SLPD_1904_06_12_P51_001_09.txt

ee HREE methods now prevail ‘i at World's Fair receptions to which invitations are is sued—First: The doors are opened and everybody allowed to walk in, as was the case at the reception to Prince Pu Lun. Second: A man is stationed at the door who merely looks at arriving guests. Third: A pretense is made at taking up or ex- amining cards, but the Uninvited Guest either sweeps scornfully past or says ‘‘I left my invitation at home,”’ and is allowed to pass. It is because of this laxity, it is be- lieved, that thousands of women have suddenly begun going from one reception to another to which they have not been invited jp AS et ne