Good Form and Etiquette of 1914

If you are inviting friends who have visitors staying with them to your house, it is usual to include the visitors in the invitation except in the case of a dinner, when you need not necessarily do so.

• If you return to live in a neighborhood again after a long absence, call on all your friends without waiting for them to call on you first.
• If you are inviting friends who have visitors staying with them to your house, it is usual to include the visitors in the invitation except in the case of a dinner, when you need not necessarily do so. It is not necessary to call on them first, as they are only asked out of compliment to their hostess.
• If at a dinner party there is one extra lady, the hostess generally goes in by herself, following behind the last couple. 
• A hostess should always allow a visitor to enter the carriage before her when going for a drive. 
• When an engagement is announced write your congratulations or give them in person to the prospective bride and bridegroom as soon as possible. – Trinity Journal, 1914

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