The Princeton union., 1893-04-20
Guests and Their Habits.

it, and goes to bed with a bag of it for
the seat Of pain.
Guests and Their Habits s z -5s9&
~ woman Of tact will have little
difficulty in learning the likes and dis
likes of a guest, as to food, entertain
.ment, sleeping customs and the like.
Many Of these things are in fact proper /.
subjects for mutual confidence the in
itiative of which should be taken by the
hostess, in a spirit and manner to in
yite free communication on the part d
Of the visitor. This is especially appli
cable to games and diversions, whether
of cards, dominOes, lawn tennis, thea
ter, church or pr;lyer-meeting The
habits and preferences of visitor
should always be respected to such a
degree as not to place her in an en-
barrassing position Given conscientious
scruples against the playing cards, it
would be very .discourteous for the
members Of the family to insist upon q
playing in her presence; and scarcely
less so to devote themselves to other
diversions in which the visitor had no
interest >- "1> t4T + st4lsZ X
Yet the wife and mother who chances
to temporarily fill also the position of
hostess, should not forget that the
claims Of her family are not in any
stranger. within the gates" and that
these claims upon her must be met
and discharged, first Of all. This con-
slderatlon may sometimes bring a seem
ing conflict. but should that be the
case, the path of duty is the path to be
folloWed.-Good Housekeeping
The Hoop Skirt War.
: The talk about the hoop skirt increa.-
es rather than diminishes, and it is
likely to be discussed until the matter
is settled one way or the other Never
in all it's history has the odious thing
ever received such an amount of an
tagonism OF brought on such a blood
less war. If nothing elese could be
urged against it, the utter discomfort
and hi9eousness of the forward fitting,
backward pitching cage ought to kill
1t forever. 1t is. so obviously disad-
vatageOus so utterly unbecoming 1t
puts women at the mercy of the four
winds Of heaven. 1t makes them ridic-
ulous, for it is absolutely grotesque.
It is dangerous, senseless and immod-
est. Heretofore the inevitable in this
regard has been accepted after slight
it takes more than a decree from the
powers that be to settle a question Of
dress. OF course. there are women
who are entirely willing to accept the
hoop skirt. Like many other absurd or
foolish fashions, it has it's champions.
Some would adopt it merely to be con-
spicuous, others would don it simply
| because it differs entirely from existing
modes.-NeW York Evening Post.
| u Choosing II Husband.
But what rubbish is all this talk of
''best possible h,lsbands!' A girl takes
| the man who offers, if he appears to be
| upright honorable and earnest. II she
does not she runs a risk of going to
| seed. with a red nose, a canary bird
and a lap dog. The chief trouble with
her is not to know whether he has got
| her is not to know whether she has
got the best article in the market but
| whether the man who says 5he loves
her means what he says. It is easy for.
a man to acquire the art Of love
making, and, with a little practice,
some men can do it quite skilfully.
/ How to know when they are acting
ible and ungovernable impulse is the
thing girl wants to be able to deter
mine. Better learn that than make
herself a cOnnoiSseur in men. A
Woman's happiness is in a large degree
| dependent on the quality Of him to-
| whom she has given herself. body, soul
and heart; but, if he really loves her,
| she can mould him to her will Then
considering that all women believe they
know how to manage husband
she can make a ''good husband out Of
| him, for he will be like clay in the
| hands of the potter. --
| To Promote Matrimony. &5
Everybody in a big city knows how
difficult it is for what may be called
/ the lower middle class to make ac-
quaintances Young men might marry
! young women if they knew any, and
young women might make good wives
if they knew where suitable husbands
could be found. With that practical in
stinct characteristic of the British it
is proposed now to bring those eligible
!. people together For the young man
and the maiden there is at present no
common meeting ground. The scheme
! is to take most Of the large boarding
school building, which in America
would be called public schools, and turn
them into meeting places for those anx-.
ious to marry-to let the children have
possession of the schools by day and
the older people take possession OF
them at night. Now the buildings
4 stand idle after dark. 1t would be
4 easy to have dances, meetings and
lectures there, let every one attend
4 who care to, and in this way bring
about union Of loving hearts. The
4 plan is feasible, and Die chances are
i that it will be carried Alt here. If it
should be, New York will doubtless
4 follow in the same line :s s8
/ Told Of Famous Women.
Queen Victoria, during her youth. Va
1 fond of archery. 5.ss
Mary Stewart had lap dog that fol-
lowed her to the scaffold and soon after
4 died Of grief s3E 55, E-s Il