Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-08
Hints to Summer Visitors.

People from the CITY are tlfciuN H"'l III
inc into the country, Farm houses are
overfiowing with unaccustomed occupants
Quiet hamlrts are surprised INTO busting
activity. Voices echo through the woods.
Mountain, lake and river have no longer
auv solitud =. Villages put on a holiday
look with the summer visitors lolterlnS
the streets. This holIdty lie, So
chlrming to the visitors, is often :, htrd
work day to the households where they are
quartercd Many II toiling woman loses
all the beauty and JOY of summer IN the
labor and care necessary to provide for llef
enlarged family. The cool. dewy morn
inc brings no refreshing inspirations to
her who. rising ut early dawn, Is still ut
noontide heat busy and anNloIs over tlle
accumulated labors and complicated duties
of the dav. The brilliant sunset, the moon
lipht hour, the beautifdl scene, the forest
flowers and ripping brooks; what heart
or time has she to ENJOY them: over
worked. oppressed by the heat her
strength capacity and temper tried be-
vond endurance, carrying mortlled con-
sciousneSS of her own lrrltabllliy, unattrac-
tiyeness and general deprNity, and haunt
ed by glimpSes of the ideal beauty INTO
which her life might blossom through
these DAYS of midsummer glory, II not 50
inexorablv bound to the pro5aic necessities
of much serving is it strange If she loses
the power of glorifying housework ami
making drudgery divine? Is 1t Il won Ter
if the heated. tired woman, cooking the
hot food AMI washing the dishes for the
midday meal, lacks something of eager
hospitality to tn hee Hess. hungry guests;
She man5pes to drag through August; n
Il I tho do
mart. and what has the summer brolgat Il
her?
For the b4nefiJ of these oTerworkec
hnst4sscs let me Give Il few hints to the
company.
! DO not inrite yoWseH, even TO nea
relatives house, unless there is II mutua
UNDERSTANDING balancing of obligation
Probably Your dearest friends may prefe
to invite their own company, and chooS
the time to suit themselves. Your sum
mer visit of two or three weeks may no
be convenient to them.
You have no more right to quarter Your
self on YOUR aunt or second cousin wlthou
special invitation, than on any other per
son. You may wish to 60 into the country
f and cannot hire Your board, bat if yo
are going to get it olt of your relatives
call it Jegqi11g and not visiting. Th
DAYS have gone by when, in the sparse
ness of neiehborhool and limited mean
and routes of travel, people exchange
visits and maintained cqlaintanceshlp il
that way. Nowadays, when everyood
goes everywhere, every private house mus
be q hotel if the old ways of hospitality ar
kept up.
: Study to make as little trouble as pos
. . sible when YOU are IN invited guest. A
additional member of Il family always IN
creases the work, and one should exercls
: Kindness and tact that there be no unnec
! essary trouble made. Be not over ftstd
: ious in multiplying spoons, forks an
> plates at your meals when it is your frien
i who must wash the dishes. Drop you
> dainty WAYS and niceties of habit an
, taste where there are no servants, or Onl
:, those already overburdened, to minister
YOU. One Gun be neat, comfortable an
i, refined with few appliances of toilet, tabi'
. furniture OF Attendance. The best bre
. people can be simple and content in prin
= tive households, making no reminder tn,
. they are used to different things. Whe
a induleing in the usages of good breedln
" makes others uncomfortable or adds
, their burdens, the highest courtesy wi
:, foreyo f;,stidiousness and personal comfor
= II NAV be shocking to eat with knlf
y u but there are people we'll worth lovir
= who do it. Perhaps your friend wou
:. enioy a fresh napkin, vases filled WI
y. flowers. white cambria dresses. etc..
le much as YOU do, if she could indulge h
70 tastes.
- = Always remember that you are the
~ cipient of anothcr's hospitality. and in
Freedom and nlGEe-yoursst f-dt-tOnle OF t
Mt welcome, be mindful of naeuna and tuu
id The home and all it contains is theirs, n
10 tyoars. Things which you use careless
n, m.,y he valuable TO them. While you Il
u ENJOYING a lazy comfort on the shady por
3 or under the fruit-laden trees, your h
may be sweating and toiling in the heat