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The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions by Walter Cox Green
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to use "At Home" cards as a woman does,
nor to invite his friends by writing a date
and Music at four on his calling-cards in
place of an invitation.

DRESS. In the afternoon the caller should wear
afternoon dress, and in the evening evening
dress.

ACKNOWLEDGING INVITATIONS. Invitations to
an ordinary at home need no acknowledgment.

INVITATIONS. Cards for an "At Home" are engraved
with the hour for beginning the
entertainment--as, Chocolate at 4.30 o'clock.
The invitations to a formal "At Home"
should be sent in two envelopes, but to an
ordinary "At Home" in one envelope. For
informal affairs the hour may be written on
an ordinary "At Home" card.



BACHELORS' DINNERS. They follow the usual custom
of formal dinners, and may be as elaborate as
desired. Women may be invited. Such
dinners are often given for men only.

CALLS. Women do not call upon a bachelor
after attending a dinner given by him.
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