INVITATIONS AND REGRETS
=321. Inviting a Married Couple to a Formal Dinner.=
C----, March 5, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Smithson:--
Will you and Mr. Smithson give us the pleasure of your company at
dinner on Thursday the 12th instant, at a quarter to eight?
Very sincerely yours,
ELLEN MORROW.
=322. Answer to the Above (Acceptance).=
O----, March 7, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Morrow:--
It will give us much pleasure to accept your kind invitation to dine
with you on Thursday, the 12th instant.
Very truly yours,
GERTRUDE SMITHSON.
=323. Answer to No. 321 (Regrets).=
O----, March 7, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Morrow:--
I very much regret that a prior engagement will prevent our having the
pleasure of dining with you on Thursday, the 12th instant.
Very truly yours,
GERTRUDE SMITHSON.
=324. Inviting a Married Couple to an Informal Dinner.=
N----, December 10, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Sunbury:--
We should be delighted if you and Mr. Sunbury would dine with us on
Wednesday the 18th instant, at 7 o'clock. It will be quite a small
party, as we have only asked Mr. and Mrs. Spencer and Mr. and Miss
Whitcomb. We trust you will be disengaged and able to give us the
pleasure of your company.
Very truly yours,
ISABELLA NORRIS.
=325. Answer to the Above (Acceptance).=
N----, December 11, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Norris:--
Mr. Sunbury and I have much pleasure in accepting your kind invitation
to dine with you on the 18th instant. I was so sorry to miss seeing you
on Sunday; we had gone for a long drive to Y----, and did not return
till after five. Hoping to be more fortunate the next time you call,
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
CAROLINE SUNBURY.
=326. Answer to No. 324 (Regrets).=
N----, December 11, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Norris:--
We are extremely sorry to be unable to accept your kind invitation to
dinner, but we are going up to Washington on the 10th of this month,
and shall not return home until after the Holidays, when I hope to come
and see you. With many thanks and regrets
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
CAROLINE SUNBURY.
=327. Inviting a Gentleman to a Formal Dinner.=
B----, April 3, 19--.
Dear Mr. Dwight:--
It would give us great pleasure if you would dine with us on Saturday
next, the 10th instant, at 8 o'clock, if disengaged.
Very truly yours,
HARRIET WINTHROP COLE.
=328. Inviting a Gentleman to an Informal Dinner.=
B----, May 8, 19--.
Dear Mr. Dwight:--
Will you give us the pleasure of your company quite informally at
dinner on Saturday, the 10th instant, at half-past seven? Please excuse
this short notice, as we have only just heard you were in town.
Very truly yours,
HARRIET WINTHROP COLE.
=329. Answer to the Above (Acceptance).=
B----, May 9, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Cole:--
It will be a great pleasure for me to dine with you on Saturday next,
the 10th. I should have called on you before this, but have been so
much occupied since my return to town, that I had not a moment to pay
any such civilities, to my great personal regret.
Very truly yours,
ARTHUR DWIGHT.
=330. Answer to No. 328 (Regrets).=
B----, May 9, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Cole:--
I would have been delighted to accept your kind invitation to dine
with you on Saturday the 10th, but unfortunately I have promised to be
present at a large public dinner on that day.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
ARTHUR DWIGHT.
=331. Inviting a Lady to a Luncheon.=
P----, May 3, 19--.
My Dear Miss Sanderson:--
If disengaged, will you come to lunch with us on Monday next, at 1
o'clock? We shall be very pleased to see you.
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
BERTHA MEADE.
=332. Answer to the Above (Acceptance).=
P----, May 4, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Meade:--
Please accept my thanks for your kind invitation to lunch on Saturday
next. I have much pleasure in accepting it.
Sincerely yours,
MABEL SANDERSON.
=333. Answer to No. 331 (Regrets).=
P----, May 4, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Meade:--
To my great regret, I shall not be able to come to lunch with you on
Monday next, as I have promised to take my nieces to a matinee at the
H---- S---- Theater on that day, but shall hope to see you next week,
and will take my chance of finding you at home.
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
MABEL SANDERSON.
=334. Inviting a Gentleman to a Luncheon.=
P----, May 4, 19--.
Dear Mr. Brackett:--
Will you come and lunch with us on Monday next, 1 o'clock, if not
otherwise engaged? You will meet an old friend of yours, so do come if
you can.
Very truly yours,
BERTHA MEADE.
=335. Answer to the Above (Acceptance).=
P----, May 5, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Meade:--
I shall be most happy to lunch with you on Monday next. Your husband
seems to have had a bad attack; I was glad to see him out again.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT D. BRACKETT.
