whole town is ringing with the news,
and every one is planning a party for you.

David sends "his best" to you and Charlie, and you know you
always have the love of

Your devoted
Pat.

_To an Acquaintance_

After a visit to a formal acquaintance or when some one has shown you
especial hospitality in a city where you are a stranger:

My dear Mrs. Duluth:

It was more than good of you to give my husband and me so much
pleasure. We enjoyed, and appreciated, all your kindness to us
more than we can say.

We hope that you and Mr. Duluth may be coming East before long
and that we may then have the pleasure of seeing you at
Strandholm.

In the meanwhile, thanking you for your generous hospitality, and
with kindest regards to you both, in which my husband joins,
believe me,

Very sincerely yours,
Katherine de Puyster Eminent.

=AN ENGRAVED CARD OF THANKS=

An engraved card of thanks is proper only when sent by a public official
to acknowledge the overwhelming number of congratulatory messages he must
inevitably receive from strangers, when he has carried an election or
otherwise been honored with the confidence of his State or country. A
recent and excellent example follows:

=EXECUTIVE MANSION=

My dear....

=I warmly appreciate your kind message of congratulation which has given
me a great deal of pleasure, and sincerely wish that it were possible for
me to acknowledge it in a less formal manner.=

=Faithfully,=

(_signed by hand_)

An engraved form of thanks for sympathy, also from
one in public life, is presented in the following example:

Mr. John Smith
wishes to express his deep gratitude
and to thank you
for your kind expression of sympathy

_But remember_: an engraved card sent by a private individual to a
personal friend, is not "stylish" or smart, but _rude_. (See also
engraved acknowledgment of sympathy, pages 406-7.)

=THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION=

A letter of business introduction can be much more freely given than a
letter of social introduction. For the former it is necessary merely that
the persons introduced have business interests in common--which are much
more easily determined than social compatibility, which is the requisite
necessary for the latter. It is, of cours