IN GENERAL
1. Use black ink and never use a pencil, even in friendly letters, except in an emergency.
2. Do not practise economy of paper by writing in the margin.
3. Fold the letter so that when taken from the envelope it will open right-side up.
4. Never omit the date from any note or letter, however unimportant.
5. In brief letters the first and fourth or first and third pages may be written upon, leaving the others blank.
6. Avoid postscripts except in an emergency.
7. Unruled paper should be used for all correspondence.
8. Typewritten letters are permissible only in business correspondence, and even in these the signature should be written by hand.
9. Any evidence of haste is a discourtesy. Never sign a letter, Yours in haste.
10. Underscoring is permissible only in informal letters and should be used sparingly.
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