Evening star., 1914-08-09


quickly and easily classify them
into two divisions-those that IL
is easy to entertain and those that it is
difficult to entertain. There is no half
way classification possible-your guests
either are, or they are not, easy TO en-
tertain.
Guess which class this guest belongs
in: She was invited to spend a week end
with an acquaintance who had a seaside
cottage. The hostess named train that
reached the nearest station at II O'Clock
Saturday morning. That afternoon she
was giving lawn party. which she
thought would be a diversion for the
guest. But the guest did not arrive at
II. nor did she send any word: and the
hostess who had sent her man OF all
work and the family carriage to meet
her. was a little annoyed when. at half
past 3. when the garden party was
in full swing and she needed the man to
help the maid serve cold beverages and
carry about chairs and tables. she re-
ceived telephone message that the guest
was stranded at the station. OF course
she had to be sent for and the man had
to drive the carriage. She arrived. hot
in session. and she seemed to look at
her lateness as a joke.
She was late for dinner-she pleaded
that she never could be on time for
meals: but that was a minor incon-
venience. And after dinner. when the
hostess suggested a little sail on the
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but that she had asked man she knew
who happened to be in the neighbour GOD
to call that evening. The man turned
up about q o'clock and. of course. was
invited to go on the belated sail-wherein
| he monopolized the society OF the guest
to the exclusion of several other young
men and women who had been invited to
meet her.
And SO went the week end. The guest
took breakfast in bed, in spite of the
fact that she had announced the night
before that she WAS always up in the
morning. She left her shoes outside heI
door to be polished, although she knew
the house servants are unwilling TO polish
shoes. She asked the man servant to e
to the village post ONCE for mail which
she expected Sunday morning. She wen
| walking In the afternoon with the
troublesome young man of the evening
before and did not return until 7:30
| although dinner was at Z. And Mon
day, after a day of difficulties. she asked
her hostess il it would be convenient tc
keep her until Tuesday. The invitation
had been for Saturday. Sunday and Mon
day. until the noon train. Unfortunately
the hostess lacked strength Of purpose
| to tell her guest that a friend of her
husband was coming out that night to
occupy the guestroom. in which she was
installed. And the girl remained. The
hostess took to corner of the attic for
the night. turning her own room into q
room for the expected guest.
Have you classified her? Here is an
other:
She was a girl with far more money
and position than her hostess had. and
she was invited to be bridesmaid for
the daughter of the family. She re-
sponded that she would come. as invited.
the day before the wedding and that she
and her maid would arrive on the speci-
fled train. A maid! The hostess gasped
So did her daughter. So did Maggie. the
cook. and Molly, the second girl. A
lady's maid overawed them all.
But. like an impending doom. she came.
And this is what happened:
She insisted on helping Molly serve din
ner that night-a dinner to the bridal
party; and took so much worry from
poor Molly's shoulders that her heart
| was won Immediately And when she
knew that Molly was sharing the cooks
room to give her bed. she protested
| that she could sleep on the floor or in
any other convenient spot: which made
Molly glad to give up her room. of course.
| She took few necessary stitches In
the mothers gown, which was not quite
satisfactory. With the help OF her mis-
| tress the next morning she arranged the
palms and flowers from the florist with
! the air of experience. She helped the
(, caterers with their part of the work She
willingly ran errands. She helped the
| bride dress and arranged her veil and
out of few scraps of organdy for Molly
and again won her heart She busted
and ran errands. answered the door and
| the telephone, arranging her mistress
| room to serve as one cloakroorn and
| generally made herself SO useful that
every one was delighted. And then she
helped the guests and the servants when
the wedding took place.
AS for her mistress-she. too. made
herself useful. She helped entertain the
dinner guests by her charm and tact:
she helped arrange the rooms. helped
| decide a last question or two with the
caterer, helped decorate the house with
! flowers, went to the woods with two
small BOYS of the family to gather flow
| ers and branches OF leaf and bloom with
which to decorate the veranda and make
II a usable part of the house: In short
she was evident when she was wanted
and out Of evidence when she was not
wanted.
| Have you placed her. too?
Where do you belong? In her class or
| In the class of the thoughtless week-ender
| at the seaShore?