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On a lady's visiting-card must be written above the printed name, 'To inquire, and nothing else should be added to these words." For the purpose of returning thanks, printed cards are sold, with the owner's name written above the printed words. These printed cards are generally sent by post, as they are despatched while the person inquired after is still an invalid.
He is placed before a case containing one hundred pigeon-holes, or more, each the width of an ordinary visiting-card, and sufficiently high to contain a large pack of them. Cards are then produced, upon each one of which is printed the name of a post-office, comprising a whole State.
It was then only eight o'clock. No one at her home had thought the hour too early. But when she reached Burrell Court Elizabeth had not come downstairs and breakfast was not yet served. She was much annoyed and embarrassed by the attitude of the servants. She had no visiting-card, and the footman declined to disturb Mrs. Burrell at her toilet.
One day I received a visit from an Armenian deputation; its chief was described on his visiting-card as President of the Armenian Republic of the Caucasus. When he was shown into my apartment in the Hôtel Vendôme, I recognized two of its members as old acquaintances with whom I had occasional intercourse in Erzerum, Kipri Keui, and other places during the Armenian massacres of the year 1895.
His behaviour over Margaret's visiting-card had been typical. His had scarcely been a tragic marriage. Where there is no money and no inclination to violence tragedy cannot be generated. He could not leave his wife, and he did not want to hit her. Petulance and squalor were enough. Here "that card" had come in. Leonard, though furtive, was untidy, and left it lying about.
'I don't know that I blame Jim very much, but it was a truly regrettable incident. It belonged to the lamentable species of bar-room scuffles, and the other party to it was a cross-eyed Dane of sorts whose visiting-card recited, under his misbegotten name: first lieutenant in the Royal Siamese Navy. The fellow, of course, was utterly hopeless at billiards, but did not like to be beaten, I suppose.
Opposite the Chebes' door, whose copper knob gleamed in bourgeois fashion upon the landing, were two other and smaller ones. On the first, a visiting-card, held in place by four nails, according to the custom in vogue among industrial artists, bore the name of On the other was a small square of leather, with these words in gilt letters: MESDAMES DELOBELLE BIRDS AND INSECTS FOR ORNAMENT.
"Those two creatures doomed to death; and we unable to save them! Monsieur le Préfet, I ask you to authorize me " He had not finished speaking when the Prefect's private secretary entered with a visiting-card in his hand. "Monsieur le Préfet, this caller was so persistent.... I hesitated " M. Desmalions took the card and uttered an exclamation of mingled surprise and joy.
At last he drew out a visiting-card turned down at the corner, which he held toward the light, and read: 'Three hundred thousand francs interest, obligations; fifteen thousand francs income from the wedding-day; father and mother dead; six hundred thousand at the death of some uncles and aunts who are not married and will not marry.
Manasseh advanced to the door and announced to a group of armed men lounging about it that he wished to see Diurbanu. "The general is not to be seen just now," was the reply; "he is at dinner, and will not leave the table for some time yet." Manasseh drew a visiting-card from his pocket, and, first bending down one corner, sent it in to the general.
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