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CHAPTER XXXVI 155 and no woman ever wrote that sort of letter. She might tell some friend in particular some few facts, but these brief bulletins are ab- surd and will be accepted as a travesty. Letters should be used on the screen only where there exists some legitimate excuse fof the writer addressing some absent person. It should be shown or understood that there is a good reason why a letter should be written and then the let- ter should be the sort of note that such a person would write in real life, not a single postcard fact, but a real letter, only a part of which, showing the essential fact, need be given on the screen. This may be the opening, the close or any part of the middle. Since a woman often puts the real letter in the form of a postscript, only the signature may be shown with the addition. Just what part is to be shown depends upon the fact the author wishes to convey. 8. If it is desired to show that the writer is at home and that the name of the correspondent is Jane, then the essential fact will open the letter, which will run: Home, Tuesday. Dear Jane : At last I can pay you that visit, as Daddy and Tom are going south and I shall be left all alone. I shall be with you Tues day, if this will be convenient to you. This letter tells the name of the recipient, tells that the writer is in her own home but presently will make a visit, and by inference we gather that she is motherless, since the departure of her father and brother will leave her alone in the house. We know where the two men are going and we can gather that they are wealthy, since to go south ar- gues money for carfare. 9. The best method of marking in the letter is shown in F-1, rather than the examples in A, where it is supposed that the text will show whether the letter is in a masculine or feminine handwriting. Mr. Lang's example is more precise and therefore to be recommended. There may be added further description if required as: Letter in woman's handwriting—only paragraph is essential. Letter in man's handwriting, only greeting and part of first paragraph. Letter in woman's handwriting, signature and postscript. Typewritten letter. Letter on printed head as shown. In writing in the letter, the Lang form may be used ("insert letter") or it may be written as shown in A-6. Here "on screen" is employed in place of "insert." It does not matter which you use. It is gen- erally better to number the scene in the margin and to take the "In- sert" or "On screen" out in the margin, too. This permits the inserts to be picked up more readily, though underscoring the line will suf- fice. The extended line is shown in scene forty-one. Example B. 10. Where the insert is but a portion of a letter, it is customary to write some material to go above and below to carry out the suggestion of a running letter and not an isolated paragraph. In such a case the essential material should be indicated in some manner. Perhaps the