aved note
sheet:

[Illustration:

_Mrs. Arthur Holt_

_Requests the pleasure of introducing her daughter,_

_Edith May,_

_To_

_Mr. and Mrs. Ross Clark,_

_On Thursday evening, December fifth,_

_At nine o'clock._

_28 St. Caroline's Court._

_R.S.V.P._]

This invitation, of course, implies a large evening party, reception
or ball, and should be sent out ten days or two weeks in advance of
the event.

Receptions.

Informal receptions and full-dress occasions of the same kind are
announced somewhat differently. In the first case the affair partakes
so closely of the nature of an afternoon tea that the same form of
invitation is used: MRS. HOWARD POST, At Home, Tuesday, October
second, from four to seven.

If a series of receptions are planned the form would be: MRS. HOWARD
POST, At Home, Tuesdays in November, from four to six o'clock.

Full-dress receptions are frequently given both afternoon and evening,
sometimes in the evening only. Invitations to these should be engraved
on square cards or note sheets, and sent out two weeks previous to the
reception day. A very good form is:

[Illustration:

_Mrs. Jerome Hastings_

_Requests the pleasure of your company,_

_On Thursday, November twelfth,_

_From five until ten o'clock._

_711 DuPage Street._

_R.S.V.P._]

If a daughter or a friend is to assist in receiving, the invitation
should include her name also: MRS. JEROME HASTINGS, MISS HASTINGS, At
Home, Thursday, November twelfth, from five until ten o'clock. 711
DuPage Street.

When the reception is given by a gentleman, and its object is to
enable his friends to meet some distinguished guest, the following
form is used: MR. HOWARD POST requests the pleasure of the company of
MR. ALONZO METCALF to meet GENERAL E.L. BATES. Union League Club. 100
Cedar Street. _R.S.V.P._

Though some prefer placing the name of the honored guest first,
according to the form given under dinner invitations. The answer
should be:

Mr. Alonzo Metcalf accepts with pleasure Mr. Howard Post's
kind invitation to meet General E.L. Bates.

Weddings.

Wedding invitations are issued two weeks in advance, sometimes earlier
to friends at a distance, in order that they may lay their plans
accordingly. They are engraved in fine script on small sheets of cream
note, and the form most used for church weddings is as follows:

[Illustration:

_Mr. and Mrs. Richard Earle_

_Request the pleasure of y