Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

At any rate. however opinions may
differ about the propriery of the beauti-
full princess actions, there are So MANY
guests who ignore the rules which ought
to govern their behavior that they viii
serve as a model. II the princess does
not, of what a guest ought not to be.
For instance. there are the faddists--
the people with fads. who bring their
fads with them and insist on monopo-
LIKING most of the time talking about
them. There is the man. perhaps. who
is making collection Of photographs
OF trees. When you take him walking
you must needs risk breaking Your bones
helping him perch his camera on the side
of a rocky precipice. from which ;tn in
teresting tree can be snapped. When you
motor with him through the country Non
must stop your Car SO suddenly that You
fear damage Is done because he sees "A
tree in the middle Of field which he must
photograph Perhaps he brings his col
lection of pictures Of trees-which is all
very well II you are interested IN trees
yourself. But at all events he makes
his fad an ever-present topic and bores
you with it.
Then there are the health faddists.
There Is the one who is living on nuts
and cereals. and who asks for dish OF
rice and sits patiently with II through
! the delicious dinner which You han
planned and ends up with few nuts ex-
! tracted from his pocket. There is the
| fresh-air fiend. who goes about opening
windows. letting in draughts and mos
quitoes and not in any way linproVins
/ the system of ventilation which YOU
| have carefully worked out. There Is the
4 exercise faddist who wakens the house
| hold in the morning in his efforts TO GET
a cross-country run before prtahiast
and In succession tires out each mem
Der OF the family as companions for his
i strenuous tramps.
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| Besides the faddists there are lots or
other types of guests that could be I'M
proved on. There is the one who misses
| his train and neglects to telephone 10
let you know OF the fact, and therefore
keeps luncheon or dinner waiting on the
table and q tired host or hostess waiting
Hospitality at the station.
There is the guest who brings her pet
dog with her and expects to have chops
especially broiled for il. cushion espe
| ciaIly prepared for its bed and general
| homage paid to 1t from the beginning to
1 the end OF it's stay.
There is the guest who forgets every
| thing She cannot find her baggage
| check to begin with. and when her
| trunk finally arrives she announces that
she has forgotten to bring a DRESSING
gown, toothbrush. the belt that goes
! with her linen suit and the little gift
she had planned to give her hostess. and
the hostess. long-suffering mortal. IL
| asked to supply all the wants but the
1 last.
There is the man who talks about his
4 business from the time he enters until
the time he passes out of your house
and there is the woman who talks about
Robbie and Katherine until you are sure
that YOU would detest such paragons oi
everything wonderful as her children
must be.
The ideal guest should indulge in none
| of the follies INDUCED in by the beau-
| tiful princess or any of her modern Tel
lows. and If she does not have TO spena
all her time remembering the things She
! should avoid she will enjoy her WISH
and her hostess will enjoy il, too.