The fashionable visiting card varies in size; but for a married woman it is generally pure white and very thin, with the name engraved in ordinary script. For a woman who lives in the country, it is in good taste to have the name of her country place put just where, if she were in the city, her town address would be, which is in the left hand lower corner.
If a woman receives “at home” cards for “Tuesdays in February,” and is prevented from calling on any of the Tuesdays, she should send her card in an envelope, either by hand or mail, on the first Tuesday, and call on the hostess at the earliest opportunity on some other day.
A man should use a card engraved, as “Mr. George Wellington Smith,” not omitting the prefix, with the address in one corner, if desired. The size of the card varies from time to time, but it is smaller than a woman’s card.
The names of mother and daughter or daughters are often engraved on one card; as,
MRS. JUDSON BROWN.
MISS ANNA BROWN.
MRS. JUDSON BROWN.
THE MISSES BROWN.
The following is the usual form for an unmarried woman’s card:
MISS MAY BROWN,
It is quite proper for a woman to retain her deceased husband’s name on her visiting cards; as, “Mrs. John Smith.” It is equally proper for her to use “Mrs. Jane Smith” for the purpose.