Part 6 (1/2)

_For a home wedding_

_Mr. and Mrs. John Evans Request the Pleasure of_ ---- (Name written in) _Company at the Marriage of Their Daughter Dorothy and Mr. Philip Brewster On Wednesday, June the Tenth At Twelve o'Clock Five Hundred Park Avenue_

Or either of the forms A and B for a church wedding may be used. ”Honour of your presence” is more formal than ”pleasure of your company” and hence is more appropriate for a church wedding.

It is presumed that an invitation to a home wedding includes the wedding breakfast or reception, but an invitation to a church wedding does not.

A card inviting to the wedding breakfast or reception is enclosed with the wedding invitation. Good forms are:

_For a wedding breakfast_

_Mr. and Mrs. John Evans Request the Pleasure of_ ---- (Name written in) _At Breakfast on Tuesday, June the Fourth at Twelve o'Clock 500 Park Avenue_

_For a wedding reception_

_Mr. and Mrs. John Evans Request the Pleasure of Your Company At the Wedding Reception of Their Daughter Dorothy and Mr. Philip Brewster On Monday Afternoon, June the Third At Four o'Clock Five Hundred Park Avenue_

[Ill.u.s.tration: Specimens of formal invitations to a wedding reception]

_For a second marriage_

The forms followed in a second marriage--either of a widow or a divorcee--are quite the same as above. The divorcee uses whatever name she has taken after the divorce--the name of her ex-husband or her maiden name if she has resumed it. The widow sometimes uses simply Mrs.

Philip Brewster or a combination, as Mrs. Dorothy Evans Brewster. The invitations are issued in the name of the nearest relative--the parent or parents, of course, if living. The forms are:

(A)

_Mr. and Mrs. John Evans Request the Honour of Your Presence At the Marriage of Their Daughter Dorothy (Mrs. Philip Brewster) to Mr. Leonard Duncan On Thursday, April the Third At Six o'Clock Trinity Chapel_

(B)

_Mr. and Mrs. John Evans Request the Honour of Your Presence At the Marriage of Their Daughter Mrs. Dorothy Evans Brewster to Mr. Leonard Duncan On Thursday, April the Third At Six o'Clock Trinity Chapel_

If there are no near relatives, the form may be:

(C)

_The Honour of Your Presence is Requested At the Marriage of Mrs. Dorothy Evans Brewster and Mr. Leonard Duncan On Thursday, April the Third At Six o'Clock Trinity Chapel_

In formal invitations ”honour” is spelled with a ”u.”

_Recalling an Invitation_

The wedding may have to be postponed or solemnized privately, owing to illness or death, or it may be put off altogether. In such an event the invitations will have to be recalled. The card recalling may or may not give a reason, according to circ.u.mstances. The cards should be engraved if time permits, but they may have to be written.