The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-29
THE HOSTESS WHO FUSES.
Plant of n Feminine Writer Who Has
Suffered at Some Time in Her Life.

| Suffered at Some Time in Her Life.
| If it is true that you never thoroughly
know your women friends till they come to
| stay in your hpEse, it is likewise undeniable
| that even the friend of your bosom will de
| velop undreamed of domestic virtues or
| vices when Won become the recipient of her
| hospitality. If there is any element OF
friction between entertainer and enter
tanned, it Is always more pronounced in
the middle class three-maids-and-a-bo boot
and-knfe-boy establishment than in the
haunts of our richer brethren. This is so
of necessity, because the limited number
of servants means fewer guests at time
! and in consequence one sees more of the
LADY of the house" than would otherwise
be possible.
There are occasions when such conslu.
nation is Of all things to be desired, but
this is not the case when you are the vic
tim of the undivided attention of a fussy
hostess who il bent on entertaining you.
Trains, etc, being to blame, we arrive at
5:45, cold and hungry, dinner being at 8.
We note thaEthe master and mistress OF
the house have already doomed their even
ing garnient:. lie is the soul of punctual-
ity and considers being late for dinner the
one unpardo1able sin. We have no maid
the size of the house, etc, forbids this-and
knowing that at this hour the waiting
maid has her hands full and the "split"
girl is especially wanted in her hybrid ca
pacity, we think with despair of our neces-
sary unpackipg and arranging, while our
hostess wastes live of our precious fifteen
minutes lettering in the hall She does
this by maxim. what she considers the
proper inquiries about our journey-why
the train was late if we didn't find it very
cold, etc, and at length asks if we would
like to see oCr room.
We jump at the offer and wonder which
frock will go on in ten minutes.
She precedes us up the stairs, opens a
door, and with a slight wave Of the hand
indicates that We are to make ourselves a.
home. We elier, and 90 does shell W.
have already had enough experience TO.
our vision of tofsn-in-time-with-a-
to be dispelled. She first observes that oul
candles are pos lighted She proceeds 10
illuminate, bus the candles are new and
the wicks viii not catch. AT last they
flicker, and sbe looks around 10 see that
the curtains ere not drawn. She draw
them, of coLrsr, with our help. One can
not be brutallr brasque within quarter |
of an hour az arrival in a strange house |
Then she remarks that the fire is low, |
which it Is not and hot bedroom happens |
to be our bete noir. She puts on Goals and |
luckily blacks her own fingers and l. |
obliged to retire.
BE- this time it is three minutes to g. Oh /
course we are late, but our host on this oc 1
casion is amiability itself. and a volume Of 4
domestic history j. contained in his dr.
remark: 81 WIS sure you would be hate. ! /
heard my wife in your room" At 1890 /
move is made for bed. Tired and head. /
achy we welcome the release, and with a /
thankful heart we just begin TO say good
night, when I'm coming up TO see that
everything is right in your room" CONES
sweetly from the lips OF our sormentor.
A moments reflection makes US think
that perhaps this solicitude is jastifable-
and that We may be wrong in the idea that
IL would De kinder 10 let tired guest de
part IN pesce On entering cur bedroom
she declines ;be profeTed chair, and SAYS
she must he going in minute DESPITE
this assertion sne gets upon the SC beet Of
clothes and servants and never leaves C
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