The requisite invitations must be sent out any time from a week to a fortnight before the date set. For these, an engraved form is essential. They are printed on heavy white bristol board, of the quality described for dinner-invitations, and inclosed in a single envelope. They may be issued in the name of the hostess alone, or in the names of a hostess and her daughter or daughters, or in the names of husband and wife—though this last is a very modern innovation. The following will serve as a model:
Mrs. James French Putnam
At Home
April the seventh
From four until seven o’clock
208 Flagg Avenue
If the husband joins with the wife in issuing the invitations, the only change is in the first line:
Mr. and Mrs. James French Putnam
Where a daughter is to receive with her mother, the girl’s name appears just below that of the matron:
Mrs. James French Putnam
Miss Putnam
Where there are two or more daughters thus associated with the mother, they are included under one title. Thus:
Mrs. James French Putnam
The Misses Putnam
When a younger sister is to appear at her début, her name in full is given a line after those of her mother and elder sister: