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are more than one in the house. He will also send up one card for the young lady, or ladies, and one for the mother or chaperon whoever she may be. If the ladies are out, he leaves these cards and one for his host. If the ladies are in and one or more descend to see him, he still leaves a card for his host on the hall table on going out.
A call made by a gentleman on a lady, on her day at home, requires no sending in or leaving of cards in the hall, unless he is calling after some entertainment which he has attended under that roof or to which he has been invited, or unless it is his first call on her in the season. After an entertainment, he puts one card in the tray, and that is for his host; also on the occasion of a first call he leaves one. This last is merely to indicate that his address is the same as in the foregoing season. Thereafter when calling on the day at home he makes no use of his cards.
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WHEN TO LEAVE AND WHEN TO POST CARDS
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FREQUENT and convenient practice formerly was that of leaving cards at a door
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