Show I i VJIj I nIjUlll Ii Ii 1 ldjl jljh i2 1 c 0 i JJI J 1 10 ir illIllI1 111lV t if F I lll lli WT r t Y 7 1 II II v f o I I I I 111IIIIIt IJI1 otV JI T I IJ I I I bii I I Ir fr 4 I IiI I IIIIII Li 4iilmlif1rit tf i jc i i 111111 111I iiilliill itl i 1M i f 111111 11 III I I q Ii fjN J ii II I I I II 1 i < RJIIIIJiIII kdihi Ld P U 4U n j i j 0i < < J J t i > 1i NEW FORMS FOR INVITATIONS Dame Fashion decrees a decided departure de-parture In the phrasing of her formal Invitations this season which seems to be chiefly the abundant use of small words Everything that can be written writ-ten numerals Included Is written in full Prepositions play a conspicuous part and change the old forms completely com-pletely Tike for instanc at homer home-r s Lltetally speaking they should now be called will be at home cards for w thlo sen on they me written thus changing In more way than one Tile old form lead + + At home Mrs Blank Wednesday December third from four to si c CQOO Fifth Avenue t + The new form Is far more elaborate t + MrsBlank 0 will bo at home I on the iftornoon of Saturday the twentieth of December rom four until socn oclock I at SLc Thousand FIfth Avenue t + I In the matter of debutante cards there jUo Is a change Lust season they rend + Mrs Blank + and Mlsj Blank at home S c + + But now the conjunction and In ntead of being given a separate line precedes the prolix on the same line t + Mra Blank 2 and Minn Blank wIll be at home c t + In a family where the debutante Is a younger daughter her name follows that of her older bister on the card and IsWrltten l tnfull the form being f 4 + Mra Blank MIsS Blank and Mlfe3 Elsie May Blank will be 1 at home ic t + Cards Jive and a half by three and a half Inches are used for every foim of afternoon Invitations and tometlmeB for evening though engraved notes are emartrr for ecnlng functions There Is a form of card which persons who entertain extensively find exceedingly useful It Is engraved like this t 1 request the pleasure of company ors Or fltoclock S n s v p Six thousand Fifth avenue + i + The blank spaces are to be lllled In In writing with the name of the hostc her guest the form of her entertaInment entertaIn-ment the day and the hour Such cards can be used for dinners theatricals the-atricals card parties receptions and Indeed for any purpose Another change Is i In the form of the carl to mect persons whom the hos tcsu Is especially entertaining This used to read + + Mrs Blank requests the pleasure of your company to meet Mr and Mm Jones SLc j + + Now the guests singled out for distinction dis-tinction arc glen the place of honor on the card and the form Is far more elegant + + i To meet Mr and Mrs Jones Mrs Blank requests the pleasure < c + + Cards of Invitation and notes of Invitation In-vitation arc not to be confounded AccordIng Ac-cordIng to the seasons fancy the cards arc distinctly for afternoon use and the names of the women of the family only appear on them The address written In full is a part of the form of the Invitation finishing out the last line and never detached from it and put In the right hand corner as was the old way The only exception to this Is that card already described so much of which Is left blank for general Invitations Invita-tions of a less formal character On that the address appears In the right hand corner while the letters R s v p occupy the left corner Engraved notco which are of the sire of wedding Invitations have their own form Thcy are for evening use and etiquette demands that the name oC the man of the family appear with his wifes on them For foimul functions func-tions they arc engraved In full but persons per-sons who entertain constantly dad it convenient to have on hand a partially engraved form which can be filled In to fit the occasion When there Is a debutante de-butante daughter whose season Is to be made gay her moth orders a supply sup-ply of notes engnned like this f requests the pleasure of company at a ori the evening of at oclock at R u v p I Six thousand Fifth avenue + j + This may be for a dinner or a cotillion cotil-lion to be given at home or In a fashionable fash-ionable hotel ballroom Wherever It Is