The following is a standard form of acceptance:
Dr. Tanner accepts with pleasure the kind invitation of Mrs.
Frederick Cummings Bussey for Thursday evening, December twelfth,
at half after eight.
This note need not be signed. The following "acceptance" is
decidedly demode:
DEAR MRS. ASTOR:
Will I be at your ball? Say, can a duck swim?
Count on me sure. FRED.
It is also incorrect and somewhat boorish to write "accepted"
across the face of the invitation and return it signed to the
hostess.
If one does not care to attend the party, one often sends one's
"regrets" although one just as often sends one's "acceptances,"
depending largely upon the social position of one's hostess. The
proper form of "regret" is generally as follows:
Alice Ben Bolt regrets that she will be unable to accept the kind
invitation of Major General and Mrs. Hannafield for Wednesday
evening at half after eight.
Sometimes it is better to explain in some manner the cause of the
"regret," as for example:
Alice Ben Bolt regrets that, owing to an ulcerated tooth in the
left side of her mouth, and severe neuralgic pains all up and
down her left side, she will be unable to accept the kind
invitation of Major General and Mrs. Hannafield for Wednesday
evening at half after eight, at "The Bananas."
This is not, however, always necessary.
{illustration caption =
This is an admirable picture with which to test the "kiddies' "
knowledge of good manners at a dinner table.
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