| Show Evening Chit-Chat Chit BY BV RUTH BUTH CAMERON T HAVE VE half a dozen Invitations to visit different friends of mine this summer sum sum- I two mer-two mer two or three of or them people Frn very fond end of too toe said the pretty little stenographer Monographer lady Iny who was a curled curbed up mip In m my Gloucester hammock and yet et Im I'm Im going to tako m my hard har earned eared monc money and go JO to a hotel for tor a two weeks weeks' vacation scalon Why In In answer to the tho expected question on 1 my part because Im I'm Im tred tired and I know It wi will rest me just about twice as ns much as visiting even en t people I love lovo Theres There's no two ways about it it- it I- I visiting even en tho the nicest people Is a n strain a No Now dont don't think Im I'm Im I'm Im ungrateful Ruthlo BUln surging up on her bier elbow in tho the enthusiasm of or her subject ct b because really Im I'm Im not And AntI dont don't think I dont don't know what Im I'm Im talking about because I do Ive I've Ive dorm done a n good goo deal of visiting at one time or another and at nt somo some very cry pleasant places too toe to and I its it's all very vory well vell wel when you ou have plenty of en energy eners en- en ers orgy ergy to spare Ipare but when you OU want a complete completo com corn pleto rest rest nerve nerve and body by and ond soul soul soul- Sul- Sul thank you OU no Let me tell tel you about last year car carI I went to see seo one of or my young married mar mar- I tied ried friends as nice and jolly a. a n girl as ever lived hived and a lovely home but but well well you Ol dont don't know who she is and never naver wi will so what's the harm barn in telling you I why Im I'm Im going Ing to a hotel this year In the first place she has ha three small email smal children who wake wako up a a. little before tho the birds I should say and consequently consequent consequent- ly h they all al have havo to have breakfast b by 7 Rita said I was to Ho lie 10 abed hut but butof of course I couldn't upset tho tIme house like that so BO I was wan wal up at 6 ever every morning morning- half halt an a hour limit earlier than I am are tho the rest of ot the tho year Because of oC her husbands husband's business hours she shoo has to have a a. late and ad hearty horty hely dinner at half hl past 2 in the afternoon and supper at ot about 8 S. Tho The peculiar hours and tho the richness of or tho food tood Rita RIL serves r es knocked my digestion all al out Mind you ou Im I'm Im not complaining Im I'm Im just showing shoeing you OU why fitting In with ih the routine rou rou- tine thin of oC other peoples people's households households-as as as a visitor has bins to do do of course course isn't isn't always the tIm mo most t restful thing timing Then Thon Rita Rt is one of or those people who will wi work their fingers off or trying to mako make things nice nic for tor you but ho who vho are ar hurt unless you respond by keeping in a perfect per per- pr- pr feet frenzy of or gratitude arid and enthusiasm over their efforts Now It may sound horrid Ruth but I dont don't know of anything anything any any- thing more mote wearing than being continually continually contin contin- obliged to appear pleased and grateful You may feel very yer much so so but If I you feel fecI that you must show it I all 11 tho the time it I makes you ou uncomfortable able and constrained I think that's one of or tho the best belt things 8 about a paid-for paid visit You Yon dont don't feel tee obliged to look delighted all al tho the time Positively my delighted muscles were so overworked last year that I hardly smiled for tor a month after after- wards I have hayo a great gat objection to coming home just the tho day before I roust must go goback goback goback back to work ork so O I wanted to leave two or three days before tho the two to weeks were wore up tip but Rita Rita i is It one ono of those people who overdo a hospitable urgency to t prolong your jour visit into an iron bound Iron bund insistence that you 8 shall aI stay longer BO so I 1 had ha to give that up Actually Ruth I had ha been looking forward to those two tw weeks all 01 tho the year and yet yot ot I was as more relieved than athIn anything anything any any- a- a thIn thing else elsa when it I was over Why dont don't you OU say ny something In some of ot your talks about abut the evils o ls of ot visiting Ruthie Tell Ten working girls that If t they really want ant to get n a I thorough rest and change they cant can't aford afford to try tr to fit ft themselves Into someone's elsa olao routine I r will wt I said Mid But I thought Id I'd Id let Jet her instead 4 t. t |
