Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . proofs of the greatestimportance have hung upon the date of a single letter. Do put sufficient stamps upon a letter to make sure of no extrapostage falling to the lot of your correspondent. Do put your address plainly in all letters. This ensures a promptanswer and, in case of miscarriage, a speedy return from the Dead-Letter 466 FORMS FOR LETTERS. Do, if a business man or woman, have your address on the outsideof your envelope. This will mak
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . proofs of the greatestimportance have hung upon the date of a single letter. Do put sufficient stamps upon a letter to make sure of no extrapostage falling to the lot of your correspondent. Do put your address plainly in all letters. This ensures a promptanswer and, in case of miscarriage, a speedy return from the Dead-Letter 466 FORMS FOR LETTERS. Do, if a business man or woman, have your address on the outsideof your envelope. This will make sure of your uncalled-for lettersreturning to you immediately. It is well to do this in any case wherea little uncertain as to the exact address of your correspondent. Do read your letters over carefully before sending, that no errorsmay be overlooked. Do give every subject a separate paragraph instead of running thewhole letter, social items and sentiment, all into one indistinguishable^whole. Do begin the first line of each paragraph, at least, one inch fronr;hs margin of the page. LMllll .illiiuiiiiititf, Artistic laborer. \$gf*$%;y T^HE greatest art work the individual has~m$§0¥^r JL to do ls tne building of a home. A!^|S$^ small and inexpensive house may be .^•p the House Beautiful, says Edmund Russell. Wa A famous architect once wrote that he could furnisha plan for a house of a given size and cost withoutknowing whether the owner was a millionaire or a dayBut if he wanted a home the case v;as different. I desirethen to know his antecedents, how he made his money, the size ofhis family, the number of his servants, and how his daughters spendtheir time: whether they are domestic, musical, literary or want to know the number and quality of his guests, whether hedrinks wine with his dinner, and his views on sanitary questions ; forthis home-building is not mere spending, it is the shaping of humandestiny. In a home things must be beautiful
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