Deportmental ditties : and other verses . Let your meaning be explicit, so that nobody canmiss it,And your writing of a legible description;People find it most confusing if you make a point of using Hieroglyphics like the primitive as well to state quite clearly upon evry invitationBoth the nature of your party and the length of its duration. Let me instance the dilemma I teas placed in by Aunt Emma,Whom I ashed to come and stay with me one Sunday : I did not refer at starting to the date of her I meant to entertain her just for one day. Tis a twelvemonth since this
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . Let your meaning be explicit, so that nobody canmiss it,And your writing of a legible description;People find it most confusing if you make a point of using Hieroglyphics like the primitive as well to state quite clearly upon evry invitationBoth the nature of your party and the length of its duration. Let me instance the dilemma I teas placed in by Aunt Emma,Whom I ashed to come and stay with me one Sunday : I did not refer at starting to the date of her I meant to entertain her just for one day. Tis a twelvemonth since this guest I had the pleasure of receiving, But she swears that she is bedridden, and shows no signs of leaving ! 55 Deportmental Ditties. Then, again, a man named Harris whom I stumbled on in Paris— At the Bristol or the Ritz—I often sup there—And most foolishly invited (I suppose I teas excited) If in London to be sure and look me up there,Looks me up each single day, and, not content tvith merely looking,Must propose himself to luncheon, and complains about my cooking ! If the hostess apprehensive finds the drudgery extensive,Every time she asks acquaintances to dinner, Tis a fact theres no denying that the duty of replyingOffers just as hard a task to the beginner. But the following examples should be ample for ex-plaining This particular department in the Art of Entertaining:— EXAMPLE I. Mrs. Her respects and complimentsTo Mrs. and Miss ivould deem it very pleasantIf the latter could be presentAt her tiny Tea.(Note.—There will be Bridge for those who care to take a hand,Tennis in the garden, and a military band.) 56
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