_a._ (Miss) M. L. Brown _b._ (Mrs.) Ellen M. Brown _c._ Ellen M. Brown (Mrs. J. H. Brown)
3. In letters to all except the family or intimate friends the Christian name and the surname should be signed in full.
1. The arrangement of the address upon the envelope is largely a matter of taste. It usually occupies three or four lines, written _en échelon_,[23] but some writers prefer the blocked[24] formation.
2. In business letters the word street and the name of the state may be abbreviated, but in formal and informal letters it is better form to spell out in full.
3. Legibility is even more essential in the address than in the letter itself.
4. It is good form to write the street and number or the postoffice box in the lower left-hand corner.
5. The abbreviations _No._ and # before the figures in the street address should be omitted.
6. _In care of_ should be written out in full.
7. The stamp should always be placed in the upper right-hand corner, as a convenience to the postoffice officials. Care should be taken to affix the stamp neatly, as carelessness in this respect reflects upon the sender.
8. Punctuation may be omitted at the ends of the lines; otherwise use a comma, except at the end of the last line. { 124}
9. The title _Esq._ is more complimentary than _Mr._, and the former should always be used when addressing men holding a college degree or of social standing. In formal social addresses _Mr._ (or _Dr._, etc.) is always used.
10. In addressing envelopes to persons in high positions the following forms should be used: To the President of the United States, _The President, Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C._; to King George, _His Majesty, the King, London_ (omit _England_, as this is considered a provincialism); to the Pope, _His Holiness, Pope Pius X., Rome_ (omit _Italy_); to a member of the Cabinet, _To the Honorable the Secretary of State_; to a duke, _His Grace, the Duke of ——_; to a baron, _The Right Honorable, the Lord ——_; to a cardinal, _To His Eminence, William Cardinal O’Connell_; to an archbishop in England, _The Most Reverend —— His Grace the Lord Archbishop of ——_; to a bishop in England, _The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of ——_, in the United States, _The Right Reverend_ (Christian and surname), adding honorary titles; to a dean in England, _The Very Reverend the Dean of ——_; to an archdeacon in England, _The Venerable the Archdeacon_ (surname); to a senator, congressman, mayor, or judge, _Honorable_ (Christian and surname); to a governor, _His Excellency, the Governor of ——_; to an ambassador, _His Excellency the British Ambassador_. { 125}