Etiquette and Smart Stationery

The correspondence paper for an older woman is more than ever elaborate this year. One style in pale French gray, with a heavy monogram in silver and black is decidedly distinctive. 

Pure white is the most elegant style of stationery, especially for an elderly woman, for the debutante a tinted paper is in very good taste. This comes in pale salmon, oyster blue and in Dresden. Well in from the edge of the sheet and envelope, runs a fine hair line in a darker shade to harmonize with the lighter tint, for instance, the salmon paper has a dull rose hue and the oyster blue a cadet blue hair line. Formerly a monogram was engraved in a corresponding shade in the corner of the sheet, but fashion no longer decrees this. 

The correspondence paper for an older woman is more than ever elaborate this year. One style in pale French gray, with a heavy monogram in silver and black is decidedly distinctive. Likewise a natural colored oak with a dull brown and gold monogram, or perhaps the shaded tints of lavender and violet, with a two tone silver monogram are in good taste for a woman who wishes something that will truly bespeak her personality.– The Los Angeles Herald, 1914

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