t Home" cards, thus:

[Illustration:

_Mrs. P.V. VanVechton,_

_At Home,_

_Tuesday, April second._

_Music at half-past three._]

Or: MRS. P.V. VANVECHTON, At Home, Tuesday afternoon, April second,
from half-past three to five o'clock. _Matinee Musicale._

If the Musicale is to be an evening affair, and dancing is to follow
the music, the following form of invitation may be used: MRS. HERBERT
HUGHES, At Home, Friday evening, January tenth, at eight o'clock. 200
Winchester Avenue. Music. Dancing at ten.

Precisely the same form is to be used in giving out invitations for a
_soiree_, save that the word "_soiree_" is substituted for that of
"_Musicale_" or "_matinee musicale_." It may be farther added that the
term "_matinee_" applies exclusively to entertainments given in the
morning, or at any time before dinner, a distinction to which our
custom of late dinners gives a wide latitude, so that any
entertainment up to eight o'clock in the evening may receive the name
of _matinee_, notwithstanding the fact that drawn curtains and
gas-lighted rooms may give all the semblance of night-time.
"_Soiree_," however, is used only where an evening party of a
semi-informal character is denoted.

Garden Parties.

Precisely the same form of "At Home" cards can be used for these
entertainments, substituting the words "Garden Party" in the left hand
corner and sending them out some two or three days in advance. Or, if
a more formal affair is intended, use the following: MRS. WAITE
TALCOTT requests the pleasure of the company of MR. and MRS. JOHN
CLAY, on Monday, August fifth, at four o'clock. Garden Party. "The
Oaks."

If it should be desirable to include the entire family in the
invitation, the wording would be as follows:

[Illustration:

_Mr. and Mrs. John Clay and Party._

_Mrs. Waite Talcott,_

_At Home,_

_Tuesday, August fifth, at four o'clock._

_"The Oaks."_

_Garden Party._

_R.S.V.P._

_Carriages will meet the 3.40 train from Union Depot._]

This clause to be added only when the party is to be given at some
distance from the station. If preferred, these directions may be
written on a separate small card and enclosed in the same envelope.

In this country we are not so accustomed to giving garden parties as
people are in England, but a garden party may easily be made one of
the most inviting and enjoyable of any.

Breakfasts, Luncheons and Suppers.

Breakfast invitations may be engraved