s that a woman should call on her friends and
acquaintances once a year. This signifies the desire to continue the
relationship. If she finds her friend at home she gives her name to the
maid and at the conclusion of the visit leaves her card on a table or some
convenient place. If her friend is out, the maid receives her card on a
tray. In each case a visit has been paid and the card is a reminder that
the obligation has been discharged. At this call, if it is the first, or
expected to be the only one of the year, a married woman leaves one of her
cards for each lady in the family, and one of her husband's for each lady
and one for the man of the house. One card, of her husband's may include
several grown daughters. If she calls again during the season, she may
leave her own cards only, though she should acknowledge an invitation
received by her husband by leaving his cards. Cards are never to be handed
to the lady of the house or any member of the family.

After Social Functions.--Now here is the law as regards leaving cards
after social functions: After receiving invitations to receptions,
dinners, luncheons, card parties or evening entertainments, calls are to
be made within a week after the event, whether one has accepted or not.
However, in some localities, it is thought correct to leave cards at the
time if one attends the function, or send them if not attending. It is
safest to ascertain the local custom in advance. The correct etiquette is
to call afterwards.

An invitation to a church wedding necessitates sending cards to those in
whose name the invitation was issued and to the newly wedded pair. The
same is true of announcement cards. Cards for an afternoon tea do not
require reply; those present leave their own cards and those of any member
of the family who was invited but did not attend.

After Absence.--Another use of cards is when one returns home after a long
absence. Cards with one's address are sent to previous acquaintances, as a
notification that the sender wishes to resume her social relations. In
case of a friend's illness, one should call to make personal inquiries,
leaving a card on which is written "To inquire." After a death, cards may
be left or sent, on which it is correct to write "With sincere sympathy."
After the funeral, cards are sent by those bereaved to those who have thus
manifested regard, with the words "With thanks for kind inquiries" or
remembrances.

Thus we see cards are not