The hat or bonnet should be removed.
In a box the women occupy the front row while the men sit or stand in the rear.
A woman should avoid conspicuous manners, loud conversation, laughing, or acting in any way to attract attention.
GIVEN BY WOMEN. This is a popular form of entertainment during the season. They are given by married women, and the guests are invited by note. A dinner is given at the house or at a restaurant before the departure for the opera or play. Refreshments may also be given after the entertainment at either the house or restaurant. At the dinner the same ceremonies are followed as to arrangements of guests and escorts as at any formal dinner.
TOASTS—WEDDINGS. Toasts to the bride and groom are customary at the wedding breakfast or supper.
If the groom gives a farewell bachelor dinner,
he should propose a toast to the bride.
THEATRE PARTIES. See also CHAPERONE-MEN.
CHAPERONE-THEATRE.
THIRD PERSON-USED IN CORRESPONDENCE. While it was formerly the correct usage to begin formal communications in the third person, it is now the custom to begin such letters: MY DEAR MRS SMITH, or MADAM.
The third person would be used only in writing to a workman, a strange servant, or a business firm.
TIN WEDDING. After ten years of marriage, occurs the tin wedding. The invitations sent out may have the words: NO PRESENTS RECEIVED. Congratulations may be extended in accepting or declining the invitation.