The boys in fanciful costumes, such as pages' suits, etc. If it is a
morning reception, rich visiting or promenade costumes should be worn,
small dress bonnets and white gloves.

Ordinary Evening Dress.

This applies to small parties at home or with friends, to receiving
calls at home or in making an evening call. It should be appropriate
to the season. Pretty wool goods, exquisitely made, in winter;
organdies, grenadines and mulls for summer; laces, a modest bit of
jewelry or a simple flower, and one is sufficiently well-gowned.

If the gathering is a little more formal, reception dresses may be
worn by the matrons, while the young ladies garb themselves as for
receiving at an afternoon tea.

If gloves are worn at all on such an occasion they must be light
colored. They are really unnecessary, unless the taste of that
especial "set" is very strongly in their favor. If in doubt, it is
well to go furnished with a pair for use in case one finds all the
guests gloved, and has not the moral courage to remain the exception.

Dress for Church.

Well-bred people attend church in simple costumes, free from display.
These may be of rich materials, but they are quiet in color and make.
Jewelry, other than a simple pin, should not be used; earrings, of
course, if one is in the habit of wearing them, but not diamonds. The
church is not the place to flaunt elegant attire in the face of less
fortunate worshipers in the "I-am-richer-than-thou" style that marks
the _parvenu_.

Receiving Calls.

A lady with regular days for receiving calls wears a reception dress
as before described. Casual callers she receives in her morning or
afternoon house dress. Her morning dress, if she superintends her
household affairs, should be plain and neat, and be so protected by
cap and apron that by doffing these, she will be presentable in a
moment.

Where there are no household cares, a daintier morning dress may be
adopted, but let it be suitable to the occasion, not some old,
half-worn finery revamped for the occasion. If visiting, a still
richer gown may be worn, and for a late breakfast at a watering place
one may be quite luxurious.

Calling or Visiting Costume.

For morning calls dress quietly in promenade costume. Wear
light-colored gloves unless in deep mourning. If driving, carriage
dress may be worn. For day receptions the dress may be more elaborate
and the bonnet more "dressy."

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