The Gilding baby, for instance, supposedly sent the following telegram:
Mrs. Richard Worldly,
Great Estates.
I arrived last night and my mother and father were very glad to see me, and I am now eagerly waiting to see you.
Your loving godson,
Robert Gilding, 3d.
But more usually a godparent at a distance is telegraphed:
John Strong,
Equitrust, Paris.
It's a boy. Will you be godfather?