The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-19
BUSINESS HINTS FOR WOMEN.

names is you have them, you should after marriage. sign your name Jane Raymond Wallace, Raymond being. sup pose. your maiden name. A woman on marriage should drop her second given name and use her former last name as second name This ident- fies her as belonging to the family that bears that cognomen. If you de eide to use your husbands name put tMrs. John R. wallace) in brackets ol the lower left hand corner of the last page, Of course it Is preferable thai your husband sign his full name, bu' if he does not 1t is best for you to sign 1t exactly as he does.
 Miss A. M.-After signing your name put the word (Miss)sin brackets before it. This shows your correspondent how to address you. Remember to place the bracket around the Miss, as without it looks ill-bred. In case you receive a letter and do not know whether to direct your answer to Mrs or Miss Black, because your corres- dent has not indicated whether she is married or single, write simply the name with no prefix. This may seem crude but it Is better th4n making a mistake. Any woman who under stands herself will let you know how to address her.
 q desire to write business letter to a firm and do not know exactiy how to begin it. Will you kindly tell me how, and how to sign 1t.
 When you write company or bus mess firm, put the name of the firm followed bv the address on the next line. Place underneath this Dear Sir or Gentlemen For instance. E fs MT. Robert J. Burdick, Cincinnati, o.
 Dear Sir
 Or if there is more than one name in the firm, use the address Gentle men. Dear Sirs is not used in such case by elegant people. In the same way addres a lady as Dear Madam. AT ter considerable business correspond ence if is permissible to write Dear Mrs. Condit, or Dear MT. Hosmer, but in this case the full name and address is always placed at the bottom of tho letter. I have had letters addressed te me as Dear Miss or Mile. both titles that show a crudity and indicate the writer is not comme il faut Madam is the correct way to address lady your letter sign it with your full name using Very Truly Yours. or Sincerely Yours, the first being preferable.
 Business woman-You ask for some simple rules about directing letters. When writing to a business firm a let ter should never be directed to one of it's members personally. If addressed to R. B. Johnson, Cashifr, 1t Is re- cognized as business. but If simply to R. B. Johnson, it Is supposed to be private For similar reason 1t is de- sirable to affix the official title of a public officer.
 Direct your letters to the secretary of a society or corporation If you de- sire general information. Thus. if you wish to know regarding some phase of the work of the Sunshine Society, direct either to the State secretary or the secretary general. Tn case you desire to send private lette- to some person and wish to direct it to the office, write the word "personaP on the envelope. This shows the nature of the communication, and will prevent its being opened by clerks.
 Dear Editor-'I have recently re- ceived a typewriter letter from a rail road company On the top corner of the page are the letters 212k. What does this mean?"
 Railroad corporations and all bodies with voluminous correspondence number their letters and replies. If you will in answer start your letter with reference to this number the clerk can immediately look back on the files. find the number and 'n q