THE PLACE FOR STAMP AND SUPERSCRIPTION.
Either of the above forms may be taken for addressing the wife of a professor, an army or United States official, a minister or a legal dignitary, always remembering that the longer is more elegant, as: Mrs. Melville B. Fuller, care of the Hon. Melville B. Fuller, Chief Justice of the United States, Washington, D. C.
The President, however, would be addressed: To the President, Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C.
This is the simplest form, and as such, in the best taste, but it is sometimes written: To the President of the United States, Honorable Grover Cleveland.
“His Excellency” was formerly used in addressing the President and the Governors of States, but it is largely abandoned as inconsistent with the lack of titles in our country. The same rule is observed in writing to the Governor of a State: To the Governor, Gubernatorial Mansion, Springfield, Ill. Or, To the Governor, Robert P. Morton, Albany, N. Y.
A member of the Cabinet: To the Honorable, the Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. A State official has the following address: Dr. John C. Wyatt, Secretary of the State Board of Charity, Springfield, Ill. In addressing one person in care of another the form would be: Mrs. John Draper, Grand de Tour, Ill. Care Dr. I. S. Prime.
A note to be delivered by a friend is always unsealed and usually addressed: Miss Florence Warden, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Kindness of Mr. G. A. Rhodes. A still better form is to simply use the address of the person without farther preamble.
Always fold a letter sheet so that the opening lines face the reader on unfolding.