It is allowable, in some cases, upon receiving a brief business letter, to write the reply on the same page, beneath the original letter, and return both letter and answer together.

Among business letters may be classed all correspondence relating to business, applications for situations, testimonials regarding the character of a servant or employe, letters requesting the loan of money or an article, and letters granting or denying the favor; while all forms of drawing up notes, drafts and receipts may properly be included. The forms of some of these are here given.

LETTERS REQUESTING EMPLOYMENT.

A letter of this kind should be short, and written with care and neatness, that the writer may both show his penmanship and his business-like qualities, which are often judged of by the form of his letter. It may be after this fashion:

MESSRS. LORD & NOBLE,

NEW YORK, March 1, 1880.

DEAR SIRS:

Having heard that you are in need of more assistance in your establishment (or store, office) I venture to ask you for employment. I can refer you to Messrs. Jones & Smith, my late employers, as to my qualifications, should you decide to consider my application.

Yours truly,

JAMES ROBERTS.

LETTERS REGARDING THE CHARACTER OF A SERVANT.

DEAR MADAM: Sarah Riley, having applied to me for the position of cook, refers me to you for a character. I feel particularly anxious to obtain a good servant for the coming winter, and shall therefore feel obliged by your making me acquainted with any particulars referring to her character, and remain, madam,

Your very obedient servant,

TO MRS. ALFRED STARK.

MRS. GEORGE STONE,

MRS. GEORGE STONE.

DEAR MADAM: It gives me pleasure to say that Sarah Riley lived with me for two years, and during that time I found her active, diligent and efficient.

is a superior cook, and I have full confidence in her honesty. I feel that I can recommend her with full confidence of her being likely to give you satisfaction. I ain, madam,

Your very obedient servant,

MRS. GEORGE STONE,

MRS. ALFRED STARK.

DEAR MADAM: In replying to your note of inquiry, I beg to inform you that Sarah Riley, who lived with me in the capacity of cook, left my services because I did not find her temper and habits in all respects satisfactory. She was thoroughly competent as a cook, but in other respects I cannot conscientiously recommend. her. I remain,

Yours, very truly,

MRS. ALFRED STARK.

NOTES, DRAFTS, BILLS AND RECEIPTS.

The following are forms of notes, drafts, receipts,

etc.:

$500.

Promissory Note Without Interest.

CINCINNATI, O., June 6, 1880.

Sixty days after date, I promise to pay Samuel Archover, or order, at my office in Cincinnati, five hundred dollars, value received.

TIMOTHY MOrtgrave.

Promissory Note With Interest but not Negotiable.

$125.30.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2, 1880. For value received, I promise to pay Daniel Cartright one hundred and twenty-five dollars and thirty cents, on August 12th next, with interest at seven per cent. after January 1, 1881.

JOHN S. ALLbright.

A Negotiable Note Payable to Bearer.

$75. DETROIT, MICH., Oct. 8, 1881. Thirty days after date, for value received, I promise to pay Silas G. Smithers, or bearer, at my office in Detroit, seventy-five dollars with interest from date. SAMUEL Q. Pettibone.

Form of a Receipt.

$25.

NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 1880.

Received from James O. Mitchell, twenty-five dollars, to apply on account.

SMITH, JONES & Co.

Form of a Draft, Time from Sight.

$1,000.

DETROIT, MICH., July 7, 1880.

At ten days sight, pay to the order of J. Smith & Co., one thousand dollars, and charge the same to the account of SHEPARD & NILES.

TO SAMUEL STOKER & Co.,

Indianapolis, Ind.

$175.

A Draft or Order "Without Grace."

CINCINNATI, OHIO, Aug. 12, 1880.

At sight, without grace, pay to F. B. Dickerson & Co., one hundred and seventy-five dollars, and charge to the account of H. S. MOREHOUSE.

TO TRADERS' NATIONAL BANK,

Cincinnati, Ohio.

Form of a Bill.

BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1880.

MARTIN HUGHES, Dr.

TO JOHN J. HART.

Four volumes History of France, at $2.50 per volume,

CHAPTER XXIII.

General Rules of Conduct.

N society, everybody should receive equal attention, the young as well as the old. A high authority says, “If we wish our young people to grow up self-possessed and at ease, we must early train them in those graces

by giving them the same attention and consideration we do those of maturer years. If we snub them, and systematically neglect them, they will acquire an awkwardness and a deprecatory manner, which will be very difficult for them to overcome."

GRACEFULNESS OF CARRIAGE.

Physical education is indispensable to every well-bred man and woman. A gentleman should not only know how to fence, to box, to ride, to shoot and to swim, but he should also know how to carry himself gracefully, and how to dance, if he would enjoy life to the utmost. A graceful carriage can best be attained by the aid of a drilling master, as dancing and boxing are taught. A