Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-02
They Live in New York.

We VIII suppose that her friends
live in New York So many who live
in smaller towns find they have dear
friends living in New York that the
supposition is not strain or credu.
lily. The girl wants TO see New
York she will claim she wants to
see her friends. She will not recall,
but they Will, that when they lived
in Spodunk or Kalamazoo she never
cared enough to see them to make a
six-bocks effort
she writes that she IL coming. How
ever that plan admits OF delay and
failure. better way is to telegraph
and then start before their excuses
for not receiving her can reach her
If she has any reason for knowing
that II is most convenient for them
to meet her on, Sunday she must
plan TO arrive on any Of the six week
days. There is nothing like starting
this chase for unpopularity on the
right foot
II is quite the proper and graceful
thing for her TO let her hostess pay
for sending up her trunk and to make
amends for this when II arrives by
taking from II an impossible hand
painted chrome or q nickel dish one
has won AT a card club and had no
use for presenting II to the hostess
with the compliments Of those at
home, The trunk should be lar
home. The trunk should be large
one Of the Nnah's Ark size Is spe-
cially recommended for visiting in
New York, where the rooms are so
small a fat man has TO step outside
10 run around.
The girl must provide herself with
an unlimited number Of white dresses,
tucked and ruffled and frilled in the
fashion that makes laundress grum-
Bile every minute while at work and
fail 10 show up the next week. These
garments must be discarded for the
tub at the first hint Of soil.
The girl win be taken to all the
show places and she should have with
her a list Of all she has ever heard Of
and many that do not exist, and
which she must produce every morn
ing at breakfast with the declaration
that she must see this. or that. OF the
other. or her visit WI be spoiled
When taken on these outings IL IL al
ways customary for the guest 10 hang
back and give her hortess unham-
pered opportunity for paying the car
fare. This is so important that many
guests who are alert Of foot in rushing
bargain sale have been known to
suddenly become almost paralytic
when reaching the foot Of the Il" or
the top OF the subway steps
Another Hint.
II the hostes" hasn't an automo-
bile IL is quite the proper thing from
the guest point OF view TO recall some
one from Spodunk or Kalamazoo who
now lives in New York who has. and
20 say every hour: III visited them.
THEY would give me a good time
1 would suggest that the candidate
for unpopularity remain all summer.
that she lie abed in the morning.
thereby causing an interruption in the
household routine That she remem-
Der her manners and tell her hostess
twice a day not TO go to any trouble
for her and then by hints or open
preferences for certain dishes see that
ale does.
She has come 10 see New York She
must see IT, regardless Of the cost to
her hostes" purse, patience or time
She will be cordially hated when she
leaves, but will have seen New York!
IN "a similar manner and in an equal
degree any girl may gain unpopu-
larltv If she makes herself an unin-
vited guest anywhere and at any time.