General Instructions for Preparing Correspondence in the Bureau of Home Economics

1936

National Agricultural Library

The Bureau of Home Economics and its personnel are often judged by the character of the letters written. Careful attention should be given to letters, even though they are only routine or form letters. The tone should be cordial and sincere, and the style should be conversational but dignified. Both excessive intimacy and formal stiffness should be avoided. Letters should be brief and businesslike. They should come to the point without unnecessary preliminaries, and superfluous phraseology should be omitted.