_ before the name and _D.D._ after it. Prefix _His
Excellency_ to the name of the President, [Footnote: The preferred form of
addressing the President is, _To the President, Executive Mansion,
Washington, D. C._; the Salutation is simply, _Mr. President._ ] and to
that of a Governor or of an Ambassador; _Hon._ to the name of a Cabinet
Officer, a Member of Congress, a State Senator, a Law Judge, or a Mayor. If
two literary or professional titles are added to a name, let them stand in
the order in which they were conferred--this is the order of a few common
ones: _A.M., Ph.D., D.D., LL.D._ Guard against an excessive use of titles--
the higher implies the lower.
Salutations vary with the station of the one addressed, or the writer's
degree of intimacy with him. Strangers may be addressed as _Sir, Dear Sir,
Rev. Sir, General, Madam_, etc.; acquaintances as _Dear Sir, Dear Madam_,
etc.; friends as _My dear Sir, My dear Madam, My dear Jones_, etc.; and
near relatives and other dear friends as _My dear Wife, My dear Boy,
Dearest Ellen_, etc.
+How Written+.--The Address may follow the Heading, beginning on the next
line, and standing on the left side of the page; or it may stand in
corresponding position after the Body of the Letter and the Conclusion.
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