presents, when they are not asked to the
wedding, in the hope of an invitation. Sometimes others send presents,
when they are not asked, merely through kindly feeling toward a young
couple on the threshold of life. It ought not to be difficult to
distinguish between the two.

=I=

My Dear Mrs. Upstart:

Thank you for the very handsome candlesticks you sent us. They
were a great surprize, but it was more than kind of you to think
of us.

Very sincerely,
Mary Smith.

=II=

Dear Mrs. Kindly:

I can't tell you how sweet I think it of you to send us such a
lovely present, and Jim and I both hope that when we are in our
own home, you will see them often at our table.

Thanking you many times for your thought of us,

Very sincerely,
Mary Smith.

_For a Present Sent After the Wedding_

Dear Mrs. Chatterton:

The mirror you sent us is going over our drawing-room mantel just
as soon as we can hang it up! It is exactly what we most needed
and we both thank you ever so much.

Please come in soon to see how becoming it will be to the room.

Yours affectionately,
Mary Smith Smartlington.

=THANKS FOR CHRISTMAS OR OTHER PRESENTS=

Dear Lucy:

I really think it was adorable of you to have a chair like yours
made for me. It was worth adding a year to my age for such a nice
birthday present. Jack says I am never going to have a chance to
sit in it, however, if he gets there first, and even the children
look at it with longing. At all events, I am perfectly enchanted
with it, and thank you ever and ever so much.

Affectionately,
Sally.

Dear Uncle Arthur:

I know I oughtn't to have opened it until Christmas, but I
couldn't resist the look of the package, and then putting it on
at once! So I am all dressed up in your beautiful chain. It is
one of the loveliest things I have ever seen and I certainly am
lucky to have it given to me I Thank you a thousand--and then
more--times for it.

Rosalie.

Dear Kate:

I am fascinated with my utility box--it is too beguiling for
words! You are the cleverest one anyway for finding what no one
else can--and every one wants. I don't know how you do it! And
you certainly were sweet