Identifier: oursociety00ives (find matches)
Title: Our society
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ives, Alice Emma Beecher, Henry Ward, Mrs., 1813-1897 Williams, Cora May. (from old catalog) Foley, John Samuel, Bishop, 1833- (from old catalog) Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 1846-1918
Subjects: Etiquette Physical education and training
Publisher: Detroit, Mich., Darling brothers & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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LADIES CALLS AND CARDS.
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HE social callis a firmly es-tablished cus-tom and is like-ly to last aslong as humanJSP beings feel thenecessity of ming-ling in each otherssociety. To the busy man or woman, the scientific, pro-fessional, or literary worker, whose circle is narrowed downto a few chosen friends, the ceremonious call is regardedas an irksome exaction to be avoided. To the fashionableindividual, whose life is a round of societys demands andreturns, its strictly defined code is at once a law and a pro-tection, without which chaos would come indeed. To thesensible, well-bred person, though he may avoid fashionablesociety on account of its ceremonious demands, the ruleswhich govern it are a recognized necessity, and the under-standing of them a part of his education. The Morning Call.— Morning calls, as they are termed,from the English custom of not dining till evening, and allthat part of the day which precedes this meal being called 107 I08 OUR SOCIETY. morning, should not be made earlier than 12 m.,

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