Show TO REMEMBER WHEN WRITING To use good jet black ink To use handsome thick plain white paper pa-per To fold and direct a letter neatly and to put on the stamp evenly and in the propor corner To put on as many stamps as the weight of the letter or parcel demands To enclose a stamp when writing to a stranger on your own business To fold a letter right side up so that the person who receives it wilt not be obliged to turn it after taking it out of tho envelope envel-ope before he can read it To uso sealing wax if you know how to make a fair and handsome seal To use postal cards for business commu cations only To write legibly and straight To spell correctly Tn write numbers dates and proper names with special care and distinctness To date a letter at the beginning on the right hand side but a note at tile end on the left hand To have ones address engraved at the top of onos note or letter paper To give onos full address when writing to a person who does not know it and from whom an answer is desired To sign a letter with the full name or with the lest name and initials To sign a business letter Your obedient servant Yours very truly or Yours respectfully To sign a letter to a superior Yours respectfully re-spectfully Your obedient servant lo oirect a lettoi to a married lady with her husbands full name or last name with initials To write Rev and Mrs T J Swaner or Dr and Mrs Paul Jones To answer all letters promptly To icmembar that the written word remains re-mains and therefore write with due caution cau-tion and clearness V To be concise but never curt To remember that the adoption of a courteous ana dignified tone shows greater elf respect than would the assumption of nu undue familiarity To avoid egotism on paper or elsewhero To rend over letters before sending them To write to a friend or hostess after making mak-ing Co visit to hor bouse thanking her for her hospitality |