n death of my brother, I regret to be
obliged to recall the invitation for our dinner on Tuesday,
December the twelfth.

Sincerely yours,
Katherine G. Evans.
December 8, 1922.

_Accepting_

788 East Forty-Sixth Street,
December 7th, 1922.

My dear Mrs. Evans,

Mr. Trent and I will be very glad to dine with you on Tuesday,
December the twelfth, at seven o'clock.

With kind regards, I am

Very sincerely yours,
Charlotte B. Trent

_Regretting_

788 East Forty-Sixth Street,
December 7th, 1922.

My dear Mrs. Evans,

We regret deeply that we cannot accept your kind invitation to
dine with you on Tuesday, December the twelfth. Mr. Trent and
I, unfortunately, have a previous engagement for that evening.

With cordial regards, I am

Yours very sincerely,
Charlotte B. Trent.

_The daughter as hostess_

When a daughter must act as hostess in her father's home, she includes
his name in every dinner invitation she issues, as in the following:

340 Madison Avenue,
January 2, 1921.

My dear Mrs. Evans,

Father wishes me to ask whether you and Mr. Evans will give us
the pleasure of dining with us on Wednesday, January the
fifteenth, at quarter past seven o'clock. We do hope you can
come.

Very sincerely yours,
Edith Haines.

The answer to this invitation of a daughter-hostess must be sent to the
daughter, not to the father.

_Accepting_

My dear Miss Haines,

We shall be delighted to accept your father's kind invitation
to dine with you on Wednesday, January the fifteenth, at
quarter past seven o'clock.

With most cordial wishes, I am

Very sincerely yours,
Katherine G. Evans.
January 5, 1922

_Regretting_

My dear Miss Haines,

We regret excee