The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-08-17
HER DAV At HOME.

a Discussion Of the Woman who Having
Regular Reception Day. Yet Goes Out.
What do you think Of q woman,
presumably . lady, who invites you to
her homs. and then without excuse or
notice, 10 away from home when you
accept her invitationg" demanded
Laura, after the girls had sugared their
tea TO their satisfaction and settled
themselvss comfortably for . good
talk.
"Of course, you understand what !
mean" she explained, a. the group,
with feminine particularly, fell to
speculating a. to who the offender in
question might be before giving their
verdict. II mean the woman who de-
hberstely and Of her own free will
sets apart one day of the week or
month to receive her friends, and even
has It engraved on her visiting cards,
thus tacitly inviting people to call on
her on that day, and then is not at
home when you do call"
"For my part" said Anna, 81 con-
sider IL the greatest insult that q wom-
An . put on her friends, and yet it
II 30 commonly done by people who
ought to know better that me carce-
ly notices 1t except Is an instance Of
in-breeding."
Can any one thing make you feel
datter aud smaller, and sat on gener-
ally, ! wonder?" said Mary. II never
risk the treatment twice. however.
After ore such experience l usually
give that house and its mistress q wide
berth"
That's right" said Agnes, approx
tngiy. "None of the people N really
wsnts 70 know ever do such things,
and . little freezing out would do q
world Of good IN such caseA."
II would rather receive . direct in
Jury than . spub," said little Lucy
from her corner, and yet whenever ]
call ON q woman on her receiving day
to b met by the maids popcommittal
mot ct home / NJ not help feeling az
Il ] had received Q slap In the face or q
bucket Of cold water, &~guratively
speaking Of course; and ] never car
get ovey the feeling that perhaps she
was st home after all and that 1t was
personally that she objected to. Al
any rate ] never gave her the chance te
try It rgain."
"That's q side Of the story" oh
jected Marian. you forget that there
are occasions and invitations that nc
mortal woman could resist which
have . habit Of coming invariably
for your day at home, and when yot
have heroically resisted them for two
or three times and stayed at home tn,
whole lonely afternoon thinking wha'
you hare missed, and without one soil
tayy visitor, ! tell you the Nervousness
Of the oRenss seems very greatly less
snsd and the next time you are apt u
60, and Of course that 10 the very tim,
that there win be q dozen or more call
ers, in whose blacklist books you ar
immediately put. 1t is hard to know
just how TO act"
1T IL Just such women as you are W,
ere talking about" said laura soorn
fully. ''spd ] warn you that II ] wer
over to be subjected to such an insul
ct your hands ! would immediatel,
drop you from my visiting list just tn
same - I would any other undersira
BILE person.
ut amounts TO just this" she con
tinued warmly. IF you are not will
Ing 10 keep saered the FIRST ot the SO
cil commandments, Thou shalt sta,
At home IN the day thou hast AZ
pointed why, don't have any day o
let your friends know that it is sui
juct to conditions, and they will no
bother ypp by coming NJ the wron
time-of any other time" she added
significantly.
"'And thsm's my sentiments, too
echoed each of the other speakers en-
phsticslly.-Chicsgo Times.