=336. Answer to No. 334 (Regrets).=
P----, May 5, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Meade:--
I am sorry I cannot have the pleasure of lunching with you on Monday
next, as I shall be particularly engaged all the afternoon with polo
practice for Thursday's match, which I hope you will attend. Please
give my kind regards to the old friend you mentioned,--I have not an
idea who he--or she can be.
Very truly yours,
ROBERT D. BRACKETT.
=337. Asking a Young Lady to Sing at an Afternoon Tea.=
C----, February 28, 19--.
My Dear Miss Evans:--
I enclose a card for an afternoon tea I propose giving on the 10th of
next month. We much hope you will be able to come and, should think
it so kind if you would entertain us with some of your fine singing;
several of my friends have promised their services for the occasion,
and I expect we shall have some very good music. Thanking you heartily
in advance,
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
KATHERINE DALY.
=338. Answer to the Above.=
C----, March 1, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Daly:--
I shall be delighted to come to your tea on the 10th, and will bring
one or two new songs with me which I hope may please you and your
friends.
Sincerely yours,
MARGARET EVANS.
=339. Inviting a Lady to a Formal Afternoon Tea.=
C----, February 28, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Russell:--
I take great pleasure in sending you a card for an afternoon tea I
purpose giving on the 10th of March. I hope you may be able to come,
and if you care to bring any friend of yours with you, they will be
welcome.
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
KATHERINE DALY.
=340. Answer to the Above.=
C----, March 1, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Daly:--
Please accept my thanks for your welcome invitation. I hope to be able
to come to your tea next Friday, and will bring my friend Miss Burch
with me, as you are kind enough to say I may do so.
Sincerely yours,
ALBERTA RUSSELL.
=341. Inviting a Lady to an Informal Afternoon Tea.=
M----, January 15, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Salter:--
A few of our friends are coming to afternoon tea on Friday next, and we
hope to have a little good music. Perhaps you may be able to look in
for half an hour; if so, I should be very pleased to see you.
Believe me,
Yours sincerely,
SELMA WHITE.
=342. Asking a Gentleman to Recite at an Afternoon Tea.=
C----, February 20, 19--.
Dear Mr. Starling:--
I enclose a card for a tea at my house, on March 10th, and hope so much
you will be able to come. I wonder whether you would recite something
during the afternoon? It would be most good-natured if you allowed
yourself to be persuaded to do so.
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
KATHARINE DALY.
=343. Inviting a Lady to an Informal Garden Party.=
T----, August 10, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Duncan:--
I should be delighted if you and friends in your house would drive over
on Monday next, the 16th instant, any time between three and seven
o'clock, to play tennis. I have only asked our immediate neighbors, but
expect some good players amongst them.
Sincerely yours,
LUCY MEREDITH.
=344. Answer to the Above.=
The Cedars,
Y----, August 17, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Meredith:--
It will give us great pleasure to drive over on Monday next to join
your tennis party, weather permitting; an occasional shower would not
prevent our coming, and only a thorough downpour could keep us away.
Sincerely yours,
ELIZABETH DUNCAN.
=345. Inviting a Lady to a Church Sociable.=
G----, August 6, 19--.
My Dear Miss Dinsmore:--
I hope you and your sister will be able to come to our church sociable
on Wednesday the 18th instant. It is to be held inside and outside
the Brick Church, between seven and eleven o'clock, and we hope it
will prove a success. There will also be exhibits of needlework by the
school children, and the prizes are to be distributed at eight o'clock.
Believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
ARABELLA WHITE.
=346. Inviting a Lady to a Picnic.=
R----, August 4, 19--.
My Dear Miss Selwyn:--
Mamma requests me to say that she will be very pleased if you and your
brother will join our Picnic party on Tuesday next, the 10th instant.
We expect about fourteen people, and we are to start from our house in
two open carriages at eleven o'clock. I trust you will be able to come,
and that we shall have a very pleasant day,
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
HATTIE WILSON.
=347. Answer to the Above.=
S----, August 5, 19--.
Dear Miss Wilson:--
I am so sorry that we are unable to accept your kind invitation for
Tuesday next, as we are asked to an afternoon dance at the Belmont
Country Club on that day. My brother desires me to convey his regards
and many regrets, in which I join.
Believe me,
Truly yours,
GEORGIANA SELWYN.
=348. Inviting a Gentleman to a Picnic.=
R----, August 4, 19--.
Dear Mr. Darnley:--
Can I persuade you to join our Picnic, on Tuesday next. It is to be
held at Marble Hill, but we are all to assemble here at 11 o'clock, and
shall number between fourteen and fifteen, including Miss Perkins and
Mrs. Henry Shaw, both of whom you know.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
IDA WILSON.
