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

as to the nature of her errand, or briefly ex­plaining to the servant the purpose of the call. Fre­quently a formal morning call is paid by one woman on another with whom she does not exchange cards and visits, except as their association in a club or on some charity committee may necessitate brief busi­ness calls. In such calls, only one, and her own, card is sent up by the caller; and this and a brief explanation of the object of the call are left with the servant when the mistress of the house is not at home. 74 Encyclopedia of Etiquette WHEN A MAN LEAVES CARDS M ANY a young man who regards himself as a model of social propriety calls at a house where he has lately been entertained, at a dance or dinner, and asks to see only some one young lady in whom he has a special interest, sending up but one card by the servant, and leaving but one card if the one for whom he has asked is not at home. Every truly well-mannered man, in calling under such cir­cumstances, will, however, ask to see not any one per-son, but the ladies, if there

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