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In the matter of making calls it is the correct thing:
For the caller who arrived first to leave first.
To return a first call within a week and in person.
To call promptly and in person after a first invitation.
For the mother or chaperon to invite a gentleman to call.
To call within a week after any entertainment to which one has been
invited.
You should call upon an acquaintance who has recently returned from a
prolonged absence.
It is proper to make the first call upon people in a higher social
position, if one is asked to do so.
It is proper to call, after an engagement has been announced, or a marriage
has taken place, in the family.
For the older residents in the city or street to call upon the newcomers to
their neighborhood is a long recognized custom.
It is proper, after a removal from one part of the city to another, to send
out cards with one's new address upon them.
To ascertain what are the prescribed hours for calling in the place where
one is living, or making a visit, and to adhere to those hours is a duty
that must not be overlooked.
A gentleman should ask for the lady of the house as well as the young
ladies, and leave cards for her as well as for the head of the family. {57}
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