New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-18

The newest monographs are in blended cOiors, such
silver. gold bronze illuminated with cardinal or dark
Pompeian red, sevres blue, or perhaps violet The
oldest combinations mace up Of graceful script iet
ters OF the stately old English capitals OF grotesque
dragon letters OF japanese characters aud various
Others, OF which puzzue sanssrit Dragon
letters Of silver caught in meshes eobwebs and nsd
with blue gold ribbon, make artistic m0Doerams
pale blue dix with silver script letter In the center
and silver rim, rs very pretty ornament
at the head OF note paper. The quaint Japanese
monogram il and at least two inches long and
looks well In gold with scarlet silver with blue, or
bronze with crimson. Stl another designis band half
inch wide placed diagonally in the efthand corner.
and IL the of the writer IN japanese eharae-
ters There are cardinal bands with the Japanese
characters in black GOLD or silver, very quaint In
deed pretty rather too suggestive OF the hero
gypkies recracker packages and tea caddes Violet
silver bands with letters Of the color but OF
different shade considered to be IL good taste Some
young ladies have their FIRST in vioie. IN scarlet,
fac-simile of their own handwriting, placed Obiquely
the top. Another ornament a small cluster of
smaller -mignOnnetIe vtoets, myosotis-dOne
in eolors, tied with gold ribbon which the Is
Inscribed These book like water eoors painted by had.
hat they done by prcsses IN the right the
address is sometimes used giving she number and street
OF city homes the Of the country seat. Only
the initial the monogram, the family csest used
the envelope Ladies in mourning use thick English
paper tinted dark gray ard bordeTed WIN black;
board and are small or OF medium size The name ~
little used and few facsmes Of handwriting are seen
cards The charge for engraving the plale Tor eAras
is ~. One hundred cards are furnished ana printed
plate ~ So Large octave cards and square
envelopes the stationery for short notes, regrets
and notes Of acceptance They are cream or gray Intel
colored letters the left upper corner box holding
80 O1 inee @ Nn,n r. no ~ fse riSSt
upper corner, else the address there Small boys
even Tor nfants of month Old are tiny cards scarcely
an inch long upon which doting giandmamma has had
the name OF Baby Belle engraved
Invitation cards, already stated, bear simple for
containing the fewest words necessary. But to be
in good TASTE all the words must be there, without ADJ
breviations cOntractons. When the hours are de-
noted they must be written out as From nine until
twelve" and the days Of the month also written;
figures used only for addresses Instead OF the ini
tias r. s.. " P. at the end. the plain formula is now
finished by the words The favor of an answer Is NJ
quested." Wedding cards consist OF small note sheet
for the invitation the brides card, and smaller card
with the gr0Oms name. In small script on the cream
white note sheet the formula runs Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jones request the honor your at the
rage daughter Thursday, April TENTH at half
past twelve O'CLOCK the Church Of the Ascension" II
great many invitations issued 900 have Just been
ordered for approaching weddingl, ceremony card
for admtance to the church u added. II receptions
10 he given ny the newly married on certain days-is
that announcement is ncoscd making four cards and
one note SHEET in the small SQUARE envelope the ends
tape border, and this is the only ornament There are
monograus and no initials on these simple and ee-
CANT invitations, and no white ribbons or silver
cords for the cards together there Is crest la
the brides family it is ngraved in white aud OF very
small size on both the sheet and envelope There IL
also fancy tor writing inv a0ns this season instead Ok
engraving them this is an English custom, and Is sup
posed to express greater cOraly when the invitation
written by the nOst hostess For late fashionable
wedding nj Grace Church where the groom an En-
glisfuau the invitations were Written ana tne
fashioned English orthography was preserved as m ne,
quests the honour." For small weddings at home small
sheet Is made to tell everything, even the name OF
the bride and groom, dispensing altogether with cards
When the wedding Is private and there are no cards
the Of the marriage y made by the JOINT
the upper part of the card with small white rlobon Is
smaller card bearing the name OF the lady before her
marriage Invitations 10 dinners small note sheets
on large cards. For weekly receptions " AFTERNOON
hostess s used with the date III the lower lefhand cor
ner, and the address just bcneath1t.
visit to the work rooms the upper floor at IF
any where this fine stationery is prepared, Is very In
teresting Everything is done the premises. Here
the great sheets Of just they come from the
mills of England Scotland, and France, waiting to be
cut folded letter and note sheets and here the
knife shaped envelopes and the machine that folds
and gums them at the rate OF 10000 day Here are
the artists who execute heraidc devices, original de-
signs for mOnograms, curious cphers embossed head
ngs, &c, and here the skilled w0rknen VINO nnlsh
them in beautiful colors Dies and eess are cut and the
plates engraved the premises. The beading ON enVel-
opes done on presses that are worked Dy girls sheets
OF card board hall yard square are cnt mo
the proper size for visiting cards by hand machine
worked by young girl The plates for the visiting
cards OF 1900 customers slowed away here and
registered a book in such systematic way that they
be found Immediately upon inquiry 1900 dies and
crests that been made order locked safe,
registered and ready be brought forth with equal
dispatch when called for by those who want other Sta
tOnery marked Sketches for monographs are made
while in the below. Papers and cards Tor
wedding invitations specially prepared from ons
pulp securing uniform texture and appearance IN the
various thiekDess,s requisite.