Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . fash-ionable letter-writers. Paragraph a letter,so as to avoid incoherency ; allowing a newline and a capital for each new practice ot underlining words used tobe considered weak; but it is sometimesadmissible when writing to those with whomone is not on ceremony. Another practiceof the past which is now happily discarded,is that of crossing letters. There is not muchvariety in the conventional endings at com-mand; yours truly, or sincerely, or faith-fully, being the principal formulas in bear the purpose of the letter inmind and do n
Strawbridge & Clothier's quarterly . fash-ionable letter-writers. Paragraph a letter,so as to avoid incoherency ; allowing a newline and a capital for each new practice ot underlining words used tobe considered weak; but it is sometimesadmissible when writing to those with whomone is not on ceremony. Another practiceof the past which is now happily discarded,is that of crossing letters. There is not muchvariety in the conventional endings at com-mand; yours truly, or sincerely, or faith-fully, being the principal formulas in bear the purpose of the letter inmind and do not overweight it with a massof extraneous matter. Do not devote thefirst page to trivial excuses. Punctuate asfar as possible; do not omit notes of inter-rogation or of exclamation when not accuse oneself of writing a stupid ordull or uninteresting letter. It is now con-sidered a vulgarism to put P. S. at thebottom of a letter; add what has beenomitted, without apology. M. Dudley. 226 STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIERS NEW CAPES AND MANTELETc. A very slight addition of warmth isneeded in the wraps worn with street toiletsduring the early autumn months; conse-quently, pretty shoulder-capes and stylishmantelets are most in favor, as they give agraceful and becoming finish to tlie illustrations show four of the prettiestand most unique wraps of this description,suitable for the present season. Upon thefigure illustrated above is pictured a decidednovelty in the cape line. The material is ofheavy ottoman silk, and the shoulders are
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