ANSWERING INVITATIONS. These should be answered
immediately, and if declined, the
ticket should be returned.

ARRIVING AT. There is no set rule when guests
should arrive.

In the city, guests should arrive anywhere
between eleven and twelve, and in the country,
fifteen minutes after the hour set in the
invitation.

ASKING WOMEN TO DANCE. A man asks for
the privilege of a dance either with the
daughter of the hostess, with any guest of
the latter, or with any young woman receiving
with her.

On being introduced to a woman, he may
ask her for a dance, and should be punctual
in keeping the engagement.

It is her privilege to end the dance at any
moment she wishes, after which he should
conduct her to her chaperone or find a seat
for her, after which he is at liberty to go
elsewhere.

If for any cause a man has to break his
engagements to dance, he should personally