Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-23
nY MARGAREr 3. sANesrER.

bf mARGARET E. SANGSTER.
 Copyright 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
 We have borrowed from our English cousins the phrase if not the idea of the week k's-end" visit Over here we are busy people, and our leisure class is limited. Only the rich can afford to be idlers, and probably many of the poor would be amazed if they knew how strenuously hundreds of rich men work, disdaining to spend their lives in the pursuit of mere pleasure
 The week's-end, bringing with it the Saturday half-holiday, tempts thou sands from city dust and closeness to the enjoyment of rural quiet and the sweet peace of the country. Another notable feature of present-day life is seen in the multiplication of suburban homes, which are no longer exception al, but are the frequent choice of young married people, of middle-aged people who seek repose, and of men who like bit of garden and a cottage when their days work is done. Add to this the growing popularity of out door sport as hopeful sign of the times.
 During the summer the Saturday trains and boats are thronged with travellers. who carry suit-cases and who go with light luggage for a day or two away from home.
 The hostess who sends an invitation to her friend in town for this Satur- day to Monday visit should becareful to specify definitely dates and trains Fashion and courtesy now require that there should be no uncertainty as to the time for which guest is invited, the hours for arrival and departure being precisely stated. If the. coming guest be man of affairs, and the morning or afternoon being more broadly mentioned to feminine guest.
 Thus Mrs. Hunter asking Miss Green to pay her weeks end visit may say: Please give me the great pleasure of having you in thls home of mine, which you have not yet seen, and come to me on Friday afternoon (naming month and day). 1 will meet you at the station at five o'clock You will find the four o'clock express a very easy and comfortable train. hope that you will remain with me until Tuesday afternoon"
 Inviting a man whose time was not his own the same hostess would ask him to come on Saturday afternoon and stay until Monday morning, assur- ing him that he could have breakfast at any hour on Monday that would suit his convenience. ihiiiHia si
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 A guest who goes for the weeks end visit should not be burdened with too many changes of raiment. A man may take his evening clothes. so that if the household be formal he can dress for dinner. He may take besides suit of fiannels that he may be ready for tennis or golf.
 A woman. in addition to her travel ing dress. should have a pretty gown of organdie or summer silk. which will be sufficiently festive for any function For her own room or the veranda she should have some sort of negligee, which she may wear while chatting alone with her hostess. At the break fast table. however. and when in com pany with the other guests. a shirt waist and skirt are in good taste when . kimona or wrapper Is inadmissable.
 The same rules concerning dress ob. tain if lady goes with her husband 10 spend the week's-end at the shore or any where else in hotel One never wears any sort of lounging dress such as a tea gown. kimona or dressing jacket. although these may be very sumptuously finished and richly em- broidered. outside of one's own room in q hotel The dress worn by women in places of public resor, should be simple and severe rather than elabor- ate This is the rule In this country. although very elegant and costly cos tunes may be seen in the great cara vansaries of New York. The woman who Is simply bird of passage must not wear gay plumage.