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

to be not at home, then to these cards she adds those of her husband and leaves them all with the servant. On the other hand, if the ladies appear, she pays her call, and on passing out puts two of her husband's cards on the hall tray. WHEN A STRANGER LEAVES CARDS NOT infrequently, when a man or a woman is entertaining a relative or friend for a fortnight or longer, the two go on a round of calls together, and in that case a special question as to the proper card-leaving is mooted. If the guest accompanies the host or hostess as a matter of convenience and is a stranger to the persons on whom the calls are paid, his or her card is not left when the persons called upon are not found at home. But if the stranger purposes to spend at least a fortnight in the neigh­borhood, and the persons called upon present them-selves, one of his or her cards should be left in the hall on departing. Otherwise no card-leaving is necessary, and the person on whom the call was made will understand that this chance caller, if a woman, need not be called

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