Show 0 r r II III ANNOUNCING i t iTHE I THE NEW NEr BABY I In n this Ul'S country there Is only one onea way a of formally formal announcing a wedding That Is b by sending out white cards card conventionally engraved In a black lettered lettered lettered let let- formula In various arlous parts of or Europe there Is a good deal eal of at leeway in the matter of or wedding announcements announce announce- ments In England Ingland silver lettering lottering on white Is usual and amI a 3 border on tho a announcement announcement an an- card Car of or tiny silver hearts pierced with rth arrows arrows' arro Is in perfectly perfect perfect- I ly good form But In this country countr there th the of or announcing Is 19 only one way wed wedding int When It comes to announcing the birth of ot a 3 bab baby however It is Is possible to display an any amount of ot individuality de designed designed de- de Recently a well-known well Illustrator sl signed ned a clever little announcement for tor her own son lIe He was born at the time of the second secund draft dlatt n registration and 1 the announcement was built up on this Idea There was a sketch l of or a baby ab wearing a soldiers soldier's cap eap and bearing earing- a rifle and the announcement was I couched in approved military wording This sort of oC announcement Is 18 in good taste However if ir a a. clever er young Illustrator Il Illustrator illustrator il- il were ero to marry marn art alt arm army man and were to design her own wedding cd ing announcements she would be put down as either cither an Ignoramus or an nn eccentric Perhaps the thc most usual form orm of announcement announcement announcement an an- Is a ft cr very small car card fastened fastened fastened fast fast- ened with a narrow white satin ribbon in the tho upper lefthand side of or a regular regular- sized womans woman's calling card This largo large mothers mother's card card may be bo either cither the before before be ho- with the words Mr and und written fore forc the engraved Mrs and So or It IDa may bo bu what Is known as ns the conjugal con con- jugal card which Is an engraved card carll bearing the words Mr 11 and Mrs r Sol So- So and So d- d t the plate e for Cor which Is so l a C pa d. d I of t often found useful in in III the ui un engraving v Christmas or 01 other othel holiday cards as aswell aswell aswell well as aH for or engraving tho the regular con jugal fugal calling cards used for tor sending a a. gift jointly or 01 a message of or condolence condolence condolence condo condo- lence from husband and wife He But one docs does not nce need tills this special card The mothers mother's tt cards with the added words Mr 11 and are In quite aa nM asgood good form The Tho card at the lefthand lefthand left- left hand lIan corner ma may simp simply bear ie te first t name namo of or the baby haby find and the da day of or its birth written In Ink or It may have ha havethe havethe the same ame words engraved Sometimes the baby's ab s weight Is also put on these small cards lint But the name nama and date dat only are necessary It Is 15 possible to bu buy announcement cards ready rendy to fill in and very cry often orten these arc more convenient to use than the kind already mentioned These cards carll are aio of ot the conventional stiff white while sort and aro are engraved from front a astock astock stock plato plate Tho The name mane of or tho time baby nn and the name carne of oC tho the mother mothel and father Cather are arc all written In These Thes cost about 50 60 cents a 1 dozen with envelopes to toma ma match Little announcement cards card or folders of or stiff surf papery papers with narrow pink or borders that fit Into l tin bor er lo tiny oTJe with the tn same borders rS are are- also alO sold Like announcement cards these the e have blanks in lit which the thc names ma may be written There are still other announcements nt lettered In gilt gill with gilt edges and sometimes the they aro arc oven even decorated with small or with chubby little I cherubs or 01 babl babies If H you ou uso use the small mall cards attached to the tho tho big ones punch holes through the two hold held evenly c together with together with With the upper r lefthand corners square There Thero should bo be two holes and enough ribbon should bo be run through to do In Ina Inti ti a l small bow This work la Is sometimes done dons by 11 the engraver er but It Is an nn easy task to do it yourself The Tho cards should be bo sent out RB RS soon coon ns IS possible ln after the tho arrival al of oC tho the bab baby sod In days s 's of or lack of ot labor It IH Is pC perhaps better to use uno ono one of or tho the car cards R that does not call caB for a a. rash I. I order In special en engraving |