Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-08-05
BEING ENTERTAINED.
OBLIGATIONS Re5TlNc on THE GUEST
ARE IMPORTANT

1he welcome Visitor T. one who Does
Not Appear 70 disturb tho Regular
Routine Of the Tamny-nisbts OF
no,tc.s-Mlstnkos Of some Guests
Wedo not disregard the bible command
"ie SEE not forgotiul To- entertain stuu.
eeU % aud thurc arc fcw who in oucylug Il
hove NOT found No some IImH the "UuEgl
untNa,rsN and yet, pItc tho mnuy
pleaurJs TINT come 90 u, through the
friends who from ,lmc go uwo are ro.
io1ncr under 0ur rognrfp. we do feel
that there ~ another s,Go. aud that .hc
who cuirr1ius has her rights NJ we'll na
thc VINO Is entertained.
The friend, who como into our home
have "a right To expect That we will do all
we con Go make their stay with us pleasant
and comfortable. No woman should In.
vito Huo,hor To visit her and thon fail 20 do
al she an 10 make her guests visit enjoy
able. To fail at any poiht where Il Is poo
siblu TO do Otherwise II rudFurHs, IL may
bo that means are limited and the home
small; but the welcome should D., warm
and the very most made OF everything
The Instincts II hospitality lead one 20
do all this. We invite our friend into our
homo because we believe IL will humutuni-
ly pleasant Go thus b. together. and while
we try to please we hope also 60 receive
pleasure.
liut--and this brings mo 20 my subject
do wri There T. % faculty for being enter
tHiuod, ~ well ns Tor entertaining. aud the
one N even more rare than the other. Some
! persons can enter q strange house, III 0t
once into the place mnde ready Tor them
and tue household wheels move ON with.
/ out u jar, while others, from the very mo
| mcut Of their arrival, ncucssitnte the TAX,
/ ing apart md rcadiustlng Of every piece OF
| the household machinery.
The housekreper, In anticipation Of her
| visitor, has u ruom In readiness on this
she has bestowed not little care aud
] Thought Everything Is In the noutrsi and
| most perfect urlUr and she waits In plcns.
ant expectation. Her last glance has o..
surcd her that everything II Ia roadin,s-,
/ even to the useful wash cloth" Fcw
women have not known the pleasant sen.
s1tiun with which quest II shown To the
room made ready Tor her But how often
her cup oi Joy Is rudcly dashed from her
lips. Ia few days In the room 90 which
she has given 40 much time mud labor.
chaos rrlgns, Clothing, shoes, hnts gloves
lie scattered everywhere. shoe polish and
cherished toilet ornaments.
Towels arr used for busters aud floor
cloths, crocErry I, broken, cracked Or lost.
She is "a woman " wonderfully philo.Ophic
temperament II she does not turn away
from room aud guest with feeling of palm.
aud with the mental resolution to next
time strip her beautiful room Of every
thing nut absolutely necessary TO the com.
fort uf her guest But II Il was only In thu
room Signed 10 the guest that discomfort
| made Itself ielt, uut might not complain.
Every person aud thing In the house feels
| tho presence ol this disorlorly element.
| Brcal,hst Is delayed dinner must wait.
and supper b. served nc unhCArl Of houu.
II there are servants the matter Is still
worse, Tor thric uu' just 10 many more o.
suffer Their regular hours arc all un.
| Settled, and they ilud themselves Fat heN. "
Nothing dis,urbs % good servant likebrlug
called upon 10 DO unexpected orrundr OF
work.
Every one In the home Of another should
seek to lit Into his place with Just ~ littlr
disturbance ot the rule, VI the house as
possible. He should do his best 10 sre that
everything coming under his immediate
care X kept us urat as when he found i
Hul certainly should soto Il thai u0,hui
l. broken, lost CO.. u.gdiysly sulled, he
should be- punctull nt all meals and oil
other engagements u thota are scrynnts
an oriu,. 900 uUu.st, to them SHOULD Boz
made through tlr luY og the huu,r s
lady once had -lct. who, having rccl iyul
un Invitation iur hrUr.f aud husband out
o. dinner, told hOg ln,i,-s's cool, ~ thrt
iutuniod absence lhi- Tho lndy had pIt
puuly uWiu.d um doing but instead
hnl asked two intimate li3cuds TO dr0p IN
10 dlulgr Imagine htr CONSERVATION, ou
going into the diuInnfuom with herfticnls
10 l,ud the tablcsrt and dinner propart
for but her Own family Of two. She Ind O
right TO tcal annoyed ~ my such inter
ference on the par. ul q guest
one would hardly expect friends 20 visit
her without au invitation, special, II iutof
nal, aud ON throthcr lnnd no one has tl,
right tn take her welcome Tor granted. II
lisa good plan 90 always give notice of VI
intended whit. even II Il extend through
but single meal This, not that extra
preparations may bu made, but that
should II not he coayeuient both tie visitor
and the hostess may escape the cmbnrrnss
nent NJ an IN tlmcG visit, than which few
things pro more annuying,-S. q. S. Greer
! In Good Housekeeping