Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 September 1880 — Hints on Calling. [ARTICLE]

Hints on Calling.

I ft* HJirklfaaaal of aortal aad Boshww Aran. I Do not stare around the room. I Do not take* dog or shall child. I Do not linger at die dinner-hour. , Do not ley aside tike bonnet at a formal I call. Do not fidget with your cane, hat or I parasol I Do not make a call of ceremony on a wet \**J. I Do not turn your back 4o one seated I near you. Do not touch the piano unless invited to dose. Do not handle ornaments or furniture in the room. Do not make a display of consulting your I watch. Do not go to the room of an invalid, unless invited. Do not remove the gloves when making a formal call. Do net continue to stay longer when conversation begins to lag. Do not remain when you find the lady on the point of going out. Do not make the first call if you are a

I new comer in the neighborhood. I Do not open or shut doors or windows or I alter the arrangement of the room. ’Do not enter a room without first knock- | ins and receiving'an invatfon to come in. Do not resume year seat after having arisen to go, unless for important reasons. Do not walk around the room, examining pictures, while waiting for the hostess. Do not introduce politics, religion or weighty topics for conversation when makI ing calls. I Do not prolong the call if the room is crowded. It is better to call a day or two I afterwards. Do not call upon a person in reduced cirI cumstances with a display of wealth, dress I and equipage. 1 1 I Do not tattle. Do not speak illofyonr I neighbors. Do not carry gossip from one I family to another. I Do not, if a gentleman, seat yourself upon I the sofa beside tbq hostess, or in near I proximity, unless invited to do so. ;. Do not, if a lady, call upon a gentleman, except officially or professionally, unless he may be a confirmed invalid.' Do not take a strange gentleman with yon, unless postively certain that hislntroduction will be received with favor. Do not, ifa gentleman, leave the hat in the hall when making merely a formal call If the call is extended into a visit, lit may be set aside. Whether sitting or standing, the hat may be gracefully held in the h|nd.