Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31

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will tell you that you need not get up to
| their early meal. but don't you believe
her. If she has but one servant, or even II
she has two, do you get Up and HE yourself
i WI, make you prime favOrits all
Don't try to be lily of the field whom
visiting. No matter Il 1t is understood
hays 5a TO Of
WIN be beneficial Tor you cant Is read cad al ~
stockings in the mendtng basket while
merits of new brand Of gum. Perhaps
by you. The busting Of the sitting room,
the watering Of the plants on the piazza
you could make yourself helpful and useful
II you would but keep your eyes open and
had but the willingness.
If there is but one servant, of course
you Will care for your, own room. Don't
leave your traps to scatter all over the
house and occasion confusion when you
come to pack up. Keep all your belong
ings In your room and keep that room as
in the habit Of doing at home. And when
you leave 1t at last. be sure that it is as
neat as hands can make 1t, with clean
crockery and all. Many a housekeeper's
heart sinks when she sees room after
the departure of her guest, and she feels
that she cannot rest until she has brought
OTuei out OF ChaOS, ana Sh6 views WIFI q
feeling of disgust the water spots on her
pretty carpet, the soapy splotches on the
light walls, the mussed and defaced toilet
draperies. combings from the head care
lessly dropped on the floor, dust and lint
everywhere!
A Word to the Wise.
Never be guilty of putting your soiled
clothes into the family wash unless pressed
to do SO. and If you do it then, have 1t
understood that you are to pay for 1t in
some way. Just few pieces added to the
regular wash often incommodes the servant
as we'll as the mistress, and you can better
avoid all possibility Of this by having your
laundry work done away from the house
or bargaining with the servant to do It for
you and paying her for the extra labor.
Make yourself agreeable to every member
OF the family. no matter how much you
may dislike certain ones. 1t Is your duty
follies, AMI to be as nearly a streak Of sun
shine as possible while under the rooftree
of your friend. If there are old people,
make yourself particularly pleasant to
them, anticipating their wants, and II
FEELING OF interest in them Is lacking. coun-
terfeit 1t, that you may make them happy.
Give to the infirm and ailing the same
need of tender interest that you give the
aged.
Do not regale your friend with a history
of your "nerves''o your multitudinous aches
end pains. your restless nights, your fam
lily iEfelcities, or the shortcomings of your
neighbors. She probably has enough wor-
RES of her own to drag her down to the
depths without having the burden of your
cares crowded upon her. Do not let your
self be hard to entertain. 1t may be in
the country that you are visiting. Remem-
Der, that country living anu country think
ing Is vastly different from the same in
tons and pleasures of your friends, even
II they are foreign to your preconce.ved
ideas OF pleasure and enjoyment.
Do a. the Romans Do.
They probably offer you the very best
THAI there is, and it would be snobbish in
the extreme to slight their efforts to en-
terrain you with the observation that you
do not like this or that, aEa that you con-
slider other things quite beneath notice.
lady is always a lady, and she never
gives offense unnecessarily. Suppose cro-
auet is obsolete in the city. Your country
friends enjoy it Immensely, and they
wouldn't like tennis oat ali. perhaps. 1t
would be decidedly i1l-bred to decline to
play because 'ft is so old-fashioned, don't
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Then about your clothes. If you have
any sense of the eternal fitness of things
don't try to astonish the natives with
your city-made wardrobe. 1t Is bad taste,
modestly made country clothes stand no
show at all beside those Of your Franco
Irish modiste. Be neatly clad all the time,
but never make any attempt to cut-dress
your hostess. OF course. II you are from
the country and visiting In the city, you
will have a care that; your wardrobe is
sufficiently up-to-date to escape criticism
because Of singularity. Rich attire Is not
necessary. and If you have not the means
to provide such, attend to the little details
that are the impress Of a lady-gloves.
handkerchiefs. ribbons and boots. and the
remainder Of your attire will take care of
city or country supply yourself with all
the little toilet accessories, mending traps.
&C.. SO that you will not have to disturb
your hostess by requesting things that she
has not got in the house.
If you can remember to attend to all
the little things mentioned and are withal
a bright companionable girl, you will al
ways find yourself an acceptable visitor.
and will get invited to some desirable
homes just because people like to have
such a girl as Il have described around.
she is like burst of sunshine cloudy
day, and Uncle Sam has an immense fam
tly of lust such girls. SONORA SARA