Show GOOD TASTE TODAY I Iby I Y by I byI EMILY POST Worlds World Foremost Authority Authony on Etiquette Emily Post Fost I I Theres There's Good Reason for Visiting Cards I IDEAR DEAR EAR Mrs Post VisIting card I cardI formalities are something I never will understand Ive I've moved mo Into a strange community and andi i neIghbors and friends of friends are calling and leaving their cards I I InI do they leave cards when Im I'm In Inand Inand and receive them I can under under- understand understand I stand why they would leave cards In my absence but not otherwIse I IAnswer Answer It Is really essential that they leave cards so that you will know theIr full names and the spelling spell spell- spellIng II Ing and possibly theIr house ad- ad addresses addresses dresses After all you would have to have better than average a hear hear- hearIng hearing Ing not to say anything of memory to remember the names announced to you And later when you look for Mrs Jimson In the telephone book you may have no way of knowing whether she Is Mrs Alex I Alex Alex- Alexander ander or Mrs John or Mrs George Excepting on this first oc- oc occasion occasion casion vIsitors are not apt to send In their cards unless they find you out JT Wedding Need Not Name Town Mrs Irs Post On weddIng an- an announcements announcements DEAR may I omit the name of the town Ip iii which we were marrIed Or If there must be some town mentioned may I use the name of my home town Instead We were married out of the state and I dont don't care especially to use the name of the town If It Is possible to emIt it Answer The best way to over over- overcome overcome come this Is to leave a space be- be between between tween the line gIving the year ear of the marriage and the name of the town In other words actually the announcement ends with the date Adding the name of the town merely gives the people to whom the an- an announcements announcements are sent your your parents address Proper Invitation Form DEAR EAR Mrs Irs Post Will you sug- sug sugi suggest i gest a form for nn an important dinner to be given by the children I of a couple who are to be honored on theIr fiftieth wedding anniversary I Everything I write Hite out doesn't seem correct Answer The pleasure of name written in Company Is requested by byThe byThe The Sons and Daughters of Mr and Mrs Fifty Years on the occasion of theIr Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary on Tuesday the tenth of February nt at eight o'clock Hotel Uptown City Sta State te Kindly reply How to Accept EAR Mrs Irs Post how lIow In the DEAR D world can so much be written I by hand when answering a third per per- person person son Invitation sent out by a com com- committee of a certaIn organization I both names appearing on the form formas as well as the names of two guests of honor Answer You need write no more than the following Miss Mary Smith accepts with pleasure the kind invitation of The Women's Committee of whatever Organization for Wednesday evening at eight o'clock at the Hotel Steven The Wedding Breakfast DEAR D EAR Mrs Post Will you sug- sug suggest suggest gest a good menu for a ten o'clock wedding breakfast There will be only about two dozen guests Answer At that hour I would make It really a breakfast Some Some- Something Something thing such as melon and chicken mince with hashed cream potatoes or scrambled eggs and lOd sausage but but- buttered buttered hot breads breakfast coffee meaning coffee In big cups with sugar and cream and I think that thatIs thatis Is enough Wedding cake and eIther champagne or fruit cup or whatever you are going to use to drink the brides bride's health are of course part ot of every wedding collation No Tails on Sunday DEAR D LA t Mrs Post lost Will you kIndly settle a In dressIng for forus forus us I have bae always understood that taIls for men are absolutely cor- cor correct correct at any time after dark no matter what hat the day We have ha Just been told that this does docs not include Sunday Answer The reason that taIls are never seen on Sunday evening Is that balls and dinners of ceremony cere- cere ceremony mony which alone requIre them are arc never given on Sunday How l You ou Do It WHEN X someone says sars now How do doV V V you OU do Is It correct to say I am fine thank you or Is how v do you Ou do to be taken only as a greet greet- greetIng lag Ing Answer How do you do Is a punctilious greeting to which the customary response is also How do you do l Service |