The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-03
Dorothy DIG Says
By DOROTHY DIX
Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer
A Tip to the Summer Guest.

seeking whom she may ueVOur, anu
for her behoof and benefit L have
compiled the following lists of don'ts.
First don't. Never go anywhere
without having SPECIFIC invitation
for certain time, and never invite
yourself. If you have met woman
during the winter who casually re-
marked that she wanted you to come |
over to her summer Place some time, |
don't write and remind her of it, andd
ask if it will be convenient for you 10
come next week. such invitations are
merely the small cnange of converse |
ton that no one expects to have to
pay over the counter. II anyone wants |
you to come to visit her she will have |
no hesitation in letting you know the |
| fact, and to offer yourself as an I'M
solicited guest is nothing short of |
highway robbery. I
Second don t. Never surprise any !
| BODY by going Unexpectedly to see |
| them. unless you are DESTROYS of ac- |
| quiring enemies. A surprise visit is a |
| boomerang that invariably destroys
| the Individual who hurls it at her de-
| tenseless friends. There are circum-
| stances continually arising in every
| household that makes it affecting TO
| have the most agreeable person on
| earth, or the best beloved drop in
| suddenly and Unexpectedly.
| Third don t. Bear in mind that in
vitations are not transferable, not
| invites you she doesn't mean your sis
ter Or your grandmother, anu the in
vitation is hot a family ticket, tho
there are peop4e who seem to think
so.
Fourth don't Remember that every
invitation mas a stllct time limit, and
that you eX.eno /. at your peril. OF
course when LIE time comes for you
\ to leave, your hostess will express a
polite regret that yod cannot stay
longer Never 40 il. There is moth
ing so easy as to wear out a welcome,
and it is better to .Ia.e people weep
because you are leaNlna IMAM to have
them moan because they can't get rid
of you. postsciip visit is like
second plate OF zee cream-it clogs
on the palate am ne, er has the flavor
that the I.rsu helping Gid.
Fifth oon I. Lon't upset the house
hold you VISIT by indulging in per-
sonal luIosyncrasies. If you are not
wiinng TO conform to the ways and
habits or the family, go to a hotel
vince you can pay for the trouble
you make
SiAen uon't. Don't be one of the
dilatory guests who are never on time
for single meal In novels break
last is always a movable feast, and
dinner appears as If by magic always
perfectly cooked at any old hour, but
IN real life 1t takes time and trouble
!; and forethought to get meals to-
gether, and If you can't come down to
breakfast until a couple of hours after
! the ordinary time, anu if you keep
dinner waiting until the soup is
burned and the roast is dried out and
the hostess husband is saying things
you may be very certain that it's a
sure sign you VIII never visit at that
. house again
Seventh don't. Don't be wet
blanket. As general thing YOU know
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, letting yourself in fer when Won go
TO place, and so. If your hostess is
, golf fiend don't go unless you mean
TO play golf; if she's keen on cards,
sep away unless you play a good
game OF bridge; if she's addicted to
! picnlcs, stay at home, unless you have
5 fondness for eating mushy pies and
nave Bugs crawl over you out in the
5 woods; if she is automobile mad say
f no II motoring gives you the neu-
r ralgfa- When you accept an invita-
t non, you are in honor bound to do
= Whatever you are asked to do, and do
< 1t Joyously and look pleasant No one
mas right to pose as the skeleton at
the feast.
E Eighth don't. And for PHYS sake,
y don't draw invidious comparisons If
you are invited to sail on a catboat
J. oon discourse upon what a perfectly
= grand yacht the Croesus' have If a
], nay ride is arranged, don't beguiie
n the moments by recalling n drive you
e once took on the box seat of four
r IN hand. If beer and sandwich sup
r per is offered you, don't speak of your
= preference for teIrapin and cham
f payne. Make the people who are try
= ing to entertain and amuse you feel
Il tnat you are having the time of your
e life: That's how you pay your way.
: Ninth don't Be sure not to give
= your hostess too much of your society.
a The conversation OF any human bein :
: alive is best when put in small pack
f ages. Go to your room and take 4.
r nap Read. Take solitary rambIes.
s DO anything that takes you out of
+ sight of those whom you are visiting
Tenth don't. Don't sponge Pro-
vide yourself with the things you are
/ liable to need before you leave home.
There are no other guests in the
| world so affecting as the borrowers.
Take along your own stationery and
| stamps, your own toilet articles and
i sewing things. There isn't hostess
who hasn't been driven wild by the
Unsuitable demands of girl guests vino
g had forgotten to bring along needles
= and thread, and scissors and writing
r paper, and stamps, and curling irons
n and who could nave kept d relay OF
: servants on the run supplying them
e with the things they had to borrow
: Nobody loves a dead beat.
: Eleventh don't. Don't flfrt with
IL your hostess husband, nor with her
$ sons, nor her brothers. It's pecu-
u VI woman Indt even the most
e heroic of them can't endure to see thu
e men they love making love to another
II woman Wait until you get a man
3 out of his home end from under the
I, eyes of his female relative before you
get sentimental with him.
Twelfth don't. Don't make any un.
( necessary trouble for the servants, and
s don't withhold the tip from the maiC
{ to whose burdens you are adding
s Keep your own room tidy. Hang vi
your clothes. Straighten up you
dresser, and be not sparing of small
il. change to faithful Mary who hook
you up, and obliging Eliza who presse,
out your chiffons.