Part 44 (2/2)

The Date consists of the month, the day of the month, and the year.

+_How Written_+.--Begin the Heading about an inch and a half from the top of the page--on the first ruled line of commercial note--and a little to the left of the middle of the page. If the Heading is very short, it may stand on one line. If it occupies more than one line, the second line should begin farther to the right than the first, and the third farther to the right than the second.

The Date stands upon a line by itself if the Heading occupies two or more lines.

The door-number, the day of month, and the year are written in figures, the rest in words. Each important word begins with a capital letter, each item is set off by the comma, and the whole closes with a period.

_Direction_.--Study what has been said, and write the following headings according to these models:---

1. Hull, Ma.s.s., Nov. 1, 1860.

2. 1466 Colorado Ave., Rochester, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1870.

3. Newburyport, Ma.s.s., June 30, 1826.

4. Starkville, Herkimer Co., N. Y., Dec. 19, 1871.

1. n y rondout 11 1849 oct. 2. staten island port richmond 1877 25 january.

3. brooklyn march 1871 mansion house 29. 4. executive chamber vt february montpelier 1869 27. 5. was.h.i.+ngton franklin como nov 16 1874. 6. fifth ave may new york 460 9 1863. 7. was.h.i.+ngton d c march 1847 520 pennsylvania ave 16.

THE INTRODUCTION.

_+Parts+_.--The Introduction consists of the _+Address+_--the Name, the t.i.tle, and the Place of Business or the Residence of the one addressed--and the _+Salutation+_. t.i.tles of respect and courtesy should appear in the Address. Prefix _Mr._ (plural, _Messrs_.) to a man's name; _Master_ to a boy's name; _Miss_ to the name of a girl or an unmarried lady; _Mrs._ to the name of a married lady. Prefix _Dr_. to the name of a physician, or write _M.D._ after his name. Prefix _Rev_. (or _The Rev_.) to the name of a clergyman; if he is a Doctor of Divinity, prefix _Rev. Dr_., or write _Rev_. before his name and _D.D._ after it; if you do not know his Christian name, prefix _Rev. Mr._ or _Rev. Dr._ to his surname, but never _Rev_. alone. _Esq._ is added to the name of a lawyer, and to the names of other prominent men. Avoid such combinations as the following: _Mr. John Smith, Esq., Dr. John Smith, M.D., Mr. John Smith, M.D._, etc.

Salutations vary with the station of the one addressed, or the writer's degree of intimacy with him. Strangers may be addressed as _Sir, Rev. Sir, General, Madam, Miss Brown_, etc.; acquaintances as _Dear Sir, Dear Madam_, etc.; friends as _My dear Sir, My dear Madam, My dear Mr. Brown_, etc.; and near relatives and other dear friends as _My dear Wife, My dear Boy, Dearest Ellen_, etc.

_+How Written+_.--The Address may follow the Heading, beginning on the next line, or the next but one, and standing on the left side of the page; or it may stand in corresponding position after the Body of the Letter and the Conclusion. If the letter is written to a very intimate friend, the Address may appropriately be placed at the bottom of the letter; but in other letters, especially those on ordinary business, it should be placed at the top and as directed above. There should always be a narrow margin on the left-hand side of the page, and the Address should always begin on the marginal line. If the Address occupies more than one line, the initial words of these lines should slope to the right, as in the Heading.

Begin the Salutation on the marginal line or a little to the right of it, when the Address occupies three lines; on the marginal line or farther to the right than the second line of the Address begins, when this occupies two lines; a little to the right of the marginal lime, when the Address occupies one line; on the marginal line, when the Address stands below.

Every important word in the Address should begin with a capital letter. All the items of it should be set off by the comma, and, as it is an abbreviated sentence, it should close with a period. Every important word in the Salutation should begin with a capital letter, and the whole should be followed by a comma.

_+Direction+_.--Study what has been said, and write the following introductions according to these models:--

1. Dear Father, I write, etc.

2. The Rev. M. H. Buckham, D.D., President of U. V. M., Burlington, Vt.

My dear Sir,

3. Messrs. Clark & Brown, Quogue, N. Y.

Gentlemen,

4. Messrs. Tiffany & Co., 2 Milk St., Boston.

Dear Sirs,

1. david h cochran lld president of polytechnic inst.i.tute brooklyn my dear sir. 2. dr John h hobart burge 64 livingston st brooklyn n y sir. 3. prof geo n boardman Chicago ill dear teacher. 4. to the president executive mansion Was.h.i.+ngton d c mr president. 5. rev t k beecher elmira n y sir. 6.

messrs gilbert & sons gentlemen ma.s.s boston. 7. mr george r curtis minn rochester my friend dear. 8. to the honorable wm m evarts secretary of state Was.h.i.+ngton d c sir.

THE BODY OF THE LETTER.

+_The Beginning_+.--Begin the Body of the Letter at the end of the Salutation, and on the _same_ line, if the Introduction consists of four lines--in which case the comma after the Salutation should be followed by a dash;--otherwise, on the line _below_.

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