The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-08-17
A SUMMER HOSTESS.
! KNAcK ABOUT HER ENTERTAINING
THAT IS SELDOM UNDERSTOOD.
On Hot Day She Makes You Think
You Are Cool Whether You Are or
Not, and 1t Doesn't Cost q Great
DeaI-PIenty of Iced Drinks.

hOu are cool hhether lou are Oh
Not, and 1t Doesn't Cost q Great
DeaI-Plenty of iced Drinks.
When the chilly winds of winter blew
and it was all of ones desire to be com
fortably tucked away in the house, the
hospitable woman that you and know
made a charming picture as she stirred
good things, steaming hot, in the chatting
dish or brewed cup of fragrant tea oil
served you cup of delicious chocolate.
You were certain that when you went
from the cold street into her home you
would be made comfortable before a
bright and blazing fire and cheered by
some one of the good things | have re-
ferred to.
The number of the hospitable winter
hostess is legion, but where. oh. where
is the woman whose hospitality extends
over the summer time? OF course, she
exists, but she is so rare that when you
find her you regard her as something very
valuable indeed, and truly she is.
Now, | will grant you that summer
hospitality requires a greater effort than
winter hospitality, but it pays. There Is
no country in the world where summer
is made such a burden of as in America.
At any rate. our English and French sis
ters-and these seem nearest us-get a
lot more enjoyment out of the warm
weather season than we do. though we
are beginning to follow their example and
spend more time out of doors.
The average woman who remains in
her home all summer usually accepts the
situation in martyrlike way and resigns
herself to the worst that may happen
When you go to see her, she waves a fan
vigorously and asks you to excuse her
careless costume, las it is too warm to
dress" Very fast you, who are dainty
and cool in your fresh dimity, begin to
wilt with her. and if you are a man call
er you wish that you might slip out of
your coat, and you end your call as quick
ly as possible so you may get home and
do so.
This. say. is the average summer stay
at home woman's way. The exceptional
woman. the woman whose hospitality
lives and flourishes in the warmest
weather as well as in the coolest. takes
down all draperies from her drawing
room that may exclude Whit of breeze,
rips up the heavy carpet or rugs, covers
the floor with mating and stores away
the greater part of the ornaments that
will catch dust. In the fall, when all
these things are taken out. they will be
fresh and much enjoyed and appreciated
as though they were new because of their
temporary retirement.
In the hallway of the hospitable sum-
mer hostess home is pitcher of iced
water or iced lemonade in the morning
and in the afternoon. On her porch are
rocking chairs. straw mats and big palm
leaf fans Awnings keep out the heat
and glaring light
If hers is a city homeland | am sup
posing it is--she makes a nice use of her
back yard. The vines and flowers that
she planted in the spring are at midsum-
mer green with leaves and bright with
blossoms. When it is moonlight, it is
delightfully."- Countrywide to sit in this little
back yard while somebody plays a man
dolin. If there are no trees, one or two
hammocks are suspended from green
painted posts that are set firmly in the
ground and wrapped about with vines.
The hostess herself wears cool and sim
pie little gowns and is refreshing to look
at.
Now, to do all this, my dear stay at
home woman does not require riches. In
fact, were you possessed of riches you
would be far away from the heated town
ere midsummer found you.
The woman who knows how and does
make the most of her home in summer is
a delight to her family. The men foil;
coming from the hot and dusty town posi-
lively rejoice in her little house that is as
fresh and cool as a daisy. In the bath
room, where there is white oilcloth on the
floor and green and white paper on the
wall, towels are to be found in abundance,
and no stories of the days difficulties are
told until the appetizing supper has been
served.
! have pictured my ideal summer host
ess, and | know that she is yours also.
When once we have discovered her,
though we have vowed never to make any
more calls in summer time, we find our
selves making an exception of this wom-
an. Indeed we seek her out so many
times that we almost feel like apologizing
for the frequency of our visits, for we
know that behind them lies bit of a
selfish motve-it is so delightfully."- restful
to visit in her home.
| make a plea for an abundant supply
Of cold water. You may have a theory
that iced drinks are not healthful. If
you have, do not put it into practice upon
your family and friends unless you are
quite certain their views accord with
yours. And if you must economic in
your household expenditures. cut off any
other supply than the ice. A sufficient
amount of coal was your first thought in
winter, and the ice supply is almost as
important to the households comfort in
summer The iced water supply in most
homes is distressingly short. A metal
water cooler with big piece of ice put
into 1t is not an extravaganza. 1t does
not require as much ice for this as the
occasional pitcherful does in a day.
1t is wonderful how much a carefully
arranged house plenty Of cool drinks an
even temper and a cheerful woman NAV
do toward making the summer long and
pleasant holiday. even in a crowded and
dusty town These things combined may
really bring about more lasting good re-
suits than trip of lavish and eypen-
sive sort
Entertaining ones friends in summer
time is a very pleasant thing if one only
understands the knack, and the knack is
so little understood that | would advise
its udy.-Margaret Hannis in st. Louis
Republic,
WOman's Ministry.
Man relies far more than he is aware
for comfort and happiness on woman's