A guest should try to be congenial with
the other guests, kind to the servants, and
to be considerate of all others.
EXPENSES. The hostess should furnish transportation for both guests and baggage to and from the station.
Each guest should pay for all expenses incurred by him, and be especially careful, in the case of sickness or misfortune, that some items are not overlooked.
LETTER AFTER DEPARTURE. If the visit has been more than two days, the guest should write a short letter to the hostess, telling of the pleasure the visit gave them and their safe journey home.
A guest so desiring might send some trifle as a gift to the hostess.
TIPPING SERVANTS. Unless a hostess positively requests her guests not to tip, a guest, when leaving at the end of a visit at a private house, should remember the servants. The average American, from lack of a definite standard, too often errs on the side of giving too much.
Those giving personal service should be remembered, as well as those who render service— as, the coachman and outside servants.
HOSTESS. While careful to provide entertainment for her guests, a hostess should be careful not to overentertain, and to allow each guest ample time in which to enjoy themselves any way they please. If an entertainment is planned for the afternoon, it is well to leave the mornings open, and VICE VERSA.
The success of the hostess depends on her making the guests feel free from care and ENNUI.
CARING FOR THE SICK. In addition to the regular care of the guest's room and attention to his comfort and pleasure, a hostess should double her energies in case her guest is sick.