refuse all such requests, and no friend
should feel aggrieved at a refusal for what
she has no right to ask and which the hostess
is under no obligation to give. If the
hostess chooses to grant the request, well and
good.

She would naturally do so when the request
is for a near relative, or the betrothed of the
one making the request.

A man should never ask for an invitation
to a ball for another person, except for his
fiancee or a near relative.

A woman may ask for an invitation for her
fiance, a brother, or a male friend of long
standing, or for a visiting friend. She should
take care that she does not ask it for some
one known to the hostess and whom the latter
does not desire to invite. No offense should be
felt at a refusal save, possibly, in the case of a
brother, sister, or fiance.

INVITATIONS GIVEN BY A NEWCOMER. When a
newcomer in a neighborhood desires to give
a ball but has no visiting list, it is allowable
for her to borrow the visiting list of
some friend. The friend, however, arranges
that in each envelope is placed a calling-card