Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . writing. Accepting a Dinner Invitation. Incumbent upon us as it is to answer the majority of our invitationsin either the affirmative or negative, there are degrees of necessitjeven here, for, sin as we may in all other particulars, there is anunwritten code like unto the laws of the Medes and Persians whichdeclareth that the invitations to a dinner are not to be lightly setaside. First, an invitation to a dinner is the highest social complimentthat a
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . writing. Accepting a Dinner Invitation. Incumbent upon us as it is to answer the majority of our invitationsin either the affirmative or negative, there are degrees of necessitjeven here, for, sin as we may in all other particulars, there is anunwritten code like unto the laws of the Medes and Persians whichdeclareth that the invitations to a dinner are not to be lightly setaside. First, an invitation to a dinner is the highest social complimentthat a host and hostess can pay to those invited, and, second, theguests are limited in number and painstakingly arranged in congenialcouples by the careful hostess. Judge, then, of her disappointment,when, at the last moment, some delinquent sends in a hasty regretleaving little or no time to fill that terror of all dinner-givers, thatskeleton at the feast, an empty chair. One such failure is sufficient toruin the most carefully-arranged table and is an injury to host andhostess that only the occurrence of some unforeseen calamity ANSWERING AN INVITATION. 109 110 ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS. In answering an invitation it is well to repeat the date, as: Yourkind invitation for Tuesday, May fifth. This will give an oppor-tunity, if any mistakes have been made in dates, to rectify them atonce. This caution it would be well to observe in answering anyinvitation. Answer decisively as well as promptly. Do not, if there is a doubtas to your being able to attend, selfishly keep the lists open in yourfavor by suggesting that You hope to have the pleasure, etc., or, ifmarried, that one of us will come. This is an injustice to thoseinviting you, who, to make a success of their entertainment, mustknow at once the number to be depended upon. Say yes or nopromptly and abide by your decision. To do this will, in case ofrefusal, give time to fill your place at table. Accepting a Dinner Invi
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