"Just sign it 'The Village Improvement Society,' that's all," said Gladys.
"Wait a minute," said King. "In all letters of this sort they always abbreviate some words; it looks more business-like."
"Mother hates abbreviations," said Marjorie; "she won't let me say 'phone for telephone, or auto for motor-car."
"That's different," said King. "She means in polite society; talking, you know, or writing notes to your friends."
"Isn't a Village Improvement Society a polite society?" asked Kitty.
"Yes, of course, sister. But I don't mean that. I mean, in a business letter like this they always abbreviate some words."
"Well, abbreviate 'community,' that's the longest word," suggested Dick.
"No, that isn't the right kind of a word to abbreviate. It ought to be something like acc't for account."
"Oh, that kind? Well, perhaps we can use that word in some other letter. But can't we do the abbreviating in the signature? That's pretty long."
"So we can," said King. "Let's sign it, 'The Village Imp. Society.'"