Mrs. John Evans
500 Park Avenue
New York

_A last-moment vacancy:_

A last-moment vacancy may occur in a dinner party. To send an invitation
to fill such a vacancy is a matter requiring tact, and the recipient
should be made to feel that you are asking him to fill in as a special
courtesy. Frankly explain the situation in a short note. It might be
something like this:

500 Park Avenue,
February 16, 1922.

My dear Mr. Jarrett,

Will you help me out? I am giving a little dinner party
to-morrow evening and one of my guests, Harry Talbot, has just
told me that on account of a sudden death he cannot be
present. It is an awkward situation. If you can possibly come,
I shall be very grateful.

Cordially yours,
Katherine G. Evans.

Mr. Harold Jarrett
628 Washington Square South
New York

_Accepting_

628 Washington Square South,
February 16, 1922.

My dear Mrs. Evans,

It is indeed a fortunate circumstance for me that Harry Talbot
will not be able to attend your dinner. Let me thank you for
thinking of me and I shall be delighted to accept.

Yours very sincerely,
Harold Jarrett.

If the recipient of such an invitation cannot accept, he should, in his
acknowledgment, give a good reason for declining. It is more considerate
to do so.

_For an informal luncheon_

An informal luncheon invitation is a short note sent about five to seven
days before the affair.

500 Park Avenue,
April 30,1922.

My dear Mrs. Emerson,

Will you come to luncheon on Friday, May the fifth, at half-past one
o'clock? The Misses Irving will be here and they want so much to meet
you.

Cordially yours,
Katherine G. Evans.

_Accepting_

911 Sutton Place,
May 2, 1922.

My dear Mrs. Evans,

I shall be very glad to take luncheon with you on Friday, May
the fifth, at half-