yea and nay of correspondence etiquette, The (1909)
White & Wyckoff Manufacturing Co. (Holyoke, Mass.) · The Company · leaf 16
ame. The hostess usually says: My dear Mrs. Wrenwick :— I am asking a few friends to Cedar Cliff for the week end.(Then mention the friends expected, and the diversion of the neighbor-hood, so that the guest may know what clothes to provide.) I hopeyou have no previous engagement for next Sunday,… … Replies to invitations are written in the same style and in the samedegree of formality as is the invitation. An invitation should never beaccepted provisionally. A definite reply should be sent immediately onreceipt of the invitation. In declining an invitation one usually says: Mrs. Townley…
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