Informal invitations and replies written in the first and second person are now generally used. These notes should be friendly and informal in their wording, but they should be neat and in good form.

In the following illustrations of informal notes, give the person of each pronoun.

Dear Alice: -

Can you and your friend, Miss Allen, take luncheon with us Friday at half past one, and go for a drive in the afternoon? I want to see as much as I can of Miss Allen during her short visit.

Your loving friend,

Mabel White. Tuesday, June twelfth,

120 Oak Street.

720 North St.,

Faribault, Minn.,

October 5,1914.

Dear William: -

When your baseball team comes to play ours next Friday, won't you come with them and stay with me until the next night? We will watch the game together, and you can get acquainted with the Faribault boys and girls. Then Saturday you can look over our fine new high school building in the morning, and in the afternoon we will have an automobile ride around town.

Now do come. Mother is just as anxious to have you as I am.

Sincerely your friend,

John H. Wood.

Exercise 219. Composition

I. Write and address:

(1) A formal invitation to a luncheon, a dinner, or a class entertainment. The last invitation should be in behalf of your class.

(2) A note accepting the invitation.

(3) A note declining the invitation.

II. Write and address:

(1) An informal invitation.

(2) A note of acceptance.

(3) A note declining the invitation.