The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26
WEDDING INVITATIONS.
Correct Forms for the Various Docu
 ments Used This Year.

 New York Sun. This is the time of year when the swell stationer thinks he could give les sofaS to the little busy bee.
 All the bee has to do Is to make hoa1ay," said the stationer, while we contribute to the making Of honey mo3ns. Sometimes I wish the days Of 1I7io were about twice as rare as they nres Perhaps then people would get married at other times. But if man Det8 to the point where he warbles. -rhere's only one girl for me- the girl promptly joins in with There only 3ne month for me- and that's June.
 Also, even f the family never before tried to be swell it tries now. The girl, you know. still cherishes the old tra dftfon that 'yol have only one wedding and she Is not going to skimp on that So we get orders from all over the country and from people whose names VIII not make another appearance on our books, until the next daughters turn comes."
 Ks there any change in the swell in- vitation this year?"
 rvery little. The size is trifle smaller. The lettering is either in acr1pt or shaded English. The former 2 is rather better form, though the lat ter ts newer and more expensive. The shaded English lettering Is the proper thing for visiting cards but not quite 50 swell for wedding invitations. The form remains practically the same: MIR. AND MRS. REGINALD SMITH
 request the pleasure of
 presence at the marriage of their
 daughter.
 MARY MARGARET.
 to F'
 MIR. JOHN HENRY JONES 2
 on Thursday. the fourth or June. One thousand. nine hundred and one,
 at twelve o'clock, noon,
 Grace Church,
 New York.
 The third line is left blank and the name of the guest is written in, this be- Ing considered a delicate personal at- tention. The card for the church has haso blank line at the place where the name Is written in.
 If the person is asked to the recep- tions or whatever it may be. at the house. his narne is written on'sthat card also. The invitation to the eere- mony requests the honour of your presence.' while the one for the house asks the pleasure or your company. You notice. we use the English spell ing of honor It Is a custom maybe some people would call it a fad; but it is the proper thing for invitations. at any rate.
 You notice. too, that the date is written, One thousand, nine hundred and one It makes a better line than Nineteen hundred and one, which IS too short.
 Tn a case where the contracting par ties issue the invitations, there being no mother or father or relative to do 1t. the invitation begins: The honour of - presence Is requested, etc.
 The invitations. of course, are on paper. not on cards. That is the iIlvi- tation to the wedding is on paper, heavy. soft finish. creamy paper. This folds once for the oblong envelope. The invitations for the reception is on an oblong card, and the admission card for the church is like a good-sized visiting card. For announcements some people use the form: MT. and Mfa Reginald Smith announce, etc. But it is more correct to say that they beg. to announce
 ssAfe there any changes in the styles vf paper for private correspondence Not any pronounced changes. The monogram, the crest and the address is each used Occasionally the address is used with the monogram. but it is better to use only one. There has been a fad for beginning a letter on the fourth page. going from there to the first page, and finally to the second and third. It was foolish fashion for private correspondence and is net--the correct thing. It is suitable only for business letters A copy is taken of business communications and this use of the two outer pages of sheet makes it possible to take the copy of the two at once and on a single sheet of transfer paper. That was the ori- gin of the custom and 1t had purely commercial significance.