Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . ited Guests. Should it so happen that an uninvited guest finds, accidentally, hisway into the festivities, let the strictest politeness mark his reception^ 86 INVITATIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. neither word nor glance betraying the slightest surprise at the unex-pected arrival. Inviting Married People. A married man should never be invited to an entertainment withouthis wife, nor a married woman without including her husband also inthe invitation. An in
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . ited Guests. Should it so happen that an uninvited guest finds, accidentally, hisway into the festivities, let the strictest politeness mark his reception^ 86 INVITATIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. neither word nor glance betraying the slightest surprise at the unex-pected arrival. Inviting Married People. A married man should never be invited to an entertainment withouthis wife, nor a married woman without including her husband also inthe invitation. An invitation erring in this particular should be lookedupon as an insult, and should never be honored by an category, however, does not include gatherings, such as ladiesluncheons or gentlemens game suppers, that are wholly confined tothe members of one sex. Dinners. Ladies who give many dinner parties usually keep on hand theengraved invitation cards, with blanks left for the insertion of nameand date. The invitation for a dinner party is always sent out in thename of both host and hostess, and the usual form is as follows :. R. S. V. P. The letters R. S. V. P. are simply the initials of the French words,Qepondez sHl votes plait, meaning, Reply, if you please. INVITATIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. 87 Some very stylish people now use, in place of these letters, theEnglish phrase : The favor of answer is requested. Written invitations, or those engraved for a single occasion, wouldread as follows : The favor of an answer is requested. R. S. V. P. can be substituted for the last phrase, if desired. If thehcst be a widower with a young lady daughter, the invitation can beissued in the name of father and daughter, as : Mr. and Miss VanVleit, etc., or, a lady and her daughter, under similar circumstances,would issue invitations in the name of Mrs. Holt and Miss Holt. Persons who make a point of strictly observing the usages ofpolite society are extremely careful, having rece
Size: 2789px × 896px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, bookidtwen, booksubjectetiquette
