The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-25

)RE.R? HOW TO WRITE
 A LETTER
 BY LUCILLE DAUDEr. "nvERY woman really~wauts to
 write letters to a dear friend A telling in newsy fashion al
 the weeks or months family events. She knows that the other w6 man will overlook mussy paper, blunT 'ders,in spelling and poor 'penmanshiH How little letter-writing appeals. how~ ever, when the business matter calH for written adjustment. or the form4 invitation must be answered fmmedt- ately. I It Ia. not quite fair that friendS should get our worst efforts and strangers our best; and it,need not b@ because letters. especially informd ones, are very simple. after all. ano only few important details must b. kept in mind. First of all. be careful of your choicS of letter paper. If 1t is white. plain, unruled and upperfumed 1t is always in good taste. Correspondence carde are useful also; but 1t must be bornb in mind that they are not intended fof lengthy letters. but only for notes fof which one card will suffice. Delicate colors are used generally nowadays. and faint perfume is ped missible. The paper may be plain q monogrammed; or again, 1t may havb the address engraved at the top.
 Mourning stationery makes use q black edge matching in width that used on the visiting card.
 Postal cards are perfectly propek when used for making appointments, announcing a meeting or forwarding an address, and should be signed with only the surname written out. It is a mistake, however. to publish family history and extremely personal news to the world in general by means of the postal card.
 Every letter may be divided into six parts. The first part, the heading. consists of your address and the 6nAe on which you are writing, the address to come frst. whether 1t takes up one or two lines, and the date following. They may both be put on the same line. if it IS possible, and must be written on the right side of the pagA
 232 Main Street
 k Merrion, Ohio.
 April 6, 1916.
 The salutation is next important. In a business letter this consists of the name and address of the person to whom you are writing as we'll as the salutation. and is put at the left of the paper:
 Messrs. D. c. Stokes &co.. Alexandria. Va.
 Gentlemen: ff
 In 8 personal letter the address iB not necessary. If used 1t is put with the full name of the person in two or three lines ct the bottom of the letter on the left side of the page. The sal- utation may be Dear Henry" or ~Ny dear MT. Williams." The latter styiS is more formal than the first. 4 coml ma Is used except in busipess letter, when . colon is substituted.
 The body of the letter is the meo, sage itself It should be written In paragraphs. one for each thought. A half-tnch margin is observed at the left side of the paper and an inch or two at the top. Write on the paper in the exact order that the sheets como, beginning by holding the fold at your left and the edges at your right If only two pages are needed. the flrSt and third may be used. Do not turn your paper around to write on sheet crosswise; and. above all, do not end your letter by writing in tiny letters all round the margin. What is even worse is to write crosgwise over the already covered sheets. In business correspondence plain sheets. written on one side. are good. Do not use ab- breviattous in your letter and be care iful of punctuation.
 The closing of the letter may bs Very truly yours" or Sincerely yours" in . business letter. or "Yopro cordially" or Yours. with love-" in . personal letter.
 In personal letter the signature may be only the first name. In . business communication, where 1t 10 not necessary to know her maiden name. . married woman may sign her husbands initials, as Mrs I. J. Hra- dy." Where she thinks that her mai- den name may not be known she signs Alice T. Brady" and writes the prop CT form below the signature ct the left of the pege.
 Informal lettsrs are written in the first person. Notes of condolsncN cons gratulations, invitations for small sf. fairs come under this head:
 1e Spring Long Island, N. r.
 April 6, io16. Dear Mary: My husband and wsre deeply grieved to learn of your moth CTS death. Knowing her % well. we realize what such loss will mean to you, and we want to extend our syxnr Gl@naanIO O,0sVRu