BACHELORS' DINNERS. They follow the usual custom of formal dinners, and may be as elaborate as desired. Women may be invited. Such dinners are often given for men only.
CALLS. Women do not call upon a bachelor after attending a dinner given by him.
CHAPERONE. If women are present, a married woman as chaperone is indispensable, and her husband must also be invited. The host should call upon the chaperone and personally request the favor.
The chaperone is taken into dinner by the host, unless the latter takes in the woman in whose honor the dinner may be given. In the latter case, the chaperone is seated at the host's left. She gives the signal for the women to leave the dining-room.
All guests should be introduced to the chaperone, and she should be called upon after a short time by the host.
DRESS. All guests wear evening dress.
HOST. The host should call upon the chaperone within a few days after the dinner.
If men only are present, he either precedes or follows the guests into the dining-room, and if he has given the dinner in honor of some man, he has the latter seated at his right. His duties are the same as the host at dinners.
INVITATIONS. These are usually given in brief notes, but may be engraved, and are similar to the regular invitations to dinners, and are treated accordingly.
MEN. The men wear evening dress, and follow the same etiquette as at other dinners.