New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-05-23
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Mono more country house visits for me-
exclaimed a young woman who spent the Easter
holidays in a round of visits Il am glad to be
at home again and comfortable In a modest kind
of way, even if 1 don't keep a butler and foot
men. The small discomforts have suffered
that my hostesses never knew anything about"
and she threw up her hands with gesture Of
untold suffering.
'In one house my room had no table in IT, and
the only space had to lay anything down ON
was the top of the bureau. the bed and the ton
OG my trunk.
"As for the bureau-well. that had been made
repository by my hostess for all sorts Of knicJs-
naeks-a fan, candlestick, two or three photo
graphs, and so on; and in order 10 find a place
Cor my own comb and brush was simply forced
20 put some OF her things out of the way. I
was so eramped for room all the time was
there that virtually lived in my trunk, keep.
tng my pocket handkerchiefs, letter psner .o,,,.
Mrs. clothes prayerbook and everything eIsa ,
was using packed away"
"Oh. know-isn't II dreadfuIqs' rasno,s.s -, .
taii girl in the garnet velvet suit '.F7pt ala ,o
ever visit az house where you couldn't looIr
your door at night? / did once. NV room, no a
one door leading into dressing room ana 49,
other leading into the corridor. Wor, as bora
as was able-I sprained a thumb in NV arports
Il could not lock the door into the hall ana 7
passed my first night in a fever OF anxiety. for
I'm always timid in strange place"
know just what you suffered" put in a
pretty young thing with a saucy French hat Elm
t.lsed over her nose for spent fortnight in
Every morning I would come down o,VIHe1,HI
ana exhausted from having a few little catnsans
INSTEAD OF good nights rest The FoI,-tS
morning 1 decided il was ONLY kin6nos. - OuI1m
hosIess 10 tell her about the lock- so did
But u didn't make bit Of difference She
appeared dreadfully surprised and anno,seS 49,.
81 when told her; declared n was an c.U' G
ana should have told her at once and said sSo
wouid have II seen 70 right away That was the
last ever heard Of f.
We'll, did you ever encounter the boste.s mr.,
uses her guest rooms a sort of Overflow, 20
hScOhmodate what her own closets and bureaus
are unable 70 holo2" spoke IN the PorrtE ,,,orr,
per OF the group smart young Tnatror ser
nave ana l almost think she is the worst ~
4O., ! remember the visit l made 10 my
aunt Martha IN Boston last winter T srri,.add
91st IN time to change my dress for dinner ana
nIIlIi OF 20 theatre party. On reaching INV
, rvy,i aL re Inldnight thought / had better
enpaCh my tnlngs. so shook out the highest ~
ny evening frocks and prepared to hang fbaU
~ IN me closet But the closet was already mi
Ot Aunt Adartha's and Cousin Mabel's toogcr,,
80 turned 20 the bureau I tried tba ~ ,.
orawer-iocked; tried the next-Ioclxed Tba
ttlilIo drawer was partly filed with pasteboar6
SSoAss NiaA seemed 10 have been thrown IN care
.sssiy against the coming OF Christmas ana
IleSe eolisctea at one end and tenderlv lals
81 my new gowns in the remaining epace
Dthers hung over chair backs or ms baoI,
~ ~ ny Innk There was nothing else 20 do viii
~ 1seIy ming that was not locked was fuIi
Next Gay ! asked Aunt Martha ~ ene oo,,1S
tnoEs W little IN the closet. and Ioolne, yerS.
taueh surprised. she did clear on four HOOKS 90
ne don't suppose she had the least tTeo -, ~
= small hardship L was for me 20 have nouhare
% put my clothes" mere
some time-next Lent periiaps-I uea, 90
write magazine article on sI'Ie ss,o,,,1ts 70
Hostess = remarked the girl with the saucV bst
EatheFing herself together 10 90 'sFn n T ehaSi
Mlentlon all the discomforts have endured a.
the hands OF women have visited-not down
bl1trs, where unpieasantnesses are apt 20 han
my room. II VIII give some OF nv hosfessss q
fhOck when tlley read itF' q