ride's and the bridegroom's families, save
to those who have been invited to the marriage or the wedding
reception.

The announcement of an "At Home" or reception should always be made on
a separate card,--not on a corner of the wedding invitation or
announcement.

An immediate reply is necessary when one is invited to a home wedding.
If the wedding is a church wedding, and there is no reception
following it, one makes no reply if one intends to be present, but
sends one's card upon the date set, if one cannot attend.

_Various Announcement Cards_

In case of the postponement of a wedding or a dinner or reception
because of some grave accident or illness, the cancellation of the
invitations, or the announcement of the postponement, should be
engraved and sent out at the earliest possible date.

For a wedding it may read somewhat as follows:

_Mr. and Mrs. Maynard S. Taylor_
_regret to announce_
_that on account of serious illness in the family_
_the marriage of their daughter_
_Emmeline and Mr. Fosdick Arlington_
_will be indefinitely postponed_

A family which has passed through a period of calamity and bereavement
may wish to make some acknowledgment of the attentions of friends, and
may do so in some such form as follows:

_The brothers and sisters of_
_Dr. Ralph J. Harkins_
_gratefully acknowledge_
_your kind expression of sympathy_

The special "At Home" card which is used for a reception in honor of a
friend or guest may contain the name of the friend either on the first
or the last line of the invitation, with the words "To meet" before
it; as:

_Mrs. Ernest L. Lafricain_
_At Home_
_Thursday, December twenty-third_
_from four to six_
_275 Grand Pre Avenue, Montreal_
_To meet Mrs. Jackson Seymour Montgomery_

For a general reception the following form is good:

_Mr. and Mrs. Henry Illington Bray_
_Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bray_
_request the honor of your presence_
_on New Year's Day_
_from four until half after seven o'clock_
_174 Albemarle Street_
_Winnipeg_

The private engraved card for Christmas and New Year greetings, which
may be sent to one's entire list of friends