Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

when you've had them out shopping 1 won't
stand for them day longer! They've got
to get out of this house, bag and baggage,
by the time I'm home tonight. or-or-
Mrs. Hall is tactful body. She Is also
sensible: she had been highly displeased
with the conduct Of the visitors and the in
I roads they had made. without sign of re-
luctance. on the newly established family
exchequer. That afternoon the three cous-
| ms packed up and left: that night Mrs.
Hall. just for curiosity figured out the cost
of their visit as follows
To five seats on coach, seeing city.....S5.O 90
| To four theater tickets, matinee......... 800
To trip to two summer resorts and
meals .....................-...... S.2J
To street car fare. and such incidentals
as Ice cream sodas the better part
or 10. 90
| To lunches while shopping. somewhere
ABOUT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 800
To trip on the river (Mrs. Hall saving
by putting up a lunch). observation-disclosures. $50
To other money not accounted for, but
out OF pocket, about. 400
Total .s4o75
financial drain of this sort can be with
stood by no one who hasn't yet earned his
pile; yet there are many out-of-town rela
tives who expect their city people to spend
money literally on them when they come
to town. There seems to be an idea among
lot of country folk that city folk are gem
orally made Of money. On the other hand,
there are quite few city folk who think
they should put up good front when they
have visitors. and so spend money that they
can 1ll-afrord to part with except for the
necessities and comforts of life. Perhaps
such false-front wearers have done a great
deal to establish the idea that no one in the
city can help possessing a lot of MONEY!
just because he is city dweller.
A Pointed Hint.
When Thurston's cousin turned up from a
cotton plantation down south he naturally
wanted to see the town. Their first trip
about Thurston paid the expenses He did
so the second time. Before they started out
the third time Thurston had little side
talk with his cousin
Hank" he asked 'how much n,onav
do you reckon you'd have to spend show
woods?"
We'll" said Hank, mary cent If there
was morse idle, and about three bits If
there wasn't"
Just So" replied Thurston. And in
Two trips about town. with good many
I've spent the better part of ten dollars on
you. See the point, Hank?'
Hank saw the point, and after that he
cheerfully paid his share. In fact like
good many so-called country folk he was
better able to spend money than Thurs
ton.
Sometimes a word will force home the
point. Sometimes there must be a knock
down and haul out, almost, and sometimes
not even hint is needed.
Another Sort of Visitor.
Dear Son John" wrote a father, Il
want to come on and make you and Mar
gerry visit, and so does your mother.
But Wen not come If you don't promise
to do one thing. That Is, let us pay our
own way about while seeing things. 1t has
been forty years now since 1 was in the
city; the last time I was there was when
l passed through soldier on my way
to the Potomac. The place has changed
some since then; we shall want to go
about a lot to see the changes and it Will
not be right for you to pay for our sight
seeing"
Now. my dear" says a certain amiable
lady. after she has been installed in a city
guest room, II don't care what you say
about 1t, I'm going to pay for everything
we go to while I'm here, even to car fare;
and sometimes I'm going to show my APP
probation Of your thoughtfulness as a
con.
Now, don't object. I'll leave tomorrow
IL you dor
1t must be pleasure to entertain such
guests and to spend such money on them
as you can afford. their wishes to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. At heart such
guests are not grafters. They have not
come to do the town and you at the same
time, and have a brief word with you in
the intervals when they cannot go sight
seeing. They have come to see you simply
and to be with you. They are the sort Of
guests that you want to linger long and
are loath to see leave. They are the sort
of guests that should fall to the lot of the
city folk who are not ashamed Of provin-
cial ways and clothes. Such guests and
such hosts belong naturally in the Same
class.