The responsibility of a presentation rests upon the person who makes it,
both as to the social and moral fitness of the person presented;
therefore, to solicit the favour of a presentation from a friend is to
incur a considerable obligation, and it is a favour ladies have no
hesitation in refusing unless good reasons exist for granting it. Melons
should be eaten with a spoon and fork. [p.135]How the Invitations to the
Wedding Reception of a Widow should be issued depends upon individual
circumstances. For instance, if a young widow resides with her parents,
the invitations should be issued in their names as at her first
marriage, and the form of invitation should be similar, save that the
words "Their daughter, Mrs. A., widow of Mr. A." should be substituted
for her christian name. If, as is very frequently the case, a widow
resides in her own house, or if the marriage is to take place from an
hotel, the invitations should be issued in her own name, and the form
should be "Mrs. Cecil A. requests the pleasure (or the honour) of Mr.
and Mrs. B.'s company at her marriage with Mr. Henry C., at St. George's
Church on Tuesday, December 30th, at 2.30 o'clock, and afterwards at
Eaton Gardens, R.S.V.P." "The presence of" instead of "the company of"
may be put if preferred. During the winter months they are a feature in
certain sets: Subscription dances, private Subscription dances and
public Subscription dances, the latter got up for charitable purposes.
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Andreakolvin