=349. Answer to the Above.=
R----, August 5, 19--.
Dear Miss Wilson:--
Shall be very glad indeed to join your Picnic Party on Tuesday next,
and will be at your house at the hour named in your note.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM DARNLEY.
=350. From a Married Lady to Another, Inviting Her to Attend a Theatre
Party.=
C----, April 8, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Livermore:--
We just had box tickets sent us for Friday evening, to see the New
Orleans French Opera Company, which is having such a surprising success
at the A----. I hear it is very good. I write to say how pleased we
should be if you and Mr. Livermore would join us. We might either meet
at the theater or start from here, as most convenient to you.
Very truly yours,
ELLEN MOFFAT.
=351. Answer to the Above.=
C----, April 9, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Moffat:--
Mr. Livermore and myself should have found it a great pleasure to
accept your kind invitation to accompany you to the theater Friday
evening, but I have unfortunately been confined to the house for some
days with a bad cough, and dare not venture out in the night air.
Believe me, with many thanks,
Very truly yours,
KATE LIVERMORE.
=352. From a Gentleman Inviting a Young Lady to Attend a Theatre.=
N----, November 10, 19--.
Dear Miss Swinton:--
If I remember right you said, last Saturday, that you would like to
see the new piece at the H---- S---- Theater. If you allow me, I will
endeavor to secure seats for any evening next week on which you may be
disengaged, and shall hope to have the pleasure of calling for you.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
HAROLD SAMPSON DAY.
=353. Answer to the Above.=
N----, November 11, 19--.
Dear Mr. Day:--
I should much enjoy going to the theater one day next week, and it is
very kind of you to offer to invite me. I think Monday would be the
most convenient night if it suits you equally well.
Believe me in the meantime,
Very sincerely yours,
ADELINA SWINTON.
=354. Inviting a Lady to a Small Evening Party.=
C----, January 12, 19--.
My Dear Miss Bright:--
Will you come to our house to-morrow at 9 o'clock and spend the evening
with us? We mean to have a game of cards and a little music. I am sorry
we cannot ask you to dinner, as we are in the midst of our periodical
servant trouble; but I thought perhaps you might like to come to us in
this informal way.
Very truly yours,
ALVA STORY.
=355. Inviting a Lady and Her Daughter to a Dance.=
A----, August 10, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Stanton:--
I propose giving a little dance on the 20th, and I hope you will
all be able to attend. It is quite an impromptu affair, but I trust
your daughters will enjoy it nevertheless. Dancing will commence at
half-past nine.
Believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
GERTRUDE MANNERS.
=356. Answer to the Above.=
A----, August 11, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Manners:--
My daughters would have been delighted to accept the invitation to your
dance, had we not decided to leave the seashore for Lenox at the end of
this week, which will preclude their having the pleasure of doing so,
much to their regret. I am sure your dance will be a great success, and
I am only too sorry that none of us can be present.
Believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
LUCILE STANTON.
=357. Inviting a Young Lady to a Dance.=
D----, Jan. 8, 19--.
My Dear Miss Lovering:--
It would be very charming, indeed, if you and your brother could come
to a little dance on the 20th, which mamma is going to give in honor
of my birthday. I hope you will be able to accept this invitation. We
shall begin dancing soon after nine o'clock.
Believe me,
Yours affectionately,
MAUD BYRNES.
=358. Answer to the Above.=
D----, January 9, 19--.
Dear Miss Byrnes:--
Thank you very much for your kind invitation, which my brother and I
have much pleasure in accepting.
With love, believe me,
Yours affectionately,
HATTIE LOVERING.
=359. Inviting a Gentleman to a Dancing-Party.=
C----, February 10, 19--.
Dear Mr. White:--
I take much pleasure in enclosing a card for a dancing-party we intend
giving on the 1st of March, as I have just heard that you were at
home again. I hope you will be able to come, and if your cousin, Mr.
Stevens, is staying at your house shall be very glad if you bring him
with you.
Sincerely yours,
MARGARET WINSLOW.
=360. Answer to the Above.=
C----, February 12, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Winslow:--
I shall certainly come to your dance on the first of next month, when I
expect to be back from Florida. My cousin is leaving for Europe on the
20th, so I shall not be able to bring him along. With many thanks for
your kind invitation and regrets in the name of Mr. Stevens, believe me,
My dear Mrs. Winslow,
Yours obediently,
HARRY WINTON WHITE.
=361. Inviting a Gentleman to a Garden Party.=
D----, August 14, 19--.
