In receiving many callers at one time, a well-bred lady must divide her attentions as equally as possible. A _tete-a-tete_ conversation is a gross breach of etiquette, and no one may receive any especial notice excepting any elderly person. If, during a call any _contretemps_ occur, shorten your visit. Your hostess may preserve a smiling serenity while a voice in the distance proclaims that, "Johnnie has fallen down the stairs," or "Mary has set the nursery curtains on fire," but you may be certain she will not resent your departure, even if you have not been two minutes seated. If you find yourself intruding upon an early dinner hour, do not prolong your stay. A call may be made upon a friend to whom some good fortune has come, as promotion in service or other happy event, even if he has not returned the last of your visits. It is a breach of etiquette, during a call, to draw near to the fire to warm your hands and feet, unless you are invited by the mistress of the house to do so. If you are alone in the drawing- room for a time, while your visit is announced, and then go to the fire, leave your seat and advance to meet the mistress of the house as she enters, and then take the seat she points out to you. In visiting an invalid, never offer to go to the room, but wait for a invitation to do so. A gentleman who is a confirmed invalid, may receive the visits of a lady friend, but under no other circumstances. Calls made either in person or by card, during an illness of your own, must be returned as soon as you are able to go abroad again. It is a breach of etiquette to remove the gloves when making a formal call. It is a breach of etiquette to stare round a room when you are making a call. In paying visits of condolence, let your dress be subdued. It is offensive to put on your gayest attire to call upon a friend in affliction, and equally so to converse upon such subjects as balls, opera or similar amusements. Let the mourner decide whether to speak of the recent sorrow or not. A lady who allows remarks to be made upon a caller, who has just left the room, commits not only a breach of etiquette, but a positive rudeness and ill-natured act. It is quite easy to check any such disposition by a grave reserve, and to turn the conversation at once. Calls in the country may be less ceremonious, and of longer duration than those in the city. It is an ostentation almost unkind for a lady to call upon a friend in reduced circumstances, with any parade of her own wealth in equipage or dress. No mistress of the house may ever leave the room when there are visitors in it. It is a breach of etiquette for a caller, who is waiting the entrance of the hostess, to open the piano, or to touch it if it is open. It is a breach of etiquette to walk round the room when waiting for your hostess, examining the furniture or pictures.