to take place the reply pf the guest Is desired at the house of the hostess whose address on notes Is 1 engraved under tho letters R s v p in the left hand corner It Is I coming Into vogue to substitute for the French abbreviation abbrevia-tion the English phrase The favor of an answer Is requested Reception Invitations frequently beau the word Dancing In the lefthand corner When there are young persona In the family and the social list Is a I large one to avoid too great a crush the clever device la now being resorted to of using two forma for the same reception re-ception To the older generation merely mere-ly the receptIon Invitation IB sent but the younger receive those on which the magic word Dancing appears and they are expected to arrive to trip the light fantastic toe Just as the reception recep-tion guests arc departing The form of wedding Invltatlona foi S S 7 r n r I i Y iJ J S i l h f 4 fI t ft i l J iS tl Jb li f i t H rH i lu Ir IoI i t r tif ti i > jtf I dh t Hd1 f t1 1 rh IIMimf i h j 11 iu > J J 4 1 tl j F J tf < r J iW 1 > i hh tl ir t Jt t V L J A tJ Uliil 1 ri CIil sS > < < < H iI I r ij Uf i 1 I I > Mii I IIrH 1 1 r Ir w I fh tyt 1J HJ I t < 1t4 j Ar r 1 J r I II fl I lJi ifi J H h p t Ic fJ i J ii i 0Sf 5 II It a jt 1 i1 > t I j I s Et t 7 r fl 7 i fJl Itr iift4 r J J ri ihk47 ItrIt I y tov flZ I It i JI pt fl ih kmr > f i i tJ r uti 1 1 to 1 j r Y j I iH rn I y It L Jj i 0 ciiqt 1 1 J < t11lt I < d f fi l rif1 1 Jz2 il r S t iir 0 1 ILn LiJ 4 trr t Jti h > r Ii 1 S rL r 1 rr tf j l t 1r 1 r r i I tI I It klll 1 lrijlfi T I t > 1 ri 1 C I gr f Jp I I Iii > 1 n Illnlli ndtdrlll 1 I A I l o tt o U j I SJij ili f I I I 1 < r r o qo i 110 II 4 t Wrii l iJ I I 1 y i > 1 t 1i 4 r I t rJt J I 1J i 1 t r r 9 t Y > 0 z t 4 U Pl l I J r f r r c 0 I 1 1rf c o c I 7 i tl il r t I 1 I ij II 1 r ft I f 1 II t ri r r cf j to I t fb 6 ij i jlt 1 7 to il to lf t nd 1 1t J 15 g t r tt m i1l > l rfS I 4 P I N ir JI31LJTNE TOQUE WITH AIGRETTE OF TIlE SAME COLOR I 4 1 I v III I fI i J k i Cy i t K lows tho others closely It Is a sine qua non that the name of the guest shall be written In the blank space left for It not only on the Invitation but on the reception and church cards as well The word presence Is used for church Invitations and company for the reception For Instance + + Mr and Mrs Blank request tho honor of tho preoonco of at the marriage of their daughtcr + + But for receptions the note reads + + I T Mr and lira Blank request the plcasiiri of company at the marriage reception of their daughter < 5Lc + + A new form has been evolved In London Lon-don for one of the smart weddings of the winter and it Is likely to have great vogue here among the spring brides It reads like this t t Count Iladlclch requests the honor of Company at tho Marriage i of Ills sister I Amelia f to the Honorable Clyde Morton S at Holy Trinity Church Slo me street on Wednesday December 3rd at J oclock and afterwards at The Hyde J Park Hotel Manor House I Twickenham 1aric R S V P + + In the matter of engraving In this country at present only black lettering Is used Shaded old English IK the latest fad but script Is still popular and le > < s expensive Coataofarins are much used thlo season on cards and notes of Invitation Cards always arc enclosed In one enelope notes In two It Is not now considered the proper thing to allow the tissue paper which Is put In by the engraver to protect the lettering I to remain It Is removed when the note IB I folded for the envelope enve-lope Both envelopes should be addressed ad-dressed the Inner one with the name of the guest and the outer one with tho mime and the addrcsw On the lap of the outer envelope of wedding Invitations Invita-tions the house uddreyH of the bride Is stamped This Is for the benefit ofih poatolllce that the Invitation may he accounted for When thousands of invitations In-vitations arc Issued eome get misdirected misdi-rected or otherwise go astray but If tho postofllcc knows the address of the sender It returns the Invitation and the mistake can b 11 rectified Not cream white but gray white parxr hi I UBod for airftfrrns of engraved Invitations r J fJ j Tllf d1 I I i < l I |