The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-16
BROMIDES FOR The WEEK END
FIRST AID FOR THE GUEST AZ
TIE COUNTRY HOUSE

FIRST AID FOR THE GUEST AZ
TEE COUNTRY HOUSE
VINE wants TO Make Good-Rema9iu %
PieAae the Host. No aiathr what tho
Situation and tho Disadvantages az
HIS H~eme-House Party Conversation.
The house party bromide. guaranteed
to produce on, the host Just the efect Of
battery and oontentedness that the careful
guest would want. Is not 90 easy TO olassify
az some others. There are many kinds
country, and what would be appropriate
for the seashore would be useless I'd the
mountains. nf
Use Of the propositions presented here
must therefore be made with discfimina-
ton. One thing about them IL certain.
They are 90 plain that IL will not be easy
for the careful guest to make any bad break
In using them.
For instance the guest in the mountains
would never be likely to use this fayurite
bromide. popular at seasidehomes;
sThe sea Ia always such q delight One
never feels alone when IL is possible 20 sit
and watch the ocean. It is company enough
for anybody. But the mountains mako
me feel shutin,'
This observation Ia certain to have Q
soothing efect on the mind of o hostess
who has bought q place on the shore and
cannot sell It in spite Of the rheumatism
the damp air has brought on. Its oppo-
site refers naturally to the mountains:
@Who would live by the sea when IL 10
possible to be in the mountains like thisi
It is divine to have such views always at
ones command. Tho wonderfully brac-
ing air. too. In comparison with the damp
ness Of the seal And always 80 oooli'
Then there IL q medium between these
two which IL rather restricted In It's applira-
ton. as It can be used only in those country
houses that require you 30 60 to the roof
or climb q hill or ascend to the summer
house before you may see. II your eyeslght
10 very good and the day clear. o distant
spot Of sea or sound.
Just enough water VIEW Il runs. sto
be picturesque. Beautiful combination Of
ocean and mountains, with the best OF
BOTH
By keeping in mind the principle Of
these the guest will be able to make proper
use Of the accompanying assortment Of
bromides which win have their effect in
keeping his week ends full and insure him
a repeat invitation II he is nearly 90 enter
tanning as he ought to be with their aid.
II the house and grounds are not 90 large
as they might be. nothing will please the
hostess more than something like this:
Il always take 80 much more pleasure In
seeing a small place very well kept up than
q large one that does not show the signs Of
such attention"
The condition Of the house and grounds,
it might be added. need have no bearing
on the use Of this bromide. Nor need the
garden be the least bit fiourishing to
bring out the following observation:
$50 much more beauty in those old
fashioned gardens than in the formal. stiff
affairs that are laid out nowadaysl They
are 30 much more natural and simple
The simple inversion needed to make
this serve to describe an exactly contrary
situation must be obvious.
"One thing about the country you may
pleasantly observe as you are mopping
your brow on the piazza On Q stseming
Sunday morning. sis that the nights are
always cool and then one can get out into
open air. which is a great deal-what?s
When the midday sun beats down on
the house with its row Of small t~ransplanted
trees refusing to take root and grow and
spread out the lsest shade over the Held
that was converted into a building lot
1t Ii very effective to say:
How much more sensible people are
nowadays than they used to be when trees
were planted 30 close to the houses that no
breeze ever got in and it was always damp.
Take a house like this which gets plenty Of
sun and air.
OF course the hostess will never divulge
that the lack Of trees is the secret tragedy
OF her life and that she has been trying 20
make EN- grow eve since she bought the
place.
When the trees do grow 30 close to the
house that the csterpillars and beetles and
mosquitoes and bats have only to step
from the branches into the bedrooms 10
Is very thoughtful to use this formula:
How lucky you are to have these beau-
tiful old treesl One sees them very rarely
nowadays in all these new places that arc
being put up or every side. They are the
mark Of aristocracy in a country house.
II she doesn't 10y you n invite you
back on the strength Of that ono che must
be a very cold proposition. or you've done
something to make her love grow cold,
Where the discipline OF family and guests
Is especially strict and you are expected
to do az you Gro told from coming down.
stairs to family prayers to not daring to
smoke in the house you must tell the
hostess that her house Ia really Liberty
Hall. There is nothing that 90 much Aatters
the strict manager " to be told that her
establishment u Liberty Hall. The average
IL delighted to hear that said for
some indefnable reason. What hattery
turks In the phrase 1t Is impossible to tell.
but II always hits the bullseye. Always the
average home described by that phrase
10 tho one least likely TO allow any personal
liberty to guests.
Then there Is the kitchen garden question,
It IL always judioious to introduce it %
meals, and some such form a. this II likely
to 60 well:
Delicious these fresh vegetables are
when they oone straight from the garden.
One Of the most charming things about