Show WHITE HOUSE invitation to social events written by expert penmen of the dit in service to 8 or he becent the preparation of invitations to the four great social events of U e sea son at the white house the receptions of the pre dent 13 a work that re quires grf at care and the most ei pert sh p ahe severn thousand people who invitations to each of the fo r receptions nece eai 1 no t ce the ve and beautia 1 p man 1 p imo to eig riv ing s w ork is dope by eoma of the hobt note I 1 penmen in the service of the un ted stites government davs the wash agton atar the cards of imitation to each re caption pre engraved and contain 1 lai ks for the name of the person or persona invited these blanks are fille 1 in by the pel n en during the social season ased two jenme i were engage 1 in the names on the cards wh ie two hers rote ahr a on the envelop conta i inca the car s ith all four men writ ng bea t i hv is a profess on an 1 fre tl ose invite to i reception boull won er whether the name was engrav d or antte i this work wa done by J L mcgrew a clerk in the i av cepar ent 81 S 1 v n of the ost lep iran ent W alorth mer of the inter or deportment and L I 1 mi mel of tl e treasure the fo i men a ded bv two raphers and spew aiters worl ed un der tie supers sion of thomas ether lani of the white ho e force 1 itself i noted expert in writing for three etl briand has had charge of the invitations to these ons and his work 1 as been satisfactory as to recent the hearty mr Ise therland occasionally occasion all does some of the writing himself t his duty cons sis in see ng to the prel ara ion and d mutations to the care of the 1 ats of the and to the tho igind and one other thina g that come before h m he die tates the answers to the icsis for invitations ind lupei the malt ing up of tl e lists the I 1 ats are kept from year to air and mr aether land knows ut wl were invited to receptions in other ears and who were refused invitation he is a L nd of walking i of the social and po iticia stand ing and the of ah neiton ind other people he is so 1 that never n word escapes from ahli mo th aa his 11 es and whatever he 1 is to ay is p it before 1 ch ef secretary cortello Cort elyo who ii lespona ble for the way wh h tl work is done the work of writing the invitations is frea begun weeks acci 1 of the time fixed berti n classes of peo pie are invited to every eccel tion in 1 the r be written and put as d rea iv for delvery when others ire made out the hand effatta are not usually fast penmen swiftness and beai ty of writing are seldom found together and so the experts take time in afelt ng the names of 00 oo eav peo pie to the cards and envelopes all of the men engaged the last sea son were ass ened from other depart ments and mr ISe therland is the only one belonging permanently on the white house rolls |