|
| Mr. Barker regrets his inability to accept |
| Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Elliott's invitation to |
| dinner at seven o'clock, Wednesday, December |
| sixth. |
| |

EXERCISE

1. Write an invitation to a golden wedding.

2. Mrs. Homer A. Payne invites Miss Eva Milton to dine with her next week
Thursday at eight o'clock. Write out a formal invitation.

3. Write regrets to Mrs. Payne's invitation.

4. Write an acceptance of the same invitation.

5. Write a formal invitation to a party to be given in honor of your
guest, Miss Grace Mason.

+106. Informal Notes.+--Informal invitations and replies may contain the
same subject-matter as formal invitations and replies. The only difference
is in the form in which they are written. The informal invitation is in
form similar to a letter except that the same exactness about the heading
is not required. Sometimes the heading is written and sometimes it is
omitted entirely. The address of the one sending the invitation and the
date may be written below the body of the note to the left of the
signature. The reply to an informal invitation should always be informal,
but the date and hour should be repeated as in replies to formal
invitations.

A great many informal notes not included in invitations and replies are
constantly written. These are simply brief letters of friendship, and the
purposes for which they are written are exceedingly varied. When we write
congratulations or words of condolence, when we introduce one friend to
another, when we thank some one for a gift, and when we give words of
advice, and in many other instances, we make use of informal notes. They
should be simple, personal, and as a rule confined to but one subject.

Notice the following examples of informal notes:--

(1)
_________________________________________________________________
| |
| My dear Mrs. Lathrop, |
| |
| Will you not give us the pleasure of your company |
| at dinner, on next Friday evening at seven o'clock? Miss Todd |
| of Philadelphia is visiting us, and we wish our friends to meet |
| her.