Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . m a separate line, one below the other, and each shouldbegin a little to the right of the one above, so that the last line willapproach nearly to the lower right-hand corner of the envelope. Thecounty or number of post office box may be given in the lower left-hand corner. Where there is no street number the county, or eventhe box number, may be written directly beneath the name of thetown. The stamp should be invariably placed squarely and right-side
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . m a separate line, one below the other, and each shouldbegin a little to the right of the one above, so that the last line willapproach nearly to the lower right-hand corner of the envelope. Thecounty or number of post office box may be given in the lower left-hand corner. Where there is no street number the county, or eventhe box number, may be written directly beneath the name of thetown. The stamp should be invariably placed squarely and right-side up LETTER WRITING. 445 in the upper right-hand corner. A request for return in a given timemay be written, if necessary, in the upper left-hand corner. A physician is addressed thus: Dr. Albert Young, Watseka,Iowa. Or, Albert Young, M. D., Watseka, Iowa. In addressing the wife of a doctor the following formula may beused: Mrs. Dr. Albert Young, Watseka, Iowa. The strictest etiquette, however, would involve writing: Young, care of Dr. Albert Young, Watseka, Iowa. Either of the above forms may be taken for addressing the wife of. THE PLACE FOR STAMP AND SUPERSCRIPTION. a professor, an army or United States official, a minister or a legaldignitary, always remembering that the longer is more elegant, as:Mrs. Melville B. Fuller, care of the Hon. Melville B. Fuller,Chief Justice of the United States, Washington, D. C. The President, however, would be addressed: To the President,Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. This is the simplest form, and as such, in the best taste, but it issometimes written: To the President of the United States, HonorableGrover Cleveland. 446 LETTER WRITING. His Excellency was formerly used in addressing the Presidentand the Governors of States, but it is largely abandoned as inconsis-tent with the lack of titles in our country. The same rule is observedin writing to the Governor of a State: To the Governor, GubernatorialMansion, Springfield, 111.
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