_Enclosed in Two Envelopes_
Two envelopes are never used except for wedding invitations or
announcements; but wedding invitations and all accompaning cards are
always enclosed first in an inner envelope that has no mucilage on the
flap, and is superscribed "Mr. and Mrs. Jameson Greatlake," without
address. This is enclosed in an outer envelope which is sealed and
addressed:
Mr. and Mrs. Jameson Greatlake,
24 Michigan Avenue,
Chicago.
To those who are only "asked to the church" no house invitation is
enclosed.
=THE CHURCH INVITATION=
The proper form for an invitation to a church ceremony is:
(_Form No. 1._)
Mr. and Mrs. John Huntington Smith
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Mary Katherine
to
Mr. James Smartlington
on Tuesday the first of November
at twelve o'clock
at St. John's Church
in the City of New York
(_Form No. 2._)
Mr. and Mrs. John Huntington Smith
request the honour of
[HW: Miss Pauline Town's]
presence at the marriage of their daughter
Mary Katherine
to
Mr. James Smartlington
on Tuesday the first of November
at twelve o'clock
at St. John's Church
(_The size of invitations is 5-1/8 wide by 7-3/8 deep._)
(_When the parents issue the invitations for a wedding at a house other
than their own._)
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Littlehouse
request the honour of
presence at the marriage of their daughter
Betty
to
Mr. Frederic Robinson
on Saturday the fifth of November
at four o'clock
at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Sterlington
Tuxedo Park
New York
R.s.v.p.
No variation is permissible in the form of a wedding invitation. Whether
fifty guests are to be invited or five thousand, the paper, the engraving
and the wording, and the double envelope are precisely the same.
_Church Card of Admittance_
In cities or wherever the general public is not to be admitted, a card of
about the size of a small visiting card is enclosed with the church
invitation:
Please present this card,
at St. John's Church
on Tuesday the first of November
_Cards to Reserved Pews_
To the family and very intimate friends who are to be seated in especially
designated pews:
Please present this to an usher
Pew No.
on Thursday the ninth of May
Engraved pew cards are ordered only for very big weddings where twenty or
more pews are to be reserved. The more usual custom--at all small and many
big weddings--is for the mother of the bride, and the mother of the
bridegroom each to write on her personal visiting card:
[HW: Pew No. 7]
Mrs. John Huntington Smith
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