WHEN TO ARRIVE

We are not obliged to go exactly at the appointed hour; it is even fashionable to go an hour later. Married ladies are accompanied by their husbands; unmarried ones, by their mother, or by an escort.

Up Attire The Cloak Room Dancing Public Deportment Gentlemen Ladies Evening Party Rules for a Ball Giving a Ball Reason for Not Dancing Modesty How to Ask a Lady Issuing Invitations Leaving a Ball Notes Against Dancing Private Party Public Ball Refusing to Dance Politeness Talking too Much Toilet Variety Thank you visit Wall Flowers When not to dance When to arrive While dancing