The "pleasure of your company" is requested in this case instead of the
"honour of your presence."
=THE WRITTEN WEDDING INVITATION=
If a wedding is to be so small that no invitations are engraved, the notes
of invitation should be personally written by the bride:
Sally Dear:
Our wedding is to be on Thursday the tenth at half-past twelve,
Christ Church Chantry. Of course we want you and Jack and the
children! And we want all of you to come afterward to Aunt
Mary's, for a bite to eat and to wish us luck.
Affectionately,
Helen.
or
Dear Mrs. Kindhart:
Dick and I are to be married at Christ Church Chantry at noon on
Thursday the tenth. We both want you and Mr. Kindhart to come to
the church and afterward for a very small breakfast to my
Aunt's--Mrs. Slade--at Two Park Avenue.
With much love from us both,
Affectionately,
Helen.
=WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS=
If no general invitations were issued to the church, an announcement
engraved on note paper like that of the invitation to the ceremony, is
sent to the entire visiting list of both the bride's and the groom's
family:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Barnes
have the honour to announce
the marriage of their daughter
Priscilla
to
Mr. Eben Hoyt Leaming
on Tuesday the twenty-sixth of April
One thousand nine hundred and twenty-two
in the City of New York
=THE SECOND MARRIAGE=
=INVITATIONS=
Invitations to the marriage of a widow--if she is very young--are sent in
the name of her parents exactly as were the invitations to her first
wedding, excepting that her name instead of being merely Priscilla is now
written Priscilla Barnes Leaming, thus:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Barnes
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Priscilla Barnes Leaming
to
etc.
=ANNOUNCEMENTS=
For a young widow's marriage are also the same as for a first wedding:
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Barnes
have the honour to announce
the marriage of their daughter
Priscilla Barnes Leaming
to
Mr. Worthington Adams
etc. But the announcement of the marriage of a widow of maturer years is
engraved on note paper and reads:
Mrs. Priscilla Barnes Leaming
and
Mr. Worthington Adams
have the honour to announce their marriage
on Monday the second of November
at Saratoga Springs
New York
=CARDS OF ADDRESS=
If the bride and groom wish to inform their friends of their future
address (especially in cities not covered by the Social Register), it is
customary to enclose a card with the announcement:
Mr. and Mrs. Worthington Adams
will be at home
after the first of December
at Twenty-five Alderney Place
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