Dreka's card etiquette .. . Aa^ /ney. cannot acce/i1^\s£u. <¥ <sfflld. Or, offiuldaau good forms. These acceptances and regrets are sometimesengraved and printed, and filled up as occasionrequires, but a written answer is consideredmore complimentary. pARD ETiqUETTE. 27 ?* ^ Wxenth phrases USED ON INVITATIONS. R. S. V. P.—Repondez sHl vous plait: The favor of an answer is P. C.—Pour Prendre Conge: To take de JRigueur: Full dress, in Champetre: A Rural Masque: Masquerade : dansante: Danc
Dreka's card etiquette .. . Aa^ /ney. cannot acce/i1^\s£u. <¥ <sfflld. Or, offiuldaau good forms. These acceptances and regrets are sometimesengraved and printed, and filled up as occasionrequires, but a written answer is consideredmore complimentary. pARD ETiqUETTE. 27 ?* ^ Wxenth phrases USED ON INVITATIONS. R. S. V. P.—Repondez sHl vous plait: The favor of an answer is P. C.—Pour Prendre Conge: To take de JRigueur: Full dress, in Champetre: A Rural Masque: Masquerade : dansante: Dancing Party. *? I LVlEpU, AND DINNER-PLATE CARD. At private Dinners, conducted with ceremony,the Menu, or list of Dishes, is laid at each plate,—an illuminated Monogram or Crest at the top ofthe page. The list of dishes may be written orprinted. An Illuminated Dinner-plate Card, on whichthe name of each guest is written, is laid oneach plate, to designate the seats of the guests. -* 28 pARD E/TiqUETTE. Jtatkmertj-. OT<Pm^ NGLISH PAPERS, both White andTinted, and without lines, are now^universally used for social corres-pondence, and should be of the finest^T^quality, either highly finished or\Miead surface. Note papers with lines, orSjja/ fancy French papers, are not considered*£** correct, and are restricted by etiquetteto correspondents who are on terms of greatintimacy. The Royal Irish Linen Paper is meeting withmuch favor on account of the excellence of thequality, and will be very much used this sizes most in use are the long sheet, foldingonce into square envelope, and the square sheetfolding once into oblong envelope. A new stylejust introduced promises to become very popular;it is a short, very wide sheet, folding once perpen-dicularly into square envelope, and is intended toaccommodate the large angular hand-writingnow so fashionable. *- ?* pARD Etiquette. 29
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