Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . ges areto be sent to convey the guests thither, always require an answer;this, however, is usually indicated upon the card. Refusing After Acceptance. Should it unfortunately occur, after accepting an invitation, that, byone of the sorrowful happenings so often marring our best laid plans,we are prevented from fulfilling our promise, let the regret sent beprompt, that your hostess, especially if the entertainment be a dinneror luncheon, may possibly, e
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . ges areto be sent to convey the guests thither, always require an answer;this, however, is usually indicated upon the card. Refusing After Acceptance. Should it unfortunately occur, after accepting an invitation, that, byone of the sorrowful happenings so often marring our best laid plans,we are prevented from fulfilling our promise, let the regret sent beprompt, that your hostess, especially if the entertainment be a dinneror luncheon, may possibly, even at the eleventh hour, be able to supplythe vacancy. Make it explanatory as well, that she may feel positivethat no mere whim has caused the disarrangement of her plans. What Not to Do. Never write the word accepts, regrets or declines uponyour visiting card and send in lieu of a written note. To do so is notonly an insult to your hostess but a mark as well of your own ill-breeding. An invitation, which is always an honor and implies thebest that your host is able to offer, should always receive the courtesyof a civil reply. Ufrmctge-. ^/COURTSHIP/according toSterne, con-sists in a number ofquiet attentions, not sopointed as to alarm, norso vague as not to beunderstood. In this little quotation lies the spirit and the letter of all etiquetteregarding courtship. The passion of love generally appearing toeveryone save the man who feels it, so entirely disproportionate tothe value of the object, so impossible to be entered into by any out-side individual, that any strong expressions of it appear ridiculous to athird person. For this reason it is that all extravagance of feelingshould be carefully repressed as an offense against good breeding. Man was made for woman, and woman equally for man. Howshall they treat each other ? How shall they come to understandtheir mutual relations- and duties ? It is lofty work to write upon thissubject what ought to be written. Mistakes, fatal
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