Mrs. James Gold Stewart,
At Home,
Tuesday Evening, February Second.
Music. 25 Astor Place.
If the function is given in honor of some distinguished guest, the invitation is generally worded as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. James Gold Stewart
request the pleasure of
.............................'s
company on Tuesday evening,
February Second, at nine o'clock.
Lord Willoughby d'Eresby,
British Ambassador to Washington.
R. S. V. P. 25 Astor Place.
The name of the guest is written with pen on the dotted line. The letters R. S. V. P. stand for the French words, "Repondez, s'il vous plait," meaning in English: "Answer, if you please."
Of course, a reply is to be returned at once.
Here is the most usually employed form for an invitation to dinner. The name and date are to be filled by hand. In that way one engraved plate is enough for all dinner parties. Another card, worded the same, with "luncheon" inserted in place of "dinner," and the hour changed to "half-past one," is the "correct thing" for invitations to a luncheon.
Mr. and Mrs. James Gold Stewart
request the pleasure of
...........................'s
company at dinner on .............
..................at seven o'clock.
R. S. V. P. 25 Astor Place.