_Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Howe Cavanaugh_ _request the honour of_
_presence at the marriage of their daughter_ _Rebecca Falmouth_ _to_ _Mr. Charles Hunnewell Clark_ _on Monday, the ninth of July_ _at eight o'clock_ _Church of the Redeemer_ _Washington_
The usual form of marriage announcement is as follows:
_Mr. and Mrs. William T. Kimball_ _announce the marriage of their daughter_ _Dorothy Lucinda_ _to_ _Mr. LeRoy L. Hallock_ _on Wednesday, the first day of December_ _one thousand nine hundred and twelve_ _Chicago, Illinois_
_Mr. Arthur Edmand Sawyer_ _and_ _Miss Emma Pauline Farrington_ _announce their marriage_ _on Sunday the sixteenth of July_ _one thousand nine hundred and ten_ _at Boston, Massachusetts_
The "At Home" card of the bridal couple, which goes with a wedding invitation, does not have the name of the couple upon it, but reads simply
_At Home_ _after the first of November_ _1219 Pennsylvania Avenue_ _Washington_
When an "At Home" card is included in a wedding _announcement_, however, the name of the couple appears upon it, as follows:
_Will be at home_ _763 Chapel Avenue_ _after the first of August_ _Toronto_
For the card of invitation to the wedding reception the wording is as follows:
_Reception_ _immediately after the ceremony_ _Eight Salem Street_
_Reception_ _immediately after the ceremony_ _in the church parlors_
In the case of a church wedding, it is always well to enclose with the invitation a small card reading: "Please present this card at the church on August the third."
In case the wedding takes place in the country and invitations are sent to many friends in the city, a card giving directions as to what train to take, and where, which is to be presented to the conductor instead of a ticket, and which entitles the possessor to special accommodations, is enclosed with the invitation.
Wedding invitations, or announcements, and their accompanying cards, are enclosed in two envelopes, one within the other, of the same stock as the billets. Upon the outer is written the name of the person and his street address; upon the inner only the name of the one for whom it is intended.
Wedding invitations should be addressed to "Mrs. Chandler Jones," on the outside envelope. Within this is a second envelope addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Jones." The older custom is to address the outside envelope to "Mr. and Mrs. Chandler Jones," as well as the inside. The lady of the house is now, however, beginning to be looked upon as head of its social affairs, as her husband is of its business affairs, and hence the style of addressing invitations to her.