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Acceptance. 



MISS i-: I.I.K \ ^ \n>. 



The Arlington. 



Informal Invitation. 



Mi/dear Mr. Collar. 



Dr. Hartman, who has just returned from Europe, 

 will dine with us on Saturday next at 6 o'clock, and we 

 shall feel highly honored and pleased if we can have 

 your company. 



With the greatest respect, I am, 



Yours sincerely, 



WILLIAM J. LATTIMER. 

 190 WEST AVE.. September 6, 1908. 



Acceptance. 



ir Dr. LaUimer. 



It will jfive me great pleasure to dine with you on 

 Saturday and to meet our friend. Dr. Hartman. 

 Thanking you for the pleasure in store, I am, 

 Very cordially yours, 



RALPH A. COLLIKR. 

 86 Union St.. September 7. 1908. 



Formal Note with Birthday Gift. 



Miss Henry presents her compliments to Miss Brink- 

 man and begs her to accept these flowers with her love 

 and with the wish that she may enjoy many returns of 

 this happy day. 



Such a note accompanying a gift that gives 

 so much pleasure will naturally call forth a 

 cordial letter of warm appreciation. 



Reply to Note Accompanying Birth- 

 day Gift. 



ir Miss Hfnry, 



Your note and beautiful gift of flowers completed u 

 day of perfect happiness. It. is good to grow old when 

 friends emphasize the years with increasing kindm--^. 

 Thank von. dear friend, for the love which has never 

 failed me. Yours, 



CELIA BRINKMAN. 



Letters of Condolence. Letters of 



condolence are always difficult to writ*-. Write 

 only what is in your heart to say. Don't use 

 any stereotyped form to be fouml in a hook on 

 etiquette. There is a tendency to-day to over- 

 do thi* kind of letter-Writing, and tin- an^wer- 



-i many letters is becoming a great burden. 



u v instances the kindest thini: i- -Hence. 



!1< i \\iiiLr letter of sympathy, now preserved 

 rd I niver>ity. is a model of this kind 

 of expression and appeals to us all 



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Dear Madame: I have been nhwn on tin- fil. 

 ir department a - tin- \!jn tant-Genefml 



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:m- thr miithrr tif five sons 

 u thr Ill-Id of l.:itllr. 1 

 i must be any won! <>f mmr wlnrh 

 to beguile you from tin- irriff of a loss 

 mnot refrain from tendering 

 l:iti..n th it may be found in the thanks 

 ''p- republic tlu-v died to save. I pray that our 

 ivrnlv I itti.T may assuage the anguinh <>f \<>ur 

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the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be 

 yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar 

 of freedom. 



Yours very sincerely and respectfully, 



A. LINCOLN. 

 To Mrs. Barrv. 

 Boston. Mass. 



My dear, dear Friend, 



\ little girl came home from a neighbor's house where 

 her little friend had died. "Why did you go?" ques- 

 tioned the father. "To comfort her mother." said the 

 child. "What could you do to comfort her?" "I 

 climbed up into her lap and I cried with her." Dear 

 friend, I. too, can weep with you. and I do. 

 Yours in loving sympathy. 



SARAH A. HUME. 

 -a Cornelia Y. Maxon. 



Letter of Congratulation. A letter 

 of congratulation is more easy to write. Here 

 again let the letter come from your heart. 



My dear Old Jack : 



Could anything be finer than the result of yesterday's 

 election? I don't know which to congratulate more, 

 you or the city. The voters were satisfied with your 

 past record, and have endorsed your worth by giving 

 you this greater honor. 



Continue to live up to your high ideals, and you will 

 soon go to Washington to protect the people in their 

 rights. 



Remember me to the little woman at the head of the 

 house, and accept my warmest congratulations and 

 heartiest wishes for success. 



Very sincerely yours, 



AMIKI w I. \\CTRT. 



November 7, 1908. 



Letters of congratulation are often very brief, 

 sometimes only a telegram just the single 

 message of sympathetic joy and nothing else. 

 Such congratulations are often sent to high 

 officials after an election or following some 

 notable success. 



Telegram to William Howard Taft from 

 ! Governor Charles E. Hughes, sent June 18, 1908: 



"I heartily congratulate you upon your nomination. 

 I'mler your administration tin- wrii'are of the country 

 will be assured." 



Letters of Friendship. The joy of 



letter writing is in letters of friendship, for 

 which, most fortunately, there can be no exact 

 rules. Write to your friend as if you \\ere 

 talking good, bright, happy talk about tho 

 tiling you are both interested in. No friend- 

 ship can be so close as to excuse one for indiffer- 

 ence or carelessness. Models of good letter 

 writing are found in the memoirs of noted men 

 and women. They form a valuable body of 

 literature and will repay the reading. 



Letter writing ha* been rightly called the 

 :itlM art." It is the art of giving joy to 

 tho*e who are dear to us, yet far away. An 

 interchange of letters between members of the 

 -.uiie family or between friend* doe* more than 

 anything ej-e in keep alive the deep affection- 



i l.rothei is drift apart and 1 



lessly lose sight of each other when they forget 

 tO be faithful in their letter* Whatever the 



pressure of pleasure or of duties, the absent 



ones should make time for at lea-' 



week to those who arc left at home 

 :ully. never sharply or pctti*hly. 



The word once committed to paper may remain 

 he irritation has passed away. Never 

 innecessarily of bad news. Letter writ- 



