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LENGTH. A formal call may last from fifteen to
thirty minutes. Old friends may stay longer.
LUNCHEONS. See LUNCHEON--CALLS.
MEN. AFTER ENTERTAINMENTS. After an entertainment
a man should call in person on
host and hostess, whether the invitation was
accepted or not. If a card is sent or mailed,
it should be accompanied with an apology.
To call on an acquaintance in an opera
box does not relieve one of the duty of making
a formal call in return for social favors.
When calling on the hostess but not on
the host, a man should leave a card for him.
If the hostess be out, he should leave two
cards.
Married men can return their social obligations
to women by personal calls, or the
women of the family can leave the men's
cards with their own.
A call should be made the day following a
luncheon or a breakfast; the same after a
dinner, or at least within a week. A call
should be made within a week after a ball.
After a theatre party given by a man, he
should call within three days on the woman
he escorted, or leave his card, and should
call within a week on the remainder of his
guests.
MEN CALLING ON MEN. At the beginning of
the season it is usual to leave a card for each
member of a family called on--one card for
husband, wife, "misses," and guest, or rest
of the family. Sometimes two cards answer
the purpose.
They may be sent by mail or messenger.
MEN CALLING ON WOMEN. A man should call
only on "At Home" days, especially when
making the first call, unless specially invited.
He should call at the hour appointed.
When no special day for receiving is indicated,
calls may be made at any proper hour,
according to the custom of the locality. Men
of leisure may call at the fashionable hours
--from two till five o'clock.
Business and professional men may call
between eight and nine o'clock, as their obligations
prevent them from observing the
fashionable hours.
A business man may call in street dress
before six o'clock, and the same dress in the
evening, if intimately acquainted.
Informal calls may be made on Sunday
after three o'clock by business and professional
men, provided there are no religious or
other scruples on the part of those receiving
the calls.
Evening or other than mere formal calls
should not be made, save by special invitation.
The first call should last not longer than
ten or fifteen minutes. It is correct to ask
for all the women of the family.
At the first call he should give his card at
the door. At following calls it is optional
whether to give a card or merely the name,
asking at the same time for the person one
desires to see. When the servant's intelligence
seems doubtful, or the name is an
unusual one, it is safer to give a card.
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