Dear Mrs. Eminent: 

Thank you for these wonderful prints.  They go too beautifully
with some old English ones that Jim’s uncle sent us, and our
dining-room will be quite perfect—­as to walls!

Hoping that you are surely coming to the wedding,

Very sincerely,
Mary Smith.

To a Friend Who Is in Deep Mourning

Dear Susan: 

With all you have on your heart just now, it was so sweet and thoughtful of you to go out and buy me a present, and such a beautiful one!  I love it—­and your thought of me in sending it—­and I thank you more than I can tell you.

    Devotedly,
    Mary.

Very Intimate

    Dear Aunt Kate: 

Really you are too generous—­it is outrageous of you—­but, of course, it is the most beautiful bracelet!  And I am so excited oven it, I hardly know what I am doing.  You are too good to me and you spoil me, but I do love you, and it, and thank you with all my heart.

    Mary.

Intimate

    Dear Mrs. Neighbor: 

The tea cloth is perfectly exquisite!  I have never seen such beautiful work!  I appreciate your lovely gift more than I can tell you, both for its own sake and for your kindness in making it for me.

    Don’t forget, you are coming in on Tuesday afternoon to see the
    presents.

    Lovingly,
    Mary.

Sometimes pushing people send presents, when they are not asked to the wedding, in the hope of an invitation.  Sometimes others send presents, when they are not asked, merely through kindly feeling toward a young couple on the threshold of life.  It ought not to be difficult to distinguish between the two.

=I=

    My Dear Mrs. Upstart: 

    Thank you for the very handsome candlesticks you sent us.  They
    were a great surprize, but it was more than kind of you to think
    of us.

    Very sincerely,
    Mary Smith.

=II=

    Dear Mrs. Kindly: 

    I can’t tell you how sweet I think it of you to send us such a
    lovely present, and Jim and I both hope that when we are in our
    own home, you will see them often at our table.

    Thanking you many times for your thought of us,

    Very sincerely,
    Mary Smith.

For a Present Sent After the Wedding

Dear Mrs. Chatterton: 

The mirror you sent us is going over our drawing-room mantel just
as soon as we can hang it up!  It is exactly what we most needed
and we both thank you ever so much.

Please come in soon to see how becoming it will be to the room.

Yours affectionately,
Mary Smith Smartlington.

=THANKS FOR CHRISTMAS OR OTHER PRESENTS=

Dear Lucy: