INVITATIONS, ACCEPTANCES AND REGRETS
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Post, Emily
or
Wed. Jan. 8.
Bridge at 4. o'ck.
Mrs. John Kindhart
R.s.v.p.
350 Park Avenue
Answers to invitations written on visiting cards are always formally worded in the third person, precisely as though the invitation had been engraved.
Invitations In The Second Person
The informal dinner and luncheon invitation is not spaced according to set words on each line, but is written merely in two paragraphs. Example:
Dear Mrs. Smith:
Will you and Mr. Smith dine with us on Thursday, the seventh of January, at eight o'clock?
Hoping so much for the pleasure of seeing you,
Very sincerely,
Caroline Robinson Town.
The Informal Note Of Acceptance Or Regret
Dear Mrs. Town:
It will give us much pleasure to dine with you on Thursday the seventh, at eight o'clock.
Thanking you for your kind thought of us,
Sincerely yours,
Margaret Smith.
Wednesday.
or
Dear Mrs. Town:
My husband and I will dine with you on Thursday the seventh, at eight o'clock, with greatest pleasure.
Thanking you so much for thinking of us,
Always sincerely,
Margaret Smith.
or
Dear Mrs. Town:
We are so sorry that we shall be unable to dine with you on the seventh, as we have a previous engagement.
With many thanks for your kindness in thinking of us,
Very sincerely,
Ethel Norman.
Invitation To Country House
To an intimate friend:
Dear Sally:
Will you and Jack (and the baby and nurse, of course) come out the 28th (Friday), and stay for ten days? Morning and evening trains take only forty minutes, and it won't hurt Jack to commute for the weekdays between the two Sundays! I am sure the country will do you and the baby good, or at least it will do me good to have you here.
With much love, affectionately,
Ethel Norman.
To a friend of one's daughter: