Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1889 — Garden Parties. [ARTICLE]

Garden Parties.

Tho London Queen gives a few timely and satisfactory hints on the etiquette of garden parties, which are equally applicable to our country and state: “Is it necess iry to call after a garden, party?” is a question that continually reaches us during the summer months; and a.s the garden party season has now fully commenced, and promises to be oven more fashionable and popular than ever, we hasten to explain that the fact of a garden party taking place in the afternoon during the hours given up to calling renders no after call necessary, as the presence of an invited guest at a party Is in itself a call. Garden parties and afternoon at homes both give exemption to the after call. This is particularly appreciated in tho country when distance between houses is considerable, and where a drive of perhaps from six to " eight miles over the same ground is hardly desirable two consecutive weeks. The same holds good in the suburbs of and around London, for to spend an afternoon driving to a garden party is one thing, and to spend one driving to leave cards is another. Sending cards by post after an entertainment—a resource resorted to by many —ls not. after all, a call, and is never regarded in the light.of one. From tho middle of June to the end of September the garden party season holds its own. Royalty, aristocracy, plutocracy, democracy, clerical and legal dignitaries, town and country . gentry, one and all, give their garden parties.