Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . INVITATIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. 95 Garden Parties. Precisely the same form of At Home cards can be used for theseentertainments, substituting the words Garden Party in the lefthand corner and sending them out some two or three days in , if a more formal affair is intended, use the following : Mrs. WaiteTalcott requests the pleasure of the company of Mr. and Mrs#John Clay, on Monday, August fifth, at four oclock. Garden Party,The Oaks.,, If
Twentieth century culture and deportment, or, The lady and gentleman at home and abroad : containing rules of etiquette for all occasions ... . INVITATIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. 95 Garden Parties. Precisely the same form of At Home cards can be used for theseentertainments, substituting the words Garden Party in the lefthand corner and sending them out some two or three days in , if a more formal affair is intended, use the following : Mrs. WaiteTalcott requests the pleasure of the company of Mr. and Mrs#John Clay, on Monday, August fifth, at four oclock. Garden Party,The Oaks.,, If it should be desirable to include the entire family in the invita-tion, the wording would be as follows :. Garden Party. P. S. V. P. Carriages will meet train from Union Depot. This clause to be added only when the party is to be given at somedistance from the station. If preferred, these directions may bewritten on a separate small card and enclosed in the same envelope. In this country we are not so accustomed to giving garden partiesas people are in England, but a garden party may easily be made oneof the most inviting and enjoyable of any. 96 INVITATIONS, FORMAL AND INFORMAL. Breakfasts, Luncheons and Suppers. Breakfast invitations may be engraved or written upon a lady*visiting card, thus : A written invitation is usually in the first person, and should readsomewhat as follows : Dear Mrs. Gracie : I should be pleased to have the company of you and your husband abreakfast with us, Wednesday morning at ten oclock. Cordially yours, Mrs. George HoRTOtt. Gertrude Horton. The invitations should be sent out a week or five days in advance,and should be answered at once. Luncheons, in
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