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 husband's name, she adds her married title in brackets beneath, thus:

Dorothy Hudson Black (Mrs. Charles S. Black)

An unmarried woman writes (Miss) in parentheses when addressing a stranger to distinguish her from a widow. Writing the title of Mrs. is not permissible on a woman's checks, letters or notes, or in fact at all, except when registering at a hotel, or of necessity on a card, should she happen to be without one of her own, or when writing to a servant.

The wife of a doctor is simply Mrs. Charles Brown, and has no claim to title unless she has gained it individually.

Professional women use their titles as do men. A practicing woman physician is addressed professionally as:

Dr. Mary T. Jones

A divorced woman is addressed as Mrs., not