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If dancing is the feature of the evening, the same form may be used with the word "Dancing" added in the lower left hand corner. Or:

Mrs. John Burrows,

At Home,

Thursday evening, October first,

At nine o'clock.

1080 LeFrance Avenue.

Quadrilles at ten.]

If the ball is at a public place, as at Delmonico's, in New York, the following form is appropriate, always making use, in case of so public an entertainment, of the host's name in connection with that of the hostess:

Mr. and Mrs. George Douglas

Request the pleasure of your company,

Thursday evening, December twelfth,

At nine o'clock.

Delmonico's.]

Another form that would be equally appropriate is as follows:

Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Saltus,

Sanger Halle,

Wednesday evening, January twentieth.

German at nine.

R.S.V.P.]

If any of these occasions are intended to introduce a débutante, her card may be enclosed. If they are given in honor of a friend, or some celebrated individual, the following form is appropriate:

Mrs. Henry Alexander

Requests the favor of your company on

Tuesday evening, October tenth,

From eight to eleven o'clock,

To meet the

Rev. Prof. Dr. Kemp,

Of the Princeton Theological Seminary.

684 West 49th Street.

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