Social Life; or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society

by Maud C. Cooke

Mendota, La Salle Co., Ill., May 29, 189-.

In the same manner a city number and address may be given:

309 Post Street, Ottawa, Ill., January 30, 189-.

In writing from hotels, the following form should be adopted:

The Arlington, Binghamton, N.Y., October 3, 189-.

Some, in polite letter-writing, prefer to give the address at the conclusion rather than the beginning of the letter. Under these circumstances the prescribed form would be:

Truly your friend, Mary N. Prescott.

Franklin Grove, Lee Co., Ill., January 14, 189-.

There are several ways of writing the figures that compose the date of a letter. Many business men and others use this form, 1-2-189-, or, 1/2/9-, for January 2, 189-. Others still would write as follows: Jan. 2nd, 1896. Taste and habit will decide the matter for each. To give the name instead of the number of the month is, perhaps, more elegant.