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CHAPTER EIGHT: CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS
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LETTERS TO PROSPECTIVE FATHERS-IN-LAW
A YOUNG man desiring to marry a young girl does not, in polite society, "pop the question" to her by mail, unless she happens, at the time, to be out of the city or otherwise unable to "receive." It is often advisable, however, after she has said "yes," to write a letter to her father instead of calling on him to ask for his permission to the match, as a personal interview is often apt to result unsatisfactorily. In writing these letters to prospective fathers-in-law, the cardinal point is, of course, the creation by the young man of a good impression in the mind of the father, and for this purpose he should study to make his letter one which will appeal irresistibly to the older gentleman's habits and tastes.
Thus, in writing to a father who is above everything else a "business man," the following form is suggested:
A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is a Business Man
10-6-22
Your letter,
In reply please refer to: —
File—Love—personal—
N. Y.—1922
No. G, 16 19
Mr. Harrison Williams,
Vice-Pres. Kinnear-Williams Mfg. Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Confirming verbal message of even date re: being in love with your daughter, this is to advise that I am in love with your daughter. Any favorable action which you would care to take in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Copy to your Daughter per E. F.
" " " Wife
EF/F
Or, should the girl's father be prominent in the advertising business, the following would probably create a favorable impression, especially if printed on a blotter or other useful article:
A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is in the Advertising Business
JUST A MOMENT!
Have you ever stopped to consider the problem of grandchildren?
Do you know, for example, that ONLY 58% of the fathers in America are GRANDFATHERS?
Did it ever occur to you that only 39% of the grandfathers in America EVER HAVE GRANDCHILDREN?
Honestly, now, don't there come moments, after the day's work is done and you are sitting in your slippers before the fire, when you would give any thing in the world for a soft little voice to call you GRANDPA?
Be fair to your daughter Give her a College educated husband!
Perhaps, if the old gentleman is employed in the Credit Department of Brooks Brothers, Frank Brothers, or any one of the better class stores, the following might prove effective:
A Correct Letter to a Prospective Father-in-Law Who Is Employed in a Credit Department
I am writing you in regard to a little matter of matrimony which no doubt you have overlooked in
As you have not as yet replied to my communication of 10-6-22 regarding marriage to your daughter, I presume that you were not at the time disposed to take care of the matter to which I referred. I feel sure that upon consideration you will agree that my terms are exceedingly liberal and I must therefore request that you let me have some word from you before the first of next month.
12-2-22
You have not as yet replied to my communication of 10-6-22 and 11-2-22. I should regret exceedingly being forced to place this matter in the hands of my attorneys, Messrs. Goldstein and Nusselmann, 41 City Nat'l Bank Bldg.
Of course, it would never do to carry this series to its conclusion and if no reply is received
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CHAPTER EIGHT: CORRESPONDENCE AND INVITATIONS
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