If the christening is made a formal entertainment, to take place in the drawing-room, the invitations may be engraved.
MEN. If the ceremony is in the afternoon they
wear afternoon dress, but at an evening
affair evening dress.
At an afternoon ceremony in the summer it is allowable for the men to wear straw hats and light flannel suits.
At a large house christening the affair should be conducted somewhat like a reception, and men on departing should take leave of the hostess.
WOMEN dress as they would for an afternoon reception
if the ceremony comes in the afternoon, and if it comes
after breakfast or luncheon, as they would for a breakfast
or luncheon.
At a large house christening the affair should be conducted like a reception, and women should take leave of the hostess on their departure.
CHURCH. A man usually follows the woman, who leads to the pew, and he enters after her, closing the door as he does so.
He should find the places in the service
book for her.
This same courtesy he should extend to a
woman who is a stranger to him.