REMARKS.
1. It is customary to abbreviate the name of the state. Great care, however, should be taken to properly abbreviate the word. Some abbreviations are so similar to each other that mistakes frequently arise:
2. The address should never be written diagonally.
Punctuation.—A comma should be placed after the name of the person, and after the name of the city. A period should be placed at the end.
REMARKS.
1. Mr., Mrs., Esq., Rev., Dr., Prof., Pres., Capt., &c., are all abbreviations, and consequently the abbreviations should be indicated by a period. Miss is not an abbreviation, and thus requires no mark after it. Messrs. is also an abbreviation. It is used in addressing a firm, but it is frequently omitted.
2. If any part of a person’s name is abbreviated, a period should always be used to indicate the abbreviation; as, John S. C. Abbott. The S. and C. without a period really mean nothing.
3. Some place a comma between the parts of a person’s name. This, of course, is incorrect. See p. [16] d.
4. All the words in the address should be capitalized, except prepositions and articles.