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MONOGRAMS

turned and the writing continued the length of the open sheet. The note is not folded in the ordinary way, but from side to side of the closed sheet, and the envelope is of necessity long and narrow.

A copy of one's signature, or better still, the first letters of the name, forms a pretty conceit for a page heading, but should only be used for personal correspondence.

Home PapersThe hostess at her country house sends the informal invitation for a week's end on the second size note sheet, which bears a tiny line of directions along the upper left margin and the name of her house or the township at the right, thus:

Telephone—922
Express—Dayton Station
Telegraph—Dayton
R. R. Station—Dayton, Conn.
Post Office—View Point, Conn.

The MANOR
View Point, Connecticut

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