y be as
follows:

_Accepting_

Mrs. John Evans
accepts with pleasure
Mrs. Emerson's
kind invitation for Wednesday afternoon
November the twenty-eighth

_Regretting_

Mrs. John Evans
regrets that she is unable to accept
Mrs. Emerson's
kind invitation for Wednesday afternoon
November the twenty-eighth

Mrs. John Evans
regrets that she is
unable to be present at
Mrs. Emerson's
At home on Wednesday afternoon
November the twenty-eighth

_Reception "to meet"_

(A)

_Mrs. Bruce Wellington
Requests the Pleasure of
Mrs. Evans's
Presence on Thursday Afternoon, April Fifth
to Meet the Board of Governors
of the
Door-of-Hope Society
from Four-Thirty to Seven o'Clock_

_Accepting_

Mrs. John Evans
accepts with pleasure
Mrs. Wellington's
kind invitation to meet
The Board of Governors
of the
Door-of-Hope Society
On Thursday afternoon, April fifth

_Regretting:_

Mrs. John Evans
regrets that a previous engagement
prevents her from accepting
Mrs. Wellington's
kind invitation to meet
The Board of Governors of the Door-of-Hope Society
On Thursday afternoon, April fifth

_Mr. and Mrs. John Evans
Request the Pleasure of Your Company
to Meet
General and Mrs. Robert E. Lee
on Thursday Afternoon, February Fourth
from Four until Seven o'Clock_
_Five Hundred Park Avenue_

If one accepts this invitation, one acknowledges simply by attending. If
one is unable to attend, then the visiting card is mailed. If unforeseen
circumstances should prevent attending, then a messenger is sent with a
card in an envelope to the hostess, to reach her during the reception.

_Invitations for afternoon affairs_

For afternoon affairs--at homes, teas, garden parties--the invitations
are sent out in the name of the hostess alone, or if there be a
daughter, or daughters, in society, their names will appear immediately
below the name of the hostess.

_Mrs. John Evans
The Misses Evans