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THE LETTER ON THE DESK

Miss, even when she has resumed her maiden name. Should she retain her husband's name, she adds her own surname with her Christian name, thus:

Eleanor Stewart Smith
(Mrs. Eleanor Stewart Smith)

Closing the LetterOne uses Cordially yours, or Yours very sincerely, in closing letters and notes. It is extremely bad form to omit the word yours in either social or business letter endings. Yours very truly is the approved business form.

Order of PagesTaste and judgment must govern the order of pages. Beginning on the first, turning to the last, and then finishing across the third and second is practical, as the first is turned on the blotter, while the fourth is in progress.

Notes are usually begun on the first and ended on the fourth page, but a formal note or invitation should cover but the first page, and not lengthen to a second.

A note of extreme intimacy may be written inside the sheet from second to third pages.

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