1906 A Bachelor's Cupboard

A BACHELOR'S CUPBOARD Bachelor Etiquette versed in savoir faire, only a few general rules and a few miscellaneous hints will be given here as to the etiquette of bachelor entertainments. The American man, because of the exac- CALLS ^i^^g ^£ business, Is permitted to pay calls In the large cities he may present himself with propriety as late as nine in the evening; in the country, half-after eight is the limit generally set, while one seldom arrives earlier than half-after seven. Sunday after- noon calls may not be made earlier than three o'clock. In the country, morning calls are often made, and a man may always, of course, call on a lady's day at home, if he can arrange to do so. A dinner call is a matter of paramount Importance, and a man must also pay a " duty call " after receiving any hospitality, within a fortnight of the invitation, whether the Invi- tation is accepted or not. He must also call upon the bride whose cards he has received, directly after she returns from the honeymoon. A man who has served as pall bearer at a funeral should call upon the be- reaved family within three weeks, though this call rarely means more than the leaving of a card with a kindly Inquiry. After a man has paid a duty call, he should not call again, unless requested to do so, or unless his hostess extends further hospitality to him. A man may not take another man friend to call upon a lady unless he has first received her permission to do so. A man who wishes to make the acquaintance 32 in the evening and on Sunday afternoons.