Parents should, of course, order these invitations of a fashionable dealer in stationery, that good taste may be observed.
If the invitation contains an invitation to the breakfast or reception, it should be accepted or declined at once, and the answer sent to those issuing the invitation. If the invitation does not include a breakfast or reception invitation, no acknowledgment is necessary.
Should the wedding, however, be at home, and the guests limited in number, an acknowledgment should be sent.
If the invitations bear the letters R. S. V. P. an acknowledgment is necessary.
BRIDESMAIDS. At a large church wedding several invitations are usually given to the bridesmaids for their own personal use.
CALLS. Very intimate friends can call personally. Friends of the groom who have no acquaintance with the bride's family should send their cards to those inviting them.
Those who do not receive with wedding invitations and announcements At Home cards should not call, but consider themselves dropped from the circle of acquaintances of the married couple.
CARDS, LEAVING. If a person is invited to a wedding at a church, but not to the reception or breakfast, a card should be left or mailed both to the bride's parents and to the married couple.
Those present at the ceremony should leave cards in person for those inviting them, and if this is not possible, they can send them by mail or messenger.
Those invited but not present should send cards to those who invited them.