Identifier: oursociety00ives (find matches)
Title: Our society
Year: 1891 (1890s)
Authors: Ives, Alice Emma Beecher, Henry Ward, Mrs., 1813-1897 Williams, Cora May. (from old catalog) Foley, John Samuel, Bishop, 1833- (from old catalog) Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth, 1846-1918
Subjects: Etiquette Physical education and training
Publisher: Detroit, Mich., Darling brothers & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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er dress. At alldinners, the gloves are removed on sitting down to the table. First Calls.— Residents call first on strangers, and amongstrangers, first comers call on later arrivals. An exceptionto this is foreign ministers; they are expected to pay the firstvisit to the ministers of the nation to which they have come.This exception does not include their families. What might AT HOME, AND FOREIGN COURTS. 251 also be called an exception is that visitors at Washington areexpected to call upon their own Senators and Congressmenand other officials, if they wish to make their acquaintance, asthe visitors presence in the city will not otherwise be knownand recognized. Among officials and their families, order ofrank determines who shall make the first call, the lower call-ing first on the higher. Senators, Representatives, etc.— Senators, Representatives,and all other officials except the President and Cabinet, mayentertain or not, just as they choose. It is entirely optionalwith them.
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RIDEAU HALL. Ottawa.—The customs observed at the Dominion Capitalare similar to those of England, and a drawing-room heldat Rideau Hall, is the same, with perhaps a shade less offormality and imposing ceremony, as one given by Her Maj-esty, Queen Victoria. 252 OUR SOCIETY. The Governor-General.— The Governor-General, whenunder the rank of a duke, is styled His Excellency; thewife of the Governor-General, Her Excellency. English Society.— In England the king and queen are atthe apex of the social structure. They are addressed asYour Majesty. The heir-apparent, who always bears thetitle of the Prince of Wales, comes next in dignity, and theyounger sons, on attaining their majority, assume the title ofduke. The eldest daughter is called the crown princess, andall the daughters retain the title of princess. Both sons anddaughters are called Your Royal Highness. The royalchildren, during their minority, are styled princes andprincesses. Nobility.— A duke, inheriting the title from

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