Show II SQ ii If 1 I fa By EDITH S. S V ir Hospitality IV Ji i Extended and andt t Ik T R. R d 1 t t CUMMER C TIMMER time is a sure test for ones hospitality hospitality- t that at is the e enduring during kind It is easy one for one to fo play the role of gt gracious cious hostess for an afternoon an an evening or even a week end but the real test is duration Of or course ourse there are hostesses and hostesses just as varying as the architecture of their homes It Itis Itis' Itis is is' isa a rare gift to he be a cordial hostess the sort where friends f feel l free to drop in for a cup of tea without fear of upsetting the entire tire household In many houses though hough perfect in appointment the cup of tea served by a stiffly starched maid in the frail Minton cup though the chair be comfy and nd the rugs noiseless is anything anything any any- thing but the cup I cup that cheers because the hostess is lacking in personality There are homes laying claim to far less pretension where the hostess reigns with an adoring and herself pours pours' with ease and graciousness making it e rendezvous for scores of friends dropping in for a cosy I chat lat auto parties pile out for Sunday tea and gaily herald themselves knowing full well Jh y are just as welcome as unexpected unexpected un un- expected always there is the after theatre supper where everyone everyone every every- one one assists and enjoys the make at home manner Summer visitors are arc equally as distinctive a type as the hostess Some come expecting the attentions attentions atten atten- one might find at a summer hotel and make themselves so burdensome burde some it is s with a a. real sigh of- of f relief they speed the parting guest Others one is loath to toI I h have ve talk of leaving for their I cheery heery adaptability to surroundings surroundings surround surround- ings makes their company deI desirable de de- for as long as they choose io to stay and when the last goodby goodbyes good good- I by byes bys s are said the come again is genuinely extended |