I am fascinated with my utility box--it is too beguiling for words! You are the cleverest one anyway for finding what no one else can--and every one wants. I don't know how you do it! And you certainly were sweet to think of me. Thank you, dear. Ethel. =THANKS FOR PRESENT TO A BABY= Dear Mrs. Kindhart: Of course it would be! Because no one else can sew like you! The sacque you made the baby is the prettiest thing I have ever seen, and is perfectly adorable on her! Thank you, as usual, you dear Mrs. Kindhart, for your goodness to Your affectionate, Sally. Dear Mrs. Norman: Thank you ever so much for the lovely afghan you sent the baby. It is by far the prettiest one he has; it is so soft and close--he doesn't get his fingers tangled in it. Do come in and see him, won't you? We are both allowed visitors (especial ones) every day between 4 and 5.30! Affectionately always, Lucy. =THE BREAD AND BUTTER LETTER= When you have been staying over Sunday, or for longer, in some one's house, it is absolutely necessary that you write a letter of thanks to your hostess within a few days after the visit. "Bread and butter letters," as they are called, are the stumbling-blocks of visitors. Why they are so difficult for nearly every one is hard to determine, unless it is that they are often written to persons with whom you are on formal terms, and the letter should be somewhat informal in tone. Very likely you have been visiting a friend, and must write to her mother, whom you scarcely know; perhaps you have been included in a large and rather formal house party and the hostess is an acquaintance rather than a friend; or perhaps you are a bride and have been on a first visit to relatives or old friends of your husband's, but strangers, until now, to you. As an example of the first, where you have been visiting a girl friend and must write a letter to her mother, you begin "Dear Mrs. Town" at the top of a page, and nothing in the forbidding memory of Mrs. Town encourages you to go further. It would be easy enough to write to Pauline, the daughter. Very well, write to Pauline then--on an odd piece of paper, in pencil, what a good time you had, how nice it was to be with her. Then copy your note composed to Pauline off on the page beginning "Dear Mrs. Town." You have only to add, "love to Pauline, and thanking you again for asking me," sign it "Very sincerely," and there you are! Don't be afraid that your note is too informal; older people are always pleased with any expressions from the young that seem friendly and spontaneous. Never think, because you can not easily write a letter, that it is better not to write at all. The most awkward note that can be imagined is better than none--for to write none is the depth of rudeness, whereas the awkward note merely fails to delight. =EXAMPLES=