Writing on the first, then on the third, then crosswise on the second and fourth pages of a letter, facilitates the reading and is in perfectly good form.
It is very bad taste for a doctor’s wife to assume his title. An invitation addressed to them should read “Dr. and Mrs. Jones.”
One should not write “Mrs. John Brown, née Lottie Smith,” because one is not born with a Christian name; instead, one would write “Mrs. John Brown, née Smith.”
The use of perfumed stationery is not general, nor is it in good taste.
Any letter of congratulation received, even though it be from a person with whom one has only a slight acquaintance, requires an answer.
No matter how fond a young girl may feel of a man whom she has known for years, any letters, when trouble comes to his family, should be addressed to his wife and not to him.
The fashion that obtains with reference to placing the date on a letter is to place it in the upper right-hand corner; on a note it is usually placed in the lower left-hand corner.
A young girl who receives letters from a man at the post-office without the knowledge of her mother is doing something wrong, which in time she will certainly regret, and which, it is equally certain, will result in trouble.
It is not in the best taste to write letters of friendship on the typewriter, but it will always be excused in the busy woman.