Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1892-07-21
BEING ENTERTAINED.
OBLIGATIONS RESTING ON THE GUEST
ARE IMPORTANT.

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Not Appear to Disturb the Regular
Routine of tho Family--Hirhts OF
Observation-Disclosures of Some Isuests,
We do not disregard the Bible command
"Be ye not forgetful to entertain strap-
gers" and there are few who In obeying it
have not found at some time tire "angel
nnawares;" and yet, despite the many
pleasures that come to us through the
friends who from time to time are so
journers under our rooftree. we 90 feel
that there is another side, and that she
who entertains hos her rights as well as
she who is entertained.
The friends who come into car home
have q right to expect that We will do ell
we can to make their stay with us pleasant
and comfortable. No woman should in.
wife another to visit her and then fail to do
all she can to make her guests visit enjoy.
able. To fail at any point where it Is pos
sible to do otherwise ts rudepess. 1t may
be that means are limited and the home
small but the welcome should be warm
and the very most made of everything
The instincts of hospitality lead one TO
do all this. We invite our friend into oul
home because we believe it will be mutual
ly pleasant to thus be together, and while
we try to please we hope also to receive
pleasure.
But-and this brings me to my subject
do WEI There is u faculty for being enter
tanned, as well as for entertaining, and the
one is even more rare than he other Some
persons can enter a strange house, fit at
once into the place made ready for them
and the household wheels move on with.
out a jar; while others, from the very mo.
ment Of their arrival, necessitate the TAX
ing apart and read justing of every piece Of
the household machinery.
The houSekeeper, in anticipation Of her
visitor, has n room in readiness. On this
| she has bestowed not a little care and
thought. Everything is in the neatest and
most perfect order, and she waits in pleas
ant expectation. Her last glance has as
sured her that everything is in readiness
even to the useful wash cloth" Few
women have not known the pleasant sen
! sation with which guest is shown to the
room made ready for her. But how often
! her cup OF joy is rudely dashed from her
| lips. In a few days, in the room to which
she has given so much time and labor
chaos reigns, Clothing, shoes, hats, gloves
lie scattered everywhere. Shoe polish md
ink bottles stand side by side with hei
cherished toilet ornaments.
Towels arc used for busters and floor
cloths, crockery is broken, cracked or lost
She is a woman of wonderfully philosophic
temperament if she does not turn away
from room and guest with a feeling of pain
and with the mental resolution 30 neXt
time strip her beautiful room of every
thing not absolutely necessary to the com
fort Of her guest. But if it was only in tn,
room assigned to the guest that discomfort
made itself felt, one might not complain.
Every person and thing in the house feel.
the presence Of this disorderly element
Breakfast is delayed, dinner must wait
and supper is served at unhcard of hours
If there are servants the matter is still
worse, for there are just so many more tC
suffer Their regular hours are all un
settled, and they find themselves Eat sea.
Nothing disturbs good servant like bein.
called upon to do unexpected errands o.
work
Every one in the home of another should
seek to lit into his place with just as littl
disturbance of the rules of the house a
possible. He should do his best to see tina
everything coming under his immediate
care is kept as neat as when he found it
and certainly should see to it that nothinl
i broken, lost or needlessly soiled. II
should be punctual at all meals and al
other engagements. If there are servants
all orders or requests to them should b.
made through the lady of the house. !
lady once had guest who, having received
an invitation for herself and husband on
to dinner, told her hOstess's cook of thei
intended absence This the lady had pun
posely refraincd from doing, but instea,
had asked two intimate friends to drop il
to dinner. Imagine her CONSERVATION, o.
going into the dining room with her friends
to find the table set and dinner prepare
for but her own family of two. She had
right to feel annoyed ut any such inter
ference on the part of IA guest.
One would hardly expect friends to visi
her without an invitation, special, if infoi
NAL; and on the other hand 10 one has tn
: right to take her welcome for granted.
is good plan to always give notice of Il
intended visit, even if it extend throug
hut single meal. This, not that extr
preparations may be made, but tina
: should it not he convenient both the visito
and the hostess may escape no embarrus'
ment of an i'll timed visit, than which fey
things are more unnoying.-S Q. S. Gree
in Good Housekeeping.