given
separately. In New York in some circles the debutante is not given a
separate card until she has been in society a year. As American
schoolgirls often have a card with the prefix "Miss," the debutante
may use this among her girl friends.

To write anything on an engraved card except "Condolences,"
"Congratulations," "_P. p. c._," is not considered good style,
although a lady may use her visiting card with "Five o'clock tea,"
"Music," or a special date written upon it as an informal invitation
to a musical or "At Home."

A business or professional woman may have, in addition to her society
card, a card with her own name for business purposes. This usually has
a word or two denoting her profession in the lower left-hand corner,
and her business address in the lower right.

A lady's card should always contain her home address in the lower
right-hand corner. Her afternoon "At Home" is usually given in the
lower left.

The address is often omitted from cards for men, being engraved on
those of the women of the family. Men belonging to a fashionable or
well-known club put its name, instead of their residence, on their
cards. This is especially the case when they do not live at home. If
living at a club, the address is put on the lower left-hand corner; if
living at home, the lower right-hand corner.

On a man's business cards the title "Mr." is omitted, the name of his
firm, their business, and address, being engraved in the lower
left-hand corner.

_Titles_

Titles which signify permanent rank, or profession that lasts for
life, and which are allied to a man's identity or distinctly bear
upon his social standing, should be used.

Temporary titles, which have no special social rank or bearing, or
professional titles, such as "Esquire" for lawyers, which have no
social significance, are not used.

For the same reason that temporary or technical titles are not used,
honorary titles are omitted. There should be no pretense in regard to
social position, as pretense is easy and futile. A man appears in
society simply as an ordinary individual, to win favor and position by
force of his personality, or to lose it thereby.

An army or a naval officer, a physician, a judge, or a clergyman may
use his title on his card, as, for instance, "Captain James Smith,"
"Judge Henry Gray," "Rev. Thomas Jones, D. D." The card of an
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court at Washington
reads "Mr. Justice Holmes