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Rh A small card may be enclosed on which is engraved:

This is to keep out people who are not invited. A second small card reads:

Strict etiquette does not require an acknowledgment, but it is usual. If unable to go, the personal cards of those invited should be mailed to the bride’s father and mother, since they issued the invitation, to arrive the morning of the ceremony. An invitation to a wedding breakfast or supper should be accepted or declined at once, because a seat is reserved at the table. The note should be written on note paper, in the same formal style, thus: "Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Payne accept with pleasure the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. William Ellery Bond to the wedding breakfast of their daughter Marguerite, on Wednesday, june Fifth."

On returning from the wedding journey a newly married pair send out their joint card, to notify friends of their new address:

A wedding announcement is sent out to all acquaintances in case