. Youth's educator for home and society ... LENGTH OF VISIT. The length of time consumed in a visit dependsgreatly upon the friendly relations between the par-ties, as also the distance the guest has come. A vis-itor of a thousand miles would be expected to staymuch longer than one whose home was only twentymiles distant. The guest should at an early momentinform the hostess just how long will be the stay, andby this means, she will know what plans to form foientertaining. Besides, her own affairs may be seri-ously changed, if she is in ignorance as to how longa friend intends to remain. No on
. Youth's educator for home and society ... LENGTH OF VISIT. The length of time consumed in a visit dependsgreatly upon the friendly relations between the par-ties, as also the distance the guest has come. A vis-itor of a thousand miles would be expected to staymuch longer than one whose home was only twentymiles distant. The guest should at an early momentinform the hostess just how long will be the stay, andby this means, she will know what plans to form foientertaining. Besides, her own affairs may be seri-ously changed, if she is in ignorance as to how longa friend intends to remain. No one likes to ask howlong another is going to stay, for it savors of i&hos-pitality, and yet it is imporant to know. BOTH INVITED. It is wellunderstood that an invitation to a wife topay a visit includes her husband, and one to a hus-band is extended to his wife. UNEXPECTED VISITS. If a visitor is invited to select his own time for avisit, it is only courteous for him to apprise his in-tended host beforehand when he will come. It is any-. ETIQUETTE OF VISITING. 279 thing but pleasant to be surprised by his advent. Itis quite au fait to drop in for dinner once in a while,but to come without warning to make a prolongedstay, is quite a different thing. Possibly at the verytime chosen the hostess might have her house full, ormight be preparing to leave home herself. So theplans for enjoyment may be disarranged or wholly laidaside by this unexpected coming. INSINCERE INVITATIONS. No one should invite another to make a visit, unlessthey sincerely wish their company. And it is unkindto ask people when you cannot make them comfort-able. And it is very foolish to ask those who areaccustomed to a much more elaborate way of livingthan you can offer them. A fashion of throwing gen-eral invitations in a careless way has a very insincerelook. We once heard a lady say to another—Ifever you come my way, call and see me; as if itwere an ordinary walk before breakfast—they wereonly rooo miles a
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