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SOCIAL STATIONERY

charm, trips across the surface of a fabric-finished page toned to softest pearl or ivory, while she of strength and enterprise speaks quickly from the heavy masculine sheet and envelope.

Fads and FashionsFashions in stationery rise and fall, differ and turn as do the curves of milady's hat brim. The seasons are marked by many changes in texture, shape and size, often within the realm of good taste, but the fads and fancies of the moment, which run to exaggerated tone and design, are shunned by the woman of refinement.

Stationery StandardsThis little book aims at the best in stationery. Within its pages one may cull many authentic informants, who quote of social usage and the gentle art of etiquette.

The Paper on the DeskThe paper on the desk is our first consideration. Three sizes—Lucile, Stockton and Winthrop —are at milady's disposal for social correspondence; for men, the Gladstone, Curzon and Signet sizes. All these and other sizes are shown on the diagrams in the pocket inside of back cover.

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