MY DEAR MISS KIMBERLIN:_Twentieth Century Culture and Deportment Or the Lady and Gentleman at Home and Abroad; Containing Rules of Etiquette for All Occasions, Including Calls; Invitations; Parties; Weddings; Receptions; Dinners and Teas; Etiquette of the Street; Public Places, Etc., Etc. Forming a Complete Guide to Self-Culture; the Art of Dressing Well; Conversation; Courtship; Etiquette for Children; Letter-Writing; Artistic Home and Interior Decorations, Etc.

This letter will introduce to you my friend, Mr. Otis Van Orin, a

member of the Corps of Civil Engineers, to be located near your home

for several months during a partial survey of the new railroad. May I

not be assured that you will extend to him some of the hospitalities

of your delightful home, thus being to him that “friend at court” so

desirable to the stranger in a strange land? Trusting that this will

be the case, I am,

Very sincerely yours,

CHARLES H. CALCRAFT.

Another, from a mother introducing her daughter to an old friend, would

read:

WATERBURY, Conn., March 10, 189—.

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