How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) Part 22

Gentlemen:

May I call your attention to my account rendered on April 1st? There would seem to be two errors, as follows:

Under date of March 18th I am charged with four pairs of silk stockings at $3.50 a pair, although I purchased only three pairs.

On March 22nd I am credited with one pair of children's shoes at $5.00. I had two pairs sent on approval, but returned both of them as neither pair fitted.

I enclose my check in the sum of $148.96 which is the total less the overcharge. To a.s.sist in the adjustment I also enclose the original slip for the stockings and the driver's call receipt for the two pairs of shoes.[16]

Very truly yours, Katherine G. Evans.

(Mrs. John Evans)

[16] Or instead of enclosing these slips it is often better to mention the numbers that appear on them and to retain the slips themselves.

_Letter to department store requesting charge account_

1018 South Elm Street, Chicago, Ill., May 3, 1922.

Marshall Field & Co., Chicago, Ill.

Gentlemen:

I have recently come to live in Chicago and I should like to open a charge account with you.

My present accounts are all in New York and I can give you the following references:

Lord & Taylor Tiffany & Co.

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

J. & J. Slater Lincoln Trust Co.

Very truly yours, Alberta T. White.

(Mrs. James White)

_Asking for estimate for draperies and furnishings_

500 Park Avenue, May 16, 1922.

Forsythe & White, 438 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

Will you send me an approximate estimate of the cost of materials and labor necessary for the doing of the following work:

Slip covers with valances of English hand-blocked linen for two large wing chairs and one chaise-longue.

Two reversible portieres of the linen for doorways 11 feet high and 8 feet wide.

Three pairs curtains for cas.e.m.e.nt windows 6 feet high and 5 feet wide, with pleated valance. These curtains to be of habutai silk.

Of course I shall understand that this is purely an approximate estimate.

I should like to have this as soon as you can conveniently send it.

Very truly yours, Katherine G. Evans.

(Mrs. John Evans)

_Declining to have work done as estimated_

500 Park Avenue, May 23, 1922.

Forsythe & White, 438 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

Thank you for your letter of 19th May in answer to mine of the 16th, requesting an estimate for slip covers and curtains.

Your estimate calls for more outlay than I should care to make at the present time, so I shall have to postpone the matter until next year.

Very truly yours, Katherine G. Evans.

(Mrs. John Evans)

_Recommendation for a servant_

June 14, 1922.

This is to certify that Katrina h.e.l.lman has been in my employ as a.s.sistant nurse for one year. During that period I have found her honest, capable, and reliable. I can give her an unqualified recommendation.

K. G. Evans.

(Mrs. John Evans)

_For information concerning a servant_

5300 Deming Place Chicago, Ill., May 9, 1922.

Mrs. John Evans, 500 Park Avenue, New York.

Dear Madam:

I hope you will pardon me, but I should be very much indebted to you for any facts concerning Gaston Duval, who has been in your employ as chauffeur. If you will give me this information I shall treat it as confidential.

Yours very truly, Cecelia B. Duke.

(Mrs. Samuel Duke)