_From a Young Woman to a Formal Hostess After a House Party_
Dear Mrs. Norman:
I don't know when I ever had such a good time as I did at
Broadlawns. Thank you a thousand times for asking me. As it
happened, the first persons I saw on Monday at the Towns' dinner
were Celia and Donald. We immediately had a threesome
conversation on the wonderful time we all had over Sunday.
Thanking you again for your kindness to me,
Very sincerely yours,
Grace Smalltalk.
_To a Formal Hostess After an Especially Amusing Week-End_
Dear Mrs. Worldly:
Every moment at Great Estates was a perfect delight! I am afraid
my work at the office this morning was down to zero in
efficiency; so perhaps it is just as well, if I am to keep my
job, that the average week-end in the country is different--very.
Thank you all the same, for the wonderful time you gave us all,
and believe me
Faithfully yours,
Frederick Bachelor.
Dear Mrs. Worldly:
Every time I come from Great Estates, I realize again that there
is no house to which I always go with so much pleasure, and leave
on Monday morning with so much regret.
Your party over this last week-end was simply wonderful! And
thank you ever so much for having included me.
Always sincerely,
Constance Style.
_From a Young Couple_
Dear Mrs. Town:
We had a perfect time at Tuxedo over Sunday and it was so good of
you to include us. Jack says he is going to practise putting the
way Mr. Town showed him, and maybe the next time he plays in a
foursome he won't be such a handicap to his partner.
Thanking you both for the pleasure you gave us,
Affectionately yours,
Sally Titherington Littlehouse
_From a Bride to Her New Relatives-in-Law_
A letter that was written by a bride after paying a first visit to her
husband's aunt and uncle won for her at a stroke the love of the whole
family.
This is the letter:
Dear "Aunt Annie":
Now that it is all over, I have a confession to make! Do you know
that when Dick drove me up to your front door and I saw you and
Uncle Bob standing on the top step--I was simply _paralyzed_ with
fright!
"Suppose they don't like me," was all that I could think. Of
course, I knew you loved Dick--but that only made it worse. How
awful, if you _couldn't_ like me! The reason I stumbled coming up
the steps was because my knees were actually knocking together!
You remember, Uncle Bob sang out it was good I was already
married, or I wouldn't be this year? And then--you were both so
perfectly adorable to me--and you made me feel as though I had
always been your niece--and not just the wife of your nephew.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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