There's a section on Elyria ladies in this 1879 article... Nancy Plain www.ohioparks.net/countrystage ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cuyahoga Genealogy" <cuyahoga@cox.net> To: <OHCAGG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: [CAGG] Cleveland Ladies > > > Thanks to Ken and Pat Stafford, our Cuyahoga site has a neat transcript > from an 1879 Plain Dealer. > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/oddsends/newyears1879.html > > "The time-honored custom of making New Year's calls bids fair to be even > more generally observed to-morrow throughout the United States than usual. > It is a fashion which is neither old enough to call for a history of its > origin nor new enough to require explanation. The beginning of a new year > is recognized as an opportune time to renew old friendships and form fresh > ones. In some places it is a practice to make New Year's day a time for > revising acquaintance and the gentleman or lady's circle of friends for the > ensuing year is circumscribed by the calls or cards received-for where time > or inclination prevents a call the card is sent. An omission is taken as a > hint of a wish to discontinue acquaintance. The custom, however, does not > generally take on such importance but the caller exchanges the compliments > of the season in a brief visit at as many places as is convenient and the > failure to call upon a friend seldom implies any significance further than > the inability to make the entire circuit of friends. > > "We have been at no little pains to compile a list of the ladies of > Cleveland who will "receive" tomorrow and we herewith present it as > complete as we have been able to make it. The publishing in the newspaper > of such lists is a matter of no little convenience to all concerned, as the > callers are enabled by them to map out their routes for the day, while the > absence of a lady's name from the list is an indication that she is not "at > home." > > > ==== OHCAGG Mailing List ==== > VISIT OUR NEW HOMEPAGE AT: > www.rootsweb.com/~ohcagg/ > >