eft in
the hall upon the day of reception to assist the memory of the
hostess.

Other Hints.

Ladies in a strange city, staying either with friends or at a hotel,
are privileged to send cards, giving their address, to any
acquaintances, either lady or gentleman, from whom they may wish to
receive a call. If desirable, they may send a note in preference,
giving date or hour when they will be at home.

Special Pursuits. Ladies having special pursuits, literary, or
professional, often permit this fact to cover remission in social
demands, in fact do not "visit" at all.

For a Son, upon his introduction to society here in America, there is
very little display made. His _entree_ is usually very gradual, but if
he has been closely kept at school his freedom from this is often
announced by his mother leaving his card with her own when she makes
her visits at the beginning of the season. This is taken as a
suggestion that, in future, his name is to be included among the
invited members of the family.

Cards for an unmarried gentleman should never be left by a lady,
except in the case of his having given an entertainment at which
ladies were present. In this case the lady of the house should drive
to his door with her own cards and those of her family. Names of the
young ladies should be engraved for the occasion upon the card of
their mother or chaperon. The cards should be sent in by a servant. If
a call is made upon a lady's regular reception day, it is rude to
leave a card only, without entering and inquiring for the hostess. The
time spent inside the house may be very brief, but even a few moments
will satisfy the demands of etiquette, which without these would be
rudely violated.

Cards may be made to accomplish so much of the multifarious duties of
society that one can scarcely imagine the social world revolving
safely upon its axis without their intervention. Far be it from any to
look upon the custom as a hollow mockery, for, without the system of
formal visiting, or calling, society as it now stands could not exist.
Such, too, are the complexities of modern existence that life would be
all too short for the fulfillment of its demands were it not for these
useful bits of pasteboard that do so much of our work by proxy and
dispose of our undesirable acquaintances so speedily by the simple
cessation, on our part, of leaving cards at their door.

Various Cards.

Among the cards as yet not referred to in thi