The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-03
BE NEAT, PUNCTUAL AND
 MIND YOUR BUSINESS

ODscTVc tuICC anu oOoS"h N"S'A' with agreeableness, and you will rarely fail to be popular with your hostess, says The New York Times. Be neat. be punctial and mind your own business Many hostesses are heard to com plain of the untidiness of. their guests No one but the hostess and her long suffering maids can know that the girl who comes downstairs mornings and evening looking spick and span mas ieis her room a sight.
 Besides being a reflection on your own bump of order this carelessness is utter selffshness. With company in a house maids have more than usual to do. and it Is considerable to needlessly add to their burdens. Start to dress early enough to hang up your clothes to put your shoes out of sight, and to leave the room as neat as IL was "heh you entered 1t.
 One chronic cause of complaint Is the disposition of soiled clothing.
 It is a simple matter to carry launo ry bag or two, ornamental enougn to he hung on the inside door of a closet
 If you have forgotten to bring a laundry bag with you and are In the country far from a store, ask your hos tess to lend you an old pillowcase, run a piece of tape through the hem. and use that for your solled clothes. This lack of neatness sometimes yerges into carelessness of the belong ings of your hostess. Ink is splashed on the writing table, windows are left open in the rain, curtains and hanginss are shamelessly crushed because you will not take the trouble to adjust them neatly when opening or closing a win dow, and handsome pillows and valu- able books are taken out Of doors and forgotten.
 Lack of punctually Is sad fault in the eyes of hostess. When house | hold Is increased in size 1t is necessary that everything should oe done prompt l ly to avoid turmoil in the domestic ar l engagement.
 It is not enough for girl to apolo- l gize when she comes to meal five or | ten minutes late; she should make il a point not to need that apology The 1 hostess may smiling excuse you, bu' | her thoughts are not complimentary.
 Even when the meal mas been start l cd without waiting, as is sometimes | done, unnecessary delay is caused to th' servants and to the entire party by l bringing you your courses out ol 1 order.
 Nor should such punctuality mear l only being prompt at meals. Be or | time for everything you may be expect ed to do if you would be a popular
 guest.
 l Minding your own business Is broat
 ruling that includes many things tha the ordinary visitor does not conside an infringement of an others rights. The girl so mindful neither encroache
 upon the time of her hostess servan
 nor gives advice as to their ruling. T'
 send a maid on an errand that you hat
 much better go yourself Is not mindins ! your own business any more than i i you comment on the way your frienC | manages her maids.
 Minding your own business is no
 making plans that should be left t(
 your hotess, nor advising her wha
 would be nice to have for dinner; nol does 1t include dictating to or abou
 her children or trying to run her bus
 band. It Is being non-aggressive
 pleasant. and self-contained as to youl opinions, even when asked for them