Show POINTS OF OF ETIQUETTE i u E I FOR ORDINARY USE USEL ET us sty All Mr Mrs rl J 7 WIdin receives LET L an nn at Invitation to an nn evening recep reception tion tan Tho Tho Invitation It is In th the third person setting forth thIt th Mrs Mra requests the pleasure of your company company on such luch an evening R Mrs r let us Ut say la cannot go RO The correct thin thing of ot course la is for tor her to write And say U Mrs Mr J regrets greatly that she will wi be unable to nc uc accept Mr Mrs kind Invitation for tor forlie tho lie evening named Now that enough anti and the proper form But hut nev nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless Mr Mrs WIde In spoils pol It I all l iI by signing her name to It I Mrs J 3 Vici gin tins been stupid 1 enough not notto notto notto to heed that simplest of ot nil all al epistolary mandates Never rever er sign your our name to a note written wrilen In irs the third person The he letters R n S V VI P I which are French for Cor Answer If I you ou please tire are ro not lIot now naw generally g printed on Invitations tc lInt it all 11 Invitations to entertain entertainments ments where there wilt wi be bo refreshments refreshment must be answered This Is because be use tho the hostess wi thus know how ninny my she sho shon n needs cds to provide for tor In this twentieth century when every affair Is go to chub elaborate orate and costs so 10 much Particularly must one ane answer promptly Invitations to dinner either cither accepting or declining It I you ou cannot go BO the prompt declination ion tion ton will wili wi give your hostess time to find another friend to take your our place and thus titus avoid tho the ugly tooth out at nt her tier table To the hospitable ble dinner giver Iver noth nothing nothIng ing lag Is more annoying than th n to ta find at atthe atthe atthe the last lut moment that an Invited guest has ha neither arrived nor nr sent Bent an on ex excuse excuse excuse cuse Tills This Thil Is an nn unpardonable breach br of or courtesy I have known a bachelor bachlor host to bo be put out greatly because even wen on the morning of ot a II dinner he ha was VO to ta give 10 In tho lie evening a guest found her herself herselt herself self too tao iii I to come The bachelor host scurried around during the hue forenoon to find another to 10 fill 11 that dreadful vacant hole at nt the tho table tabla S SIt It I Is absolutely past understanding too the tho number of ot alleged well wel bred persons persona who vho have hao offensive little litte ways wn while eating Yesterday I wa Wn was at l a din dinner dinner dinner ner party I sat Bit next n II fair pretty delicate looking woman who discoursed high thought though on musical art likewise the limners art and Ind about every ever third thid bite bie she ho took that pretty refined look lookIng looking Ing woman licked her fingers like a II dog licking his paws It mode made me so uncomfortable I could not enjoy the dinner at nil all ni Even ven the low caste turns his back on other people when he eats tits that he lie may not offend their sense Out But this woman who lt she ahe wits was a lady boldly sat there theme and In the face of af ui us nil all Imitated the table manners mannes of a dog or cat catIn catIn In iii general It Is hI welt well wel to 10 answer answer all 1 In either accepting or ar declining It shows thoughtfulness and ard consideration tion ton for tor the person giving the tie Invitation tion ton The small courtesies courte les of life lire sum up and anti make a thoroughly polite and an amiable character Here Herc Is 1 a point pint In which women omen are ara lre great cret sinners Many of at them will send senda a letter leter asking for Information ton of ot In Interest Interest interest terest only to themselves and anti entirety entirely for tor or their own benefit benent and neglect to In close n a stomped envelope for reply Many a I time the person peron from Crom whom the Information Is sought must moist spend con considerable time getting It and now and then spend even small sums of or money meney In the tue pursuit but the thankless thoughtless woman oman who wh desires the favor puts not even een so 10 much macli as I a post stamp In her hiet letter for reply re l lA A lady who Is 18 an author tells me Mm she has hM had women write her Inclosing manuscripts manuscript which they wished her In Inthe Inthe inthe the first to read and criticise next net to ta get gel a I publisher for tor If I lot not that then to ta return the tho precious docu documents documents ments end Ild so 10 far tar from rote Inclosing stamps for return postage the recipient recipe lent of ot the fat at missive had even oven to pay postage due on It because the sender lender had hod not put enough stamps on It I In the tha th first place Oh tho the cheek of af some wo no nomen women men I In another case CUe one on woman oan sent lent to another a a document which the receiver must testify to 10 the truth of at before a notary yet ret not only did this woman waman fall fail 11 to s send nd money to ta pay the lie notary natA but even stamps to ta return the docu document meat ment Ilent Always AITs a stamp It 1 p There are or women who let us Ii hope from coin lack of knowledge of business etiquette cause their acquaintances se so serious fe rious JO loss o s I of or both bath time and Imd money In Inthe Inthe inthe the endeavor to do them theta favors BLADES |