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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 furnis.h.i.+ngs_
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)
