The guest card mentioned above is as follows:
Please Fill This Out Before Going Down To Dinner:
Underscore Your Order:
At Bedtime Will You Take
Besides this list, there is a catalogue of the library with a card, clipped to the cover, saying:
"Following books for room No. X." Then four or six blank lines and a place for the guest's signature.
At The Dinner Hour
Every one goes down to dinner as promptly as possible and the procedure is exactly that of all dinners. If it is a big party, the gentlemen offer their arms to the ladies the host or hostess has designated. At the end of the evening, it is the custom that the hostess suggest going up-stairs, rather than the guests who ordinarily depart after dinner. But etiquette is not very strictly followed in this, and a reasonable time after dinner, if any one is especially tired he or she quite frankly says: "I wonder if you would mind very much if I went to bed?" The hostess always answers: "Why, no, certainly not! I hope you will find everything in your room! If not, will you ring?"
It is not customary for the hostess to go up-stairs with a guest, so long as others remain in her drawing-room. If there is only one lady, or a young girl, the hostess accompanies her to her room, and asks if everything has been thought of for her comfort.
How Guests Are Asked And Received