men, provided there are no religious or
other scruples on the part of those receiving
the calls.

Evening or other than mere formal calls
should not be made, save by special invitation.

The first call should last not longer than
ten or fifteen minutes. It is correct to ask
for all the women of the family.

At the first call he should give his card at
the door. At following calls it is optional
whether to give a card or merely the name,
asking at the same time for the person one
desires to see. When the servant's intelligence
seems doubtful, or the name is an
unusual one, it is safer to give a card.

When a woman invites a man to call without
specifying when, it is not considered as
an invitation at all, but merely as a formal
courtesy.

It is bad form to solicit by innuendo or
otherwise an invitation to call from a woman.
It is her privilege to make the first move in
such matters; otherwise she would be placed
in an embarrassing position.