Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . hesuperscription are also abbreviated. The use of A. M., M., P. M., to mark the divisions of the day,technical abbreviations, and the usual e. g., i. e., viz., etc., are toofamiliar to the users to need mention. Further than the above,brevity is not always the soul of wit. The letter itself, as a whole, is now to be considered, and to facili-tate its writing there should be some one corner in every homedevoted to this purpose. The incentive to letter-w
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . hesuperscription are also abbreviated. The use of A. M., M., P. M., to mark the divisions of the day,technical abbreviations, and the usual e. g., i. e., viz., etc., are toofamiliar to the users to need mention. Further than the above,brevity is not always the soul of wit. The letter itself, as a whole, is now to be considered, and to facili-tate its writing there should be some one corner in every homedevoted to this purpose. The incentive to letter-writing is alwaysdamped, the happy thought we would send our friend takes flight, ifwe must find the pens upstairs, the paper down, the ink bottle in thepantry, empty or not, as the case may be, and our patience whereverit may be after the search is ended. LETTER WRITING. 437 Letters would be more frequently written, more punctually answered,and half the unreasonable dread of writing done away with, were thismatter attended to properly. Let the writing desk stand in someveil-lighted corner of sitting, dining, or - mothers room, and let it. a £*;fap of a letter. dc stored with all article? necessary to the exigencies of correspondence. Should the desk prove beyond the depth of the family purse,then let its substitute be found in a firm, good-sized table or stand,with a drawer where necessary supplies may be kept Two or more 438 LETTER WRITING. sizes of note paper, unruled, with envelopes to match, for the elders ofthe household; writing tablets and commercial note, together withplain envelopes, for the school-children and every-day uses ; a gooddictionary, a tray with pen rack and inkstand thereon, and a goodlysupply of pens, will complete a corner that will do more toward thefamily education in good breeding and culture than any other expen-diture that can be made, and will render letter-writing the pleasure itshould be, instead of the dread it too often is. If one possesses a
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