The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-07
PROFIT IN WEEK END VISITS
THINGS THAT DRAW PEOPLE no
THEIR FRIENDS HOUSES.


Clothes Mended Money MAX Inc H0st.
What do you suppose she answered
when / invited her up for q week." asked
the woman who was playing dummy in the
last game. -She had the audacity to
write that she did not think il would pay
her to come for such a short time
The game was finished and after the
scores we're settled the women arose from
the tables. which were on the piazza, and
walked over to y stand to pick out the
prizes, which were wrapped in white
tissue paper and tied with pink ribbon.
Isn't she navel" remarked q horse
faced woman with greedy eyes who was
carefully feeling every package in order
IL possible to discover what was in it be-
fore she finally made a selection. @Could
anything be more ingenious than to be
Mortified because people consider whether
or not a visit IL going to pay them? Why
shouldn't they7 Such ideas belong to the
black walnu period Of society, when no
hostess dared to name the day when you
were expected to leave and guests used 10
. stop Just as long as they wanted to-
Then she found a prize to her taste and
walked over to the tea table. where she
continued the conversation.
why, at the house where 1 am now ]
always come on account OF the mineral
water. They always have on tap a kline
that does my govt more good than any
thing else in the world.
Its terribly high priced, hut here il is
put in the rooms all the time. A week
or even a few days up here does me lots
Of good, because l take a regular cure.
Il know lots OF people who make visits
for the same reason. l don't mean to say
that they think of nothing else, but they
do keep such attractions in mind in addi-
ton to the good time they expect to have.
IL helps, too, in deciding when there are
several invitations.
take my cousins house, for instance.
Heaven knows it's dull enough up there.
and there isn't a man in the neighborhood
under 20 Yet always go there in Novem-
Der when they ask me-.
MARY has a French maid, one Of the old
fashioned. trained, thorough kind. "A won-
derful seamstress. She mends lace in a
way that would cost nc end Of money in
New York.
$50 I take all the lace gowns 7 have been
dragging around all summer and there in
a week she makes them look a. good as
they ever did. All II costs me il the 81 I
give her and | save a lot on it,"
Sometimes the rule works the other way
certain houses are 100 expensive Tor the
invited guest and he decides 10 go else
where rather than run into danger
81 can't go there said a man, putting
down a letter at his club. although ] am
perfectly certain that | should have a very
good time. 1t was fine, in fact. last
October.
But they don't play any bridge there,
and the trip costs $40. Then there are the
butler and the valet, which brings the ex-
pense up to sl4, and there IL always likely
\ IA no n 1innar Mt his hrDIlpr'g hnIgp which
means a lot more money.
although there il no bridge for money
in the house | go to, the brother, who has
the adjoining place, has a roulette table
70 per cent. in favor Of the house. Brothers
wife always banks and il * a delight to
see her eagerness in clutching the profits.
Il have never seen her win less than SIS.
and il there are many persons at dinner
she can make a great deal more. II IL
hard for the family TO wait until the coffee
is we'll down, they are so anxious TO get at
roulette.
"One can have a very good time by visit
ing that place. but It is costly. guess III
pay my own way down TO Atlantic City
over Sunday. ThatM he cheaper"
They do valet you well. though said q
friend who ais knew the house. Il always
sort of feel that l have worked out the
saving in that way.
-That fellow they have up there is a Won
der, and ! always take along with me a
great Trunk 1ull Oh CIOtnes. j KNOW ~ muSt
give them "a decided shock when they see it
and think that ! have come for an extended
stay. but i run that risk.
Il did feel mortified one day when the
baggage wagon left the trunks on the road
in front of the house and mine with the
clothes for a stop of three days looked as big
as a house. knew perfectly well that l
would he expected to appear in "A dazzling
series OF toilets, but there were only two
suits there ft to be worn and the rest had
Iaop hrpiuhf nm for ranair9
Il never take clothes" drawled a sleepy
voice from behind a newspaper. Don't
know anybody who does 'em up well enough
To pay. | do know a man though that pipe
clays shoes better than anybody else L ever
"He's the valet with a friend of mine
down on Long Island. Takes any kind of
old white chamois shoe and makes it look
all right. l always put a lot of shoes in
my trunk when ] go down there.
~One day the host happened to come
into my room for some reason and saw
seven pairs OF white shoes lined up against
the wall. They were as white and creamy
as IL they had never been used before.
NO wonder Murray never gets the
chance to valet me- he observed drily,
III every man who comes down here from
Saturday to Monday brings seven pairs OF
white shoes to be put into condition. /
never knew he was 80 good at thu job
ITS the speciality of our hoG$a. o d
man. l told him. and don't you make any
kick about it. Every house has TO have
some particular attraction nowadays for
it's guests. Your 10 the pipe clay. Don't
you spoil it,
sHe laughed and said he was glad to
hear there was one thing at least that made
him attractive TO his friends as a host"
Various things have combined to make
il natural for persons who go to visit a
great deal in country houses to think of
other things than the mere charm Of their
host and hostess. According to the testi-
mony Of a visitor who has been going the
rounds since April the personality OF the
host or hostess has much less to do with
one pleasure than formerly.
take my experience last week" she said.
Il arrived at a house on Friday afternoon
at tea time. There had been bridge and
there were lots Of people there for me to
talk to.
when they went away I went to my
room and rested a while before I dressed
for dinner. When / got down stairs there
were already a dozen persons there who
had been invited TO meet me and the other
guests.
I'VE played cards until 30 late that there
was no time to talk. Nobody came down
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