Mr: Samuel Sherman Fender, Vandalia, Indiana. Stamp Mr. Henry Lewis Wright, Stamp Mrs. Sarah Hughes Stone, (Union County) Pennsylvania. LESSON XCIV. A Letter. Copy the following letter neatly. Be careful to preserve the form of the letter just as it is here indicated: the date up in the right-hand corner of the first page, the complimentary address at the left, the regular margin on the left, the divisions of the letter called paragraphs, each set in a little at the beginning, the complimentary closing, and the name of the writer at the last. Notice the punctuation: for Aunt Sue takes good care of us. certainly out The house seems very lonely with= you. We are all looking forward to the time when you will be home again. Your loving daughter, Lelia. Parts of a Letter. LESSON XCV. Parts of a Letter. 109 If you will notice the letter in the last lesson carefully, you can learn several facts about letter-writing from it. This letter would be called a LETTER OF FRIENDSHIP. It might be still less formal. The usual place for the PLACE and DATE is in the upper, right-hand corner of the first page; but in an informal letter it may be put at the close. The COMPLIMENTARY ADDRESS should begin at the left of your paper, on the first line below the place and date. It may be, Dear Father, My Dear Brother, Dear Friend, My Dear Friend, Dear Sir, etc. In formal business letters, it would include the address of the person to whom you are writing. Notice that there is a MARGIN of about half an inch on the left of the page, and that the beginning of each papagraph is set in about twice that much. The BODY OF THE LETTER should begin just below the complimentary address on the regular paragraph margin. In writing a letter, you must use care in spelling, punctuating, paragraphing, etc., just as if you were writing a composition. The COMPLIMENTARY CLOSING is written at the lower righthand corner of the sheet on which the body of the letter closes. The NAME OF THE WRITER should be signed just below the complimentary closing and well to the right. LESSON XCVI. Subjects for Letters. Write letters of friendship: 1. To your mother who is away on a visit. 2. To your sister on Christmas. 3. To your brother on Easter. 4. To a friend on his birthday. 5. To a classmate on New Year. NOTE.-The complimentary address might be My Dear Father, Dear Father, Dear Chloe, My Dear Friend, Dear Friend, Friend Tom, etc. The complimentary closing might be Your Affectionate Daughter, Yours truly, Truly yours, Very truly yours, Your devoted friend, etc. LESSON XCVII, More formal or Business Letters. In more formal or business letters, the parts might be named and described as follows: 1. The HEADING contains the name of the place at which the letter is written and the date of the writing. If the letter is written in a city, the street and number should be given on one line, the name of the city and state on the next, and the date on the next; or if the names of the city and state are short, the city, state, and date may all be placed on the second line. If the paper is not ruled, begin about one inch from the top, and write the heading in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Thus: 1627 Jefferson St., Ferre Haute, Ind., |