y and right-side up in
the upper right-hand corner. A request for return in a given time may
be written, if necessary, in the upper left-hand corner.

A physician is addressed thus: DR. ALBERT YOUNG, Watseka, Iowa. Or,
ALBERT YOUNG, M.D., Watseka, Iowa.

In addressing the wife of a doctor the following formula may be used:
MRS. DR. ALBERT YOUNG, Watseka, Iowa.

The strictest etiquette, however, would involve writing: MRS. ALBERT
YOUNG, care of Dr. Albert Young, Watseka, Iowa.

[Illustration: THE PLACE FOR STAMP AND SUPERSCRIPTION.]

Either of the above forms may be taken for addressing the wife of a
professor, an army or United States official, a minister or a legal
dignitary, always remembering that the longer is more elegant, as:
MRS. MELVILLE B. FULLER, care of the Hon. Melville B. Fuller, Chief
Justice of the United States, Washington, D.C.

The President, however, would be addressed: To the President,
Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C.

This is the simplest form, and as such, in the best taste, but it is
sometimes written: To the President of the United States, HONORABLE
GROVER CLEVELAND.

"His Excellency" was formerly used in addressing the President and the
Governors of States, but it is largely abandoned as inconsistent with
the lack of titles in our country. The same rule is observed in
writing to the Governor of a State: To the Governor, Gubernatorial
Mansion, Springfield, Ill. Or, To the Governor, ROBERT P. MORTON,
Albany, N.Y.

A member of the Cabinet: To the Honorable, the Secretary of the
Interior, Washington, D.C. A State official has the following address:
DR. JOHN C. WYATT, Secretary of the State Board of Charity,
Springfield, Ill. In addressing one person in care of another the form
would be: MRS. JOHN DRAPER, Grand de Tour, Ill. Care Dr. I.S. Prime.

A note to be delivered by a friend is always unsealed and usually
addressed: MISS FLORENCE WARDEN, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Kindness of MR. G.A. RHODES. A still better form is to simply use the
address of the person without farther preamble.

Always fold a letter sheet so that the opening lines face the reader
on unfolding.

Punctuation Marks.

Punctuation and capitalization are very necessary matters in the art
of letter-writing, but in these days of common schools, and all but
compulsory education, it is to be supposed that some knowledge of
these important facts will have been gained. It will not be amiss,
however, to men