure white bristol board of medium weight with the name engraved upon it in black ink.
Block, script, and old English lettering are all fashionable types for the engraving of the present carte de visite; and in size of card and style and wording of inscription the models on the next page are re-liable.
MISS MARY WENDELL
125 WEST ELM STREET
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EVELLED or gilded edges, crests, or any decoration and engraving beyond the name, address, and day at home, do not show taste or a knowledge of the nicest social customs. With one exception a lady's visiting card in America never bears any other title than Mrs. or Miss; to dispense with these simple titles is to commit a solecism. A woman is
MRS. DAVIS FLOYD WENDELL
125 WEST ELM STREET
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not privileged to share on her card the dignities conferred upon her husband; the wife of the admiral is merely Mrs. George Brown; the president's wife is Mrs. William Smith.
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