Show I Origin of Visiting Cards I I Some authorities hold that the orIgin orIgin or or- of the visiting card eard lay In the cir clr- cir cir- that when Pericles first laid siege to the heart of Aspasia he sent her a bouquet to which fearful lest she might not guess gues from whom the compliment proceeded he caused to be attached a strip of wood wherein his name was cut According to Bertarelli who among others has been at much pains to compile com corn pile the history of the card it is dUn dim dim- I cult to say whether it was first use useIn used in Greece or in China However that tha may be it seems to be an au ascertained fact that the visiting card did not really really really real real- ly obtain to any extent In Europe until until un un- un til the time of Louis |