April 29th, 1917.
Dear Mrs. Clements:
I will be most happy to dine with you on Monday, the 12th, at seven o’clock.
Faithfully yours,
Arthur Brooks.
Formal notes are always expressed in the third person, and all answers to such should correspond in form and style.
Although invitations to large affairs are usually printed from engraved plates, a few forms are here given, principally to show the correct forms of reply to the several kinds of invitation.
Invitation to a reception:
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Harrington
request the pleasure of your company
on Thursday evening, November tenth,
from eight until eleven o’clock,
896 Fifth Avenue.
Acceptance: