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Excerpt from Facts for the People, or Things Worth Knowing: A Book of Receipts, in Which Every Thing Is of Practical Use to Every Body Of course, you ring or knock, and await the Opening of the door. When this is done, you ask for the mistress Of the house, not the master. Should she be not at home or' engaged, you leave your card, where cards are used, or your compliments. Where there are several ladies in the family, you may ask for the ladies. Where people dine early, calls are not made until some time after dinner - ia cities they are made from eleven till three. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.