Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-09-04
DON'TS FOR EVERY DAY.
Few Wise Remarks That viii Help Us
i'll Our Daily Work.

in Our Daily Work.
Don't give elaborate dinners when
you have to strain point. One GOOD
rule is infallible for well regulated
homes. Let each meal, even il SIM
pie one, have dishes Of well cooked
food ,good in quality, and rich in flaw
or-so for the guest who is invited late
the extra plate need be the only addl-
ton.
Don't fail to give the caller who
comes from afar cup of good tea with
a cracker or a thin slice of bread and
butter True hospitality shows itself
often in a simple rejection.
Don't talk continually about your
husband-what he likes and what he
doesn't like; never discuss family mat
ters. In fact, they are of no interest
to anybody, and particularly to other
women, who are engrCSsed with their
own.
Don't. when writing a letter, cross
and recross the pages; dancing up
and down Of words which the reader
tries in vain to decipher. Number your
sheets of letter paper; that is, II the
letter is a long one, clearly and DIS
tinctlv. so that the message to be READ
proves a pleasure instead Of worry.
Don't condemn anybody on somebody
else's hearsay. Judge for yourself, ana
never pass Judgment until you are fully
certain of the case as it stands, and
then take as good view OF the sub
iect asspossibIe. Charity is the back
bone Bf>goSd form.
DON'T fail to acknowledge an invi-
tation as soon as received. A tardy
RESPONSE is sometimes unpardonaDle.
Like in the answering of personal let
tiers. a few lines will often cover ques-
tions asked and desires expressed.
Don't fail to inclose a stamped en-
yelope when an answer to business
letter is required. In all such matters
it is necessary, but not in private cor
respondence.
Don't fail in your duties as a guest.
They are many and the visitor who
wishes to be a success should follow
rules which are easily recognized.
Don't. when visiting, take the host
chair. monopolize his desk. usurp his
morning paper and keep UP continual
chatter as soon as he makes his APP
pearance. Busy men at the end Of the
day like quiet. and the polite visitor
knows lust when to speak and not TO
speak.
Don't object to pleasures given you
during the visit
Don't be late at meals or come down
when the meal is nearly finished.
Don't correct the children of your
hostess. Mothers resent this. and be-
sides it is none of your business.
Don't give orders to servants in other
peoples houses or ask questions. Be
deaf. dumb and blind to any happen
ings Of an unpleasant character.
Don't leave umbrellas, overshoes.
hats and coats everywhere A visitor
without order who neglects to keep her
belon gings in her own room is a trial
CT the worst sort.
Don't gossip, repeat scandals ard tell
anecdotes that dispaTage other wo-
men. Let no man or woman be butt
for your brilliancy, however interest
lug
Don't ertertain your friends with the
clever doings of your family. It al
ways becomes tiresome and dull. Every
one. big and little, speaks for himself.
and very often clever children are ex-
ceedingly disagreeable.
Don't fail in courtesies of anv kind.
There are mixims Of good breeding and
little rulea which constitute the foun-
dation Of kood manners