and we
are asking only a few close friends. I hope that you and Mr.
Smith will be able to come.

Yours very sincerely,
Dorothy Evans.

(B)

June 16, 1922.

Dear Mary,

Owing to the recent death of my sister, Mr. Brewster and I are
to be married quietly at home. The wedding will be on Wednesday,
June the twentieth, at eleven o'clock. We are asking only
a few intimate friends and I shall be so glad if you will come.

Sincerely yours,
Dorothy Evans.

_Accepting_

June 7, 1922.

Dear Dorothy,

We shall be delighted to attend your wedding on Wednesday,
June the twelfth, at three o'clock.

We wish you and Mr. Brewster every happiness.

Sincerely yours,
Helen Gray Smith.

_Regretting_

June 4, 1922.

Dear Dorothy,

I am so sorry that I shall be unable to attend your wedding.
The "Adriatic" is sailing on the tenth and Father and I have
engaged passage.

Let me wish you and Mr. Brewster every happiness.

Sincerely yours,
Mary Lyman.

_For dinners and luncheons_

An informal invitation to dinner is sent by the wife, for her husband
and herself, to the wife. This invitation must include the latter's
husband. It is simply a friendly note. The wife signs her Christian
name, her maiden name (or more usually the initial of her maiden name),
and her married name.

Five Hundred Park Avenue,
December 5th, 1922.

My dear Mrs. Trent,

Will you and Mr. Trent give us the pleasure of your company at
a small dinner on Tuesday, December the twelfth, at seven
o'clock?

I hope you will not be otherwise engaged on that evening as we
are looking forward to seeing you.

Very sincerely yours,
Katherine G. Evans.

_To cancel an informal dinner invitation_

My dear Mrs. Trent,

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