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I am asking a few people out for the week's end.

She may mention some especial guest or friend to be met, and add a kindly word on the sports or festivities to be enjoyed, that her guest may know what dress is expected. An enclosed time table is a happy thought, and the exact time of arrival and departure may be stated.

Informal notes are written for the theatre party. The guests should include an equal number of people, and if a man invites, the chaperon's name is mentioned in the invitation. The theatre party is followed by a supper, which is of course stated in the note, or it may succeed an informal dinner.

Invitation wording must be followed exactly and the fact kept in mind that husband and wife are one in social ways.

A dinner invitation must include the name of both host and hostess, no matter how informal, and the eldest daughter, if hostess in