Dear Mr. Lloyd:--
We are planning a garden party at the Laurels for Thursday evening
next, and it would afford us all great pleasure if you could make
it convenient to be with us on that occasion. We hope for a goodly
company. The Dixons, the Mathers, the Wilsons, the Broadbents, and a
host of other friends with whom you are well acquainted, are expected.
The reception will be given in honor of Harold's return from his trip
to the Rockies. We shall be delighted to have brother home again,
and he, no doubt, will be glad to be back among his friends. We hope
nothing will prevent your coming. Don't be late. We shall have croquet
and tennis, of course. And if the promise of the Almanac holds good,
and there should be a full moon that night, the boating will be
charming.
Yours, very truly,
LINA TAYLOR.
=362. Answer to the Above.=
D----, August 15, 19--.
My Dear Miss Taylor:--
Your kind note of yesterday has just come to hand. I have great
pleasure in accepting your invitation to the garden party of Thursday
evening next to welcome your pilgrim brother back to his home and
friends. I have so many pleasant memories of happy hours spent at the
Laurels, that I shall look forward to this occasion with most cheerful
anticipations. Moon or no moon, we shall be sure to have a delightful
time. You may depend on my early appearance.
Believe me, dear Miss Taylor,
Yours, very truly,
ALFRED LLOYD.
=363. From a Gentleman to a Young Lady Inviting Her to Visit a Theater.=
T----, October 7, 19--.
My Dear Miss Samson:--
You will doubtless have noticed by the newspapers that the venerable
Joe Jefferson, the great American comedian, is to visit D---- next week
and give a round of his inimitable performances. If you have not seen
this distinguished actor it would be a great treat to admire one of
his world-renowned characters. I should esteem it a favor if you would
accompany me any evening next week to the theater to witness one of his
wonderful presentations. Monday evening he plays in "Rip Van Winkle,"
Tuesday evening, Caleb Plummer in "The Cricket on the Hearth," and the
balance of the week he appears as Bob Acres in "The Rivals." It would
be a pleasure to me to be favored with your company any night that
would be most agreeable to you.
Believe me, my dear Miss Samson,
Yours very truly,
ARCHIBALD CLAY.
=364. Answer to the Above.=
T----, October 8, 19--.
Dear Mr. Clay:--
Pray accept my sincere thanks for your courteous note. I shall be
delighted to avail myself of your kind invitation for next week. I have
seen Mr. Jefferson in "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Rivals," but if it
would suit your convenience just as well I think I should like to see
him as Caleb Plummer in "The Cricket on the Hearth," which, I believe,
he plays on Tuesday evening.
With many thanks for your kind invitation,
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
MAGGIE SAMSON.
=365. From a Little Girl to a Friend, Asking Her to Tea.=
T----, December 10, 19--.
Dear Daisy:--
Next Friday is my birthday. Mamma says I may have a little tea party,
and I am to write the notes of invitation myself. I hope your mother
will let you come. We shall have tea at half-past four, and games and
dancing after tea. Trusting that you will be able to attend,
I am, your affectionate friend,
ALMA CLARKE.
=366. Answer to the Above.=
T----, December 11, 19--.
Dear Alma:--
Mother says I may come to tea with you next Friday, and I shall be very
happy to. I wonder if you will have many birthday presents. Mamma is
going to send you one which I think you will like.
Your affectionate
DAISY GORDON.
=367. Inviting a Lady to Make the Writer a Visit in Town.=
58 M---- Avenue,
N---- Y----, May 6, 19--.
Dear Miss Armisted:--
I thought perhaps you would like to come to town for a few days; if so
I should be very pleased if you stayed with us from next Monday on,
for a week. We will try to go to one or two concerts while you are
with us, as I know music is a great treat to you, and my husband will
perhaps take us to the theater one night. In any case, we shall go to a
Saturday matinee.
Hoping to hear that I may expect you,
I remain, with love,
Affectionately yours,
MARTHA WILLIAMS.
=368. Answer to the Above.=
Cortlandt, N. Y., May 9, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Williams:--
Many, many thanks for your kind invitation to visit you next week. I
am only too pleased to accept it, and hope to arrive at your house on
Monday next, by the 5:30 train. I am looking forward most delightfully
to my little stay in your lovely home. With renewed thanks,
Believe me,
Affectionately yours,
ELEANOR ARMISTED.
=369. Asking a Lady to pay the Writer a Country Visit.=
S----, July 10, 19--.
