The sun., 1907-04-21
ENGLTHWOEEN EXPECT MUCH
HAND ron ANEW YORK HOSTESS
TO ENTERTAIN ONE.

Must Have a9fliAg Room as Well as Bed.
rooms for Hefseh and Her MaId ses
fhe Home slte Visits as = Hotel Kew
2Stk He0sfSs Are Not Big Enough.
BrertainSAg Sglish men and English
women In New ttk is not at all the same
thing NM York man on the arrival
OF an English fsieud puts him up at his
club and hsyinsSSione that feels that he
has acfe 4sls alpyTs ...E'
inNche-ra 81 Visiting English women
il is different The English woman OF high
social position can't be put UP at a club
in the sense that the club is to be her head
quarters, That even the new and exclusive e
ColotE, Ehh could be made to answer for
any such purpose is doubtful.
When a New York woman invites an
EnglisiIN Eon1au%t6 visit her for a speci-
fed tiINe,a- daksds set and the headquarters
of the visitor during the time mentioned
must, be- At ttpe house Of her hostess. The
visitor's maid must he put up there too.
There is po compromise. TraRslated this
means that in the circle most given to en-
tertaining visiting Europeans some host
esses are much less keen than they once
were about having the honor Of putting up
this, that and the other English woman
visitor Of high degree.
II was New York woman who is related
TO several we'll known English families
who made this confession:
II IA only ~ late years" said she. that
English women have got in the habit Of
crossing the ocean and that society here
and in England has acquired the habit Of
exchanging social courteses.
Il must say from social point Of view
that England took the initiative principally
BECAUSE New Workers. Of wealth began TO
spend such lot Of time and money in Lon
don during the season and also because
Of the frequent international marriages
In that way Americans soon got on footing
Of intimacy with London aristocracy which
led to many Of the former being asked AS
house guests 70 some Of the big houses
Il remember the first time that happened
to me I was tremendously impressed and
not a little elated. And H. was all very
well at first. Fifteen or twenty years ago
say. the Hon. Mrs. so and So or the Lady
This or That vas chary about visiting
America. She liked. perhaps even ad-
mired, the, american women she enter
tAined, but generally speaking English
women'R ideas Of New York life were not
highly complimentary. Al any rate there
was very little danger Of having ones
n return visit in New York taken seriously
In greater numbers and increasing fire.
Qucncy New York women Of means de-
scended on London and English women
cOntinued-to stay a. home and TO entertain
Americans, more and more often.
Then oafHe a change. The tales carried
back by men inspired the English women
to sample American hospitality and all
Of a sudden invitations to visit New York
were accepted. Then our troubles began.
At first We were awfully set up to have an
English woman Of title or Of social renOwn
visit US in our homes. Now we have got
over that. As a result We are more chary
OF accepting invitations to be house guest
at one Of the big English houses; in fact,
some OF us search around a little 70 find
excuses to decline these invitations.
-On'R reOsnt visit to London. on account
of my English relatives, l suppose, 1 had
a choice of fve Inherent private houses
for my HEADQUARTERS. but l chose to stick
to my. suite at the hotel. Why? Simply
because / didn't want to incur the obliga-
ton Of entertaining at my own house this
winter any one Of those English hostesses
should she take the notion to come over.
mo. English women are not at all trouble
some in the role Of guests, but they need
a lot OF room and they do have a somewhat
irritating fashion. l think, OF treating =