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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
71
In
making
a
call
for
condolence,
it
is
sufficient
to
leave
a
card
with
your
enquiries
for
the
health
of
your
friend,
and
offers
of
service.
The
same
if
calling
upon
invalids,
if
they
are
too
ill
to
see
you.
In
visits
of
congratulation,
go
in,
and
be
hearty
in
your
expressions
of
interest
and
sympathy.
Pay
visits,
both
of
condolence
and
congratulation,
within
a
week
after
the
event
which
calls
for
them
occurs.
It
is
proper,
when
you
have
already
made
your
call
of
the
usual
length,
and
another
caller
is
announced,
to
rise
and
leave,
not
immediately,
as
if
you
shunned
the
new
arrival,
but
after
a
moment
or
two.
Never
out-sit
two
or
three
parties
of
visitors,
unless
you
have
private
business
with
your
hostess
which
cannot
be
postponed.
Many
denounce
the
system
of
morning
calls
as
silly,
frivolous,
and
a
waste
of
time.
They
are
wrong.
It
may
be
carried
to
an
excess,
and
so
admit
of
these
objections,
but
in
moderation
the
custom
is
a
good
and
pleasant
one.
You
have
then
an
opportunity
of
making
friends
of
mere
acquaintances,
and
you
can,
in
a
pleasant
chat
with
a
friend
at
home,
have
more
real
enjoyment
in
her
society
than
in
a
dozen
meetings
in
large
companies,
with
all
the
formality
and
restraint
of
a
party
thrown
around
you.
There
are
many
subjects
of
conversation
which
are
pleasant
in
a
parlor,
tete-a-tete
with
a
friend,
which
you
would
not
care
to
discuss
in
a
crowded
saloon,
or
in
the
street.
Personal
inquiries,
private
affairs
can
be
cosily
chatted
over.
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