Dear Miss Deering:--
I was just thinking, last night, whether you would not feel inclined
for a little country air; if so, perhaps you would like to run down to
us for a few days. We are only three hours and a half from town. If you
are able to come and will let me know what day to expect you, I would
tell you the best train to take, and send the pony-carriage to meet
you. I need not say that your visit will be a great pleasure to us all.
Hoping that your answer will be just "yes,"
Believe me,
Sincerely yours,
CAROLINA MADDEN.
=370. Answer to the Above.=
N----, July 12, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Madden:--
I should have been delighted to accept your kind invitation to stay
with you for a few days, but I have arranged to go down to Newport
on Friday next, with my sister-in-law, which will, I am sorry to
say, prevent my coming to you just now. Everybody says your part of
the country is at its fairest this month, and it should have been
so pleasant to have paid you a little visit, could it have been so
arranged.
Believe me, with many heartfelt thanks,
Very truly yours,
IDA DEERING.
=371. Inviting a Lady to pay the Writer a Visit at the Seashore.=
O---- W----, August 10, 19--.
Dear Miss Malvern:--
It is now three weeks since we arrived here, and we have enjoyed the
change from town very much; the air is so bracing. Would you care to
come down and spend a week with us? If so, it would give us much
pleasure to see you. We shall be here at least a month longer, as far
as I know at present. I can offer you a very comfortable room, and we
have a fine view of the sea from our windows. Please remember me to
your mother, and believe me,
Sincerely yours,
GERTRUDE READ.
=372. Answer to the Above.=
P----, August 12, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Read:--
How very kind of you to ask me to come and stay at your lovely place in
O---- W----! I should like nothing better than to accept your tempting
invitation; but am sorry to say at present I cannot leave home, as I
have an invalid aunt requiring all my care. She has come up to town
to consult a specialist. However, should you renew your invitation
in about ten days' time, I might safely hope to have the pleasure of
accepting it. With many thanks for thinking of me,
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
ELLA MALVERN.
=373. Postponing a Dinner Party on Account of a Death.=
L----, May 25, 19--.
My Dear Mrs. Darlington:--
I am very sorry to say we cannot have the pleasure of seeing you and
Mr. Darlington at dinner to-morrow evening, on account of the death of
my husband's sister, the sad news of which only reached us this morning.
With many regrets,
Believe me,
Very sincerely yours,
EMILY GRACE.
=374. Postponing a Dance.=
C----, February 14, 19--.
Dear Mr. Darwin:--
Circumstances over which I have absolutely no control oblige me to
postpone my dance from the 2d to the 10th of February. I therefore
renew my invitation for that date, and trust you will be able to accept
it.
Sincerely yours,
ELDRIDA DUNSCOMBE.
=375. Postponing a Friend's Visit on Account of Illness in the Family.=
M----, August 10, 19--.
Dear Mrs. West:--
To my deep regret, I have to ask you to postpone your visit to us for
the present; but my little girl has been very ill the last two days,
and this morning the doctor tells me that she has a slight attack of
the measles.
It is very unfortunate, as we were looking forward to your visit
with so much pleasurable anticipation. However, I trust it is only a
deferred enjoyment, and that we may see you here before long.
Believe me, dear Mrs. West,
Very sincerely yours,
EMMA CONOVER.
=376. From a Gentleman, Excusing Himself from Keeping a Dinner
Engagement.=
N----, January 20, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Hunt:--
I sincerely trust you will not pay yourself so bad a compliment as
to imagine for a moment I am neglecting you when I say that I am
prevented, to my great disappointment, from having the pleasure of
dining with you this evening. I have caught a severe cold which obliges
me to stay in-doors and take care of myself; my doctor even forbids my
going to the office for an hour, so you will understand from this how
genuine are these regrets. Am ever so sorry to be absent from such a
pleasant party.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
BARTON D. LOWELL.
=377. From a Lady, Excusing Herself from Keeping a Dinner Engagement.=
B----, December 11, 19--.
Dear Mrs. Wilde:--
I am very sorry to say we are prevented having the pleasure of dining
with you this evening, and must ask you to kindly accept our excuses,
late as they are. My husband was telegraphed for this morning, and
started by the 9:20 train for town, where I fear he will be detained
several days.
Believe me,
Very truly yours,
MARIA WHIMPLE.
=378. Resigning from Membership in a Club.=
D----, November 10, 19--.
To the Secretary of the Benedict Social Club,
D----,
Dear Sir:--
On account of enforced absence from the city during the coming month, I
hereby hand in my resignation of member of the B. S. C., to take effect
immediately.
With best wishes for the prosperity of the organization, wherein I
count so many friends,
I remain,
Yours sincerely,
LAWRENCE DAGGETT.
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