I am charged with four pairs of silk
stockings at $3.50 a pair, although I purchased only three
pairs.

On March 22nd I am credited with one pair of children's shoes
at $5.00. I had two pairs sent on approval, but returned both
of them as neither pair fitted.

I enclose my check in the sum of $148.96 which is the total
less the overcharge. To assist in the adjustment I also
enclose the original slip for the stockings and the driver's
call receipt for the two pairs of shoes.[16]

Very truly yours,
Katherine G. Evans.
(Mrs. John Evans)

[16] Or instead of enclosing these slips it is often better to mention
the numbers that appear on them and to retain the slips themselves.

_Letter to department store requesting charge account_

1018 South Elm Street,
Chicago, Ill.,
May 3, 1922.

Marshall Field & Co.,
Chicago, Ill.

Gentlemen:

I have recently come to live in Chicago and I should like to
open a charge account with you.

My present accounts are all in New York and I can give you the
following references:

Lord & Taylor
Tiffany & Co.
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
J. & J. Slater
Lincoln Trust Co.

Very truly yours,
Alberta T. White.
(Mrs. James White)

_Asking for estimate for draperies and furnishings_

500 Park Avenue,
May 16, 1922.

Forsythe & White,
438 Fifth Avenue,
New York, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

Will you send me an approximate estimate of the cost of
materials and labor necessary for the doing of the following
work:

Slip covers with valances of English hand-blocked linen
for two large wing chairs and one chaise-longue.

Two reversible portieres of the linen for doorways 11 feet
high and 8 feet wide.

Three pairs curtains for casement windows 6 feet high and
5 feet wide, with pleated valance. These curtains to be of
habutai silk.

Of course I s