of her own, so that the invited ones may know
that she is acting as sponsor for the newcomer.

INVITATIONS ANSWERED. Every invitation
should be answered as soon as possible, and
in the third person if the invitation was in the
third person. The answer should be sent to
the party requesting the pleasure, even if
many names are on the invitation.

When a subscriber to a subscription ball
invites a friend who is a non-subscriber, she
encloses her card in the envelope, and the invited
friend sends the answer to the subscriber
sending the invitation.

INTRODUCTIONS. When a man is introduced to a
woman at a ball, he should ask her for a
dance.

MEN AT. Courtesy toward his hostess and consideration
for his friends demands that a
man who can dance should do so.

To accept an invitation to a ball and then
refuse to dance shows that a man is lacking
in good breeding.

A man finding few friends at a ball should
ask some friend, or the hostess, to introduce