Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-10-24
BEING ENTERTAINED.
OBLIGATIONS RESTING ON THE GUEST
ARE IMPORTANT

OBLIGATIONS RESTING ON THE GUEST
ARE IMPORTANT
The Welcome Visitor Is One who Does
Not Appear to DIstarb the Regular
Routine Of the Family-Rights OF
Hostcss-s Mistakes Of some Guests.
We do not disregard the Bible command.
BE ye not forgetfnl to entertain stran-
gers" and there are few who In oheying it
nave not found at some time the 'anRel
unawares;" and yet despite the many
pleasures that come to us through the
trends who from time to time are SO
yourners under orr rooftree. we do feel
tnat there IL another side, and that she
who entertains has her rights as well as
she who is entertained
Inc friends who come into our home
nave right to expect that we will do all
we can to make their stay with us pleasant
and comfortable No woman should in
vite 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 is rudeness It may
be that means are limited and the BONE
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 our
home because we believe it will be mutual
~ pleasant TO thus be together, and while
we try to please we hope also to receive
pleasure.
But-and this brings me to nv subject
do WEI There is faculty for being enter
tanned, as well as for entertaining. and the
one Is even more rare than the 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 jar; while others, from the very mo
ment OF their arrival. necessitate the TAX
ing apart and readjusting Of every piece OF
the household machinery.
! The housekeeper. in anticipation OF her
visitor, has room in readiness. On this
she has bestowed not 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 a guest is shown to the
room made ready for her. But how often
her cup of joy is rudely dashed from her
lips In 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 and
ink bottles stand side by side with her
cherished toilet ornaments.
| Towels are 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 feeling Of pain,
and with the mental resolution to 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 the
room assigned to the guest that discomfort
| made itself felt, one might not complain.
Every person and thing in the house feels
the presence of this disorderly element
| Breakfast is delayed, dinner must wait,
and supper is served at unheard of hours
Ii there are servants the matter is still
worse, for there are just SO many more to
suffer Their regular hours are all I'M
settled. and they find themselves ''at sea-"
Nothing disturbs a good servant like being
called upon to do unexpected errands or
work.
Every one in the home of another should
seek to fit into his place with just as little
disturbance of the rules of the house as
possible. He should do his best to see that
everything coming under his immediate
care is kept as neat as when he found it,
| and certainly should see to it that nothing
is broken lost or needlessly soied He
should be punctual at all meals and all
other engagements. If there are servants,
all orders or requests to them should be
made through the lady of the house. A
lady once had a guest who, having received
an invitation for herself and husband out
to dinner, told her hostesss cook of their
intended absence. This the lady had pur-
posely refrained from doing, but instead
had asked two intimate friends to drop in
to dinner. Imagine her CONSERVATION, on
going into the dining room with her friends,
to find the table set and dinner prepared
for but her own family of two. She had Il
right to feel annoyed at any such inter
ference on the part of guest.
One would hardly expect friends to visit
her without an invitation, special, if nfor
NAL; and on the other hand no one has the
right to take her welcome for granted 1t
is good plan to always give notice of an
intended visit, even if it extend through
but single meal. This, not that extra
preparations may be made, but that
should it not be convenient both the visitor
and the hostess may escape the embarrass-
ment of an i'll timed visit, than which few
things are more annoying.-S. Q. S. Green
in Good Housekeeping.