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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
61
While
on
a
visit
to
one
friend,
do
not
accept
too
many
invitations
from
others,
and
avoid
spending
too
much
time
in
paying
calls
where
your
hostess
is
not
acquainted.
You
owe
the
greater
portion
of
your
time
and
society
to
the
lady
whose
hospitality
you
are
accepting,
and
it
is
best
to
decline
invitations
from
other
houses,
unless
they
inclose
one
for
your
hostess
also.
Avoid
paying
any
visits
in
a
family
not
upon
good
terms
with
your
hostess.
If
such
a
family
are
very
dear
friends
of
your
own,
or
you
can
claim
an
acquaintance,
pleasant
upon
both
sides,
with
them,
write,
and
state
candidly
the
reason
why
you
cannot
visit
them,
and
they
will
appreciate
your
delicacy.
If,
while
on
a
visit
to
one
friend,
you
receive
an
invitation
to
spend
some
time
with
another
friend
in
the
same
place,
accept
it
for
the
period
which
you
have
named
as
the
termination
of
your
first
visit.
You
insult
your
hostess
by
shortening
your
visit
to
her
to
accept
another
invitation,
and
quite
as
much
of
an
insult
is
it,
to
take
the
time
from
the
first
visit
to
go
to
pay
another,
and
then
return
to
your
first
hostess,
unless
such
an
arrangement
has
been
made
immediately
upon
your
arrival.
Never
invite
any
friend
who
may
call
upon
you
to
stay
to
dinner
or
tea;
you
will
be
taking
a
most
unwarrantable
liberty
in
so
doing.
This
is
the
right
of
your
hostess,
and
if,
by
her
silence,
she
tacitly
declines
extending
this
courtesy,
you
will
be
guilty
of
impertinence
in
usurping
her
privilege.
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