[MR] calling cards

[Tabbetha Atyeo]

I know that they were really big in Jane Austen's time.  They had a whole 
set of rules that went with them.  You left a card if you were going out of 
town with a note of when you would be back. You left a note when you were 
new in town and wanted to meet people.  You left a card for just about 
anything.

I found an article where it talks about the first calling cards appearing 
during the reign of Louis 14th.
http://www.belightsoft.com/products/composer/historyfr.php

If you look at Wikipedia under "Visiting Cards", it dates them back to China 
in the 15th century.

Someone should do an A & S project on this.

Lady Aoife inghean Roibeard ui Ruadhain
M.K.A. Tabbetha Atyeo
Daughter of the Khan
Protegee to Master Chirhart Blackstar
Bright Hills Baronial Herald
Loyal Server of the Realm
"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit.  The second is to look 
things in the face and know them for what they are." --Marcus Aurelius

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