Write the address and the salutation for:
2. Mr. John R. Tobin, president of the Detroit State Bank, Detroit, Mich.
4. Professor C. M. Watson, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
5. John F. Campbell, Manager Bond Department, First Trust and Savings Bank, Boston, Mass.
7. Mrs. Thomas D. MacDonald, 126 E. Second Street, Washington, Ia.
Write the courteous close and the signature for:
1. A letter from a business house in your town signed by F. R. Wilson.
2. A letter from Miss Mabel Gunther (2 above).
3. A letter from Professor C. M. Watson (4 above).
4. A letter signed by John F. Campbell (5 above).
5. A letter from Taylor and Critchfield signed by you yourself.
6. A letter from Mrs. Thomas D. MacDonald (7 above).
If an order includes a number of separate items, it is usually written on a separate sheet of paper. Firms often supply blanks for this purpose. If the order is short, it forms part of the letter. In any case, each item is placed on a separate line, so that the items may be checked as the order is filled. In the following, notice the arrangement and the punctuation:
Messrs. MacBride & Dickens, New York, N. Y.
At your earliest convenience please ship me the following via the Northern Express Co. from St. Paul:
6 doz. A 68 assorted sizes Men's Black Caps @ 1.50 9.00 5 doz. D 71 Men's Cotton Handkerchiefs @ .60 3.00 5 doz. X 30 Men's Linen Handkerchiefs @ 2.00 10.00 ------ $22.00
Enclosed find a draft on New York for twenty-two dollars.
1. Order fifty copies of the Business Arithmetic that you are using. How shall you pay for them?
2. Clip from a newspaper an advertisement of groceries. Imagine that you are a housekeeper, and spend ten dollars to the best advantage, ordering several articles.
3. Bring in an advertisement of household necessities--linens, tinware, etc. Spend five dollars, buying several articles.
4. Bring in an advertisement of furniture. Write a letter ordering enough to furnish a parlor or a dining room. Have the amount charged to your account.
5. A magazine offers one of several books as a premium with a year's subscription. Answer the advertisement.
Undue familiarity or an evidence of loss of temper will at once frustrate the object of a letter. A dignified letter never shows either. Just what constitutes a dignified letter is hard to define but fairly easy to feel. This much is certain: it must be simple in structure, direct in its wording, and so sincere in feeling that no one will doubt its truth. Any extravagance of language, therefore, has no place in a dignified letter.