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I have this great book sponsored by the Coca Cola company. Thought I would start putting up bits of it.
From the 1932 book “When You Entertain, What to do, and How” by Ida Bailey Allen:
Invitations According to Convention and Convenience:
Although customs and conventions have changed in response to a changing world, the rules of courtesy governing invitations have changed but little.
The formal invitation, written or engraved in the third person and once widely used, is now reserved for the most formal occasions only. The visiting card, a note or telephone call has taken its place for informal affairs.
Formal invitations are sent two or more weeks in advance. Informal invitations may be telephoned just a day or two ahead, although few hostesses care to risk impromptu arrangements, and usually allow for or five days for safety’s sake.
The invitation itself gives the cue to the answer required—if in the third person, it must be answered by hand with a note written in the third person. Visiting card invitations also require an answer by note but not in the third person, nor on one’s own card. Courtesy decrees a prompt answer. When an engagement has been accepted it should not be broken except for urgent reasons, and the hostess should have notified immediately.
Correct stationary for invitations is white, cream or ivory; it is simple in form, without monogram, and never perfumed.
Formal invitations (with the exception of wedding invitations) are engraved on cards of rectangular shape, varying in size according to personal preference. The address is never placed at the top of cards to be engraved.
For formal invitations, written by hand, use note paper with the address at the top. The same is also used for notes in the second person. It is folded once and placed in an envelope to match.
From the 1932 book “When You Entertain, What to do, and How” by Ida Bailey Allen:
Invitations According to Convention and Convenience:
Although customs and conventions have changed in response to a changing world, the rules of courtesy governing invitations have changed but little.
The formal invitation, written or engraved in the third person and once widely used, is now reserved for the most formal occasions only. The visiting card, a note or telephone call has taken its place for informal affairs.
Formal invitations are sent two or more weeks in advance. Informal invitations may be telephoned just a day or two ahead, although few hostesses care to risk impromptu arrangements, and usually allow for or five days for safety’s sake.
The invitation itself gives the cue to the answer required—if in the third person, it must be answered by hand with a note written in the third person. Visiting card invitations also require an answer by note but not in the third person, nor on one’s own card. Courtesy decrees a prompt answer. When an engagement has been accepted it should not be broken except for urgent reasons, and the hostess should have notified immediately.
Correct stationary for invitations is white, cream or ivory; it is simple in form, without monogram, and never perfumed.
Formal invitations (with the exception of wedding invitations) are engraved on cards of rectangular shape, varying in size according to personal preference. The address is never placed at the top of cards to be engraved.
For formal invitations, written by hand, use note paper with the address at the top. The same is also used for notes in the second person. It is folded once and placed in an envelope to match.
