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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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CHAPTER
XVIII.
BALL
ROOM
ETIQUETTE.
FOR
THE
HOSTESS.
When
you
have
decided
upon
what
evening
you
will
give
your
ball,
send
out
your
invitations,
a
fortnight
before
the
evening
appointed.
To
ladies,
word
them:--
Mrs.
L----
requests
the
pleasure
of
Miss
G----'s
company
on
Wednesday
evening,
Jan.
17th,
at
9
o'clock.
Dancing.
The
favor
of
an
early
answer
is
requested.
To
gentlemen:--
Mrs.
L----'s
compliments
to
Mr.
R----
for
Wednesday
evening,
Jan.
17th,
at
9
o'clock.
Dancing.
The
favor
of
an
early
answer
is
requested.
If
you
are
unmarried,
put
your
mother's
name
with
your
own
upon
the
cards.
If
you
have
a
father
or
grown-up
brother,
let
the
invitations
to
the
gentlemen
go
in
his
name.
In
making
your
list
for
a
ball,
do
not
set
down
all
of
your
"dear
five
hundred
friends."
The
middle-aged,
(unless
they
come
as
chaperons,)
the
serious,
and
the
sober-minded,
will
not
accept
your
invitation,
and
the
two
last
named
may
consider
it
insulting
to
be
invited
to
so
frivolous
an
amusement.
By
the
way,
I
do
not
agree
with
the
straight-laced
people,
who
condemn
all
such
amusements.
I
agree
with
Madame
Pilau.
When
the
cure
of
her
parish
told
her
he
was
writing
a
series
of
sermons
against
dancing,
she
said
to
him:
"You
are
talking
of
what
you
do
not
understand.
You
have
never
been
to
a
ball,
I
have;
and
I
assure
you
there
is
no
sin
in
the
matter
worthy
of
mention
or
notice."
If
you
really
wish
for
dancing,
you
will
accommodate
your
guests
to
your
rooms,
inviting
one
third
more
than
they
will
hold,
as
about
that
number
generally
disappoint
a
ball-giver.
If
you
wish
to
have
a
rush
of
people,
and
do
not
mind
heat,
crowding,
and
discomfort,
to
insure
an
immense
assembly,
(a
ball
to
be
talked
about
for
its
size
only,)
then
you
may
invite
every
body
who
figures
upon
your
visiting
list.
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