to 1267 Madison
Avenue, will find and greatly oblige,

(MISS) KATE G. COX.

A letter of resignation, being a rather formal document, should be
worded very much as follows:

_To the Directors of the Owatonna Public Library._

GENTLEMEN: I hereby tender my resignation of the
Librarianship of the Owatonna Public Library, said
resignation to take effect on the ---- day of ----, 189-.

Thanking you for the kindness and thoughtfulness with which
you have acceded to my wishes and requests during my late
term of office,

I am, respectfully,

GEORGE H. GRAHAM.

OWATONNA, Minn., August 1, 189-.

Some Don'ts and Do's for Letter-Writers.

Don't write an anonymous letter; it is a cowardly stab in the dark.

Don't pay any attention to an anonymous letter; it is not worth your
regard.

Don't conduct private correspondence on a postal card. Many persons
consider this an insult. A purely business message may be thus sent,
but even then the slight saving in postage is small recompense for the
delay so often attending the delivery of postal cards.

Don't use a postscript; it is unnecessary, old-fashioned,
school-girlish, and in a particular, punctilious letter the omission
of any important matter necessitates the rewriting of the entire
letter rather than the use of a postscript. In very friendly letters
one may be permitted to add the forgotten paragraph in the form of a
postscript, omitting, however, the obsolete abbreviation, "P.S."

Don't write on a half-sheet of paper unless the nature of the
correspondence permits the use of the ordinary business letter-head.
If the note is short, write only on one side of the paper, but don't
tear a sheet in half for economy's sake. The rough, torn edges, denote
haste, ill-breeding, or carelessness on the part of the writer.

Don't use tablet paper for ceremonious letters.

Don't write on both sides of the paper to any but very intimate
friends or relatives, they being disposed to tolerate slight
departures from formality on our part.

Don't meddle with foreign nouns or verbs unless conversant with the
language itself; incorrect and ungrammatical usage is too apt to be
the unhappy result. Even foreign names and titles should not be used
without the exactest care as to their orthography and application.

This rule should be especially remembered with reference to all
matters destined to pass through hands editorial