SMOKING. Smoking should not be allowed in
the dressing-room, but a special room should
be provided. Men who dance should not
smoke until leaving the house.
WOMEN. The time for the formal dance is indicated
on the invitation, and all should be
there not later than half an hour after the
time set.
At private dances the maid takes and calls for the young woman in the absence of a male escort.
Young women should be chaperoned at all
formal dances by their mother or others.
Introductions should be made as much as
possible before the dancing begins.
DAUGHTERS.
CARDS. The card of the eldest daughter in society is simply Miss Wilson, and upon her death or marriage the card of the next daughter becomes the same. Where there are unmarried aunts and cousins having the father's name, only the eldest daughter of the eldest man can use the form Miss Wilson.
If two or more sisters enter society at about the same time, their names may appear on their mother's card as The Misses Wilson.
The name of the younger daughter should
appear in full on her mother's card—as, Miss
Mary Jane Wilson.
Until the younger daughter has formally, made her debut, she visits only intimate friends of the family. After her debut she has no card, and her full baptismal name appears on her mother's card, beneath her name, and not until a year or two after her first appearance does she have a card of her own.