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Show $$ Social Amenities for the School Girl. ijf UA. you come to us for next Sun-Vday. Sun-Vday. the loth?" This is the nicest kind of a ' tter to recoivc. and every girl is delighted to be tho fortunate recipient, as it means two or three days of pleasure. House parties arc so much in vogue that popular popu-lar girls are apt to find many similar notes among' their mail, so that it is sometimes hard to accept them all. Nothing will do more in the end to make a girl popular than thoughtfulness. The first thing is to answer the invitation invita-tion promptly, in the moat appreciative way. If in the invitation no train has been mentioned tho girl should procure a time table nnd state by what train she will arrive, naming one that arrives nt her destination about tea time, or in ample time to drew for dinner. The question of trunks la a "puzzling one, ns no girl wants' to arrive with a large trunk nnd a 'hat "bo.T for two or three days, yet it i.s mast difficult to get nil tho clothes needed in a suit case. There are small black trunks, holding all that is necessary for two or thrto days, made for automo-biling, automo-biling, which are .excellent, and if a girl expects to do much visiting nre' indispensable. indis-pensable. Generally, on arriving' the check are given fo the footman who meets the train, or if a cab has be.ph fnt.it is.just as well to give them to the expressman and ask him to fee that the trunks are delivered nt once. Here is where the usefulness of the bag comes In. as it can be taken on the carriage if the train is late nud where n trunk could not be sent to the house in time. A girl on nrriving gives her keys at once to tho butler, who gives them to the maid, so that tho clothes can be unpacked un-packed nnd ready when they aro needed. Then she goes and sj?nks to her hostels, or if it is a small household she will be taken first to hor hostess, who will send for the maid to take the keys. Punctuality Punctu-ality is n most important virtue. A girl should always give herself plenty of time to dress, even if it means stopping a gam) of tennis or croquet in the middle, as nothing is so unpardonably rude as to keep her hostess waiting, even a minute. This Is the first rule toward being a popular popu-lar guest. Be prompt, no mntter what the occasion. In thes-e days it is almost essential to play bridge, but if by any chance a girl has not learned to play, and she has nny other accomplishment which be is asked to dUpkiy, she should do so at once, not force herself to be urged, ns nothing is so trying ns to havo to beg a person to do anything, and usually by the time they have consented to ie ohliging every one is 60-tiredor heading -about it that it (m apt to fall- flat? Ti.ja dpra not menn that n girl shonld be., constantly airing her accomplishments, butirsie bus any she should do her share of the en- tcrtaining. -j '. Another important thing for a girl to re- a member is not to make herself conspicuous j ,j in any way never to laugh noisily or to j scream. Nothing hurts a girl more among ij ? both older and younger people, and coth- , k ing will so Burely make her unpopular. f- Jj A girl is not asked solely for her own & pleasure, but to be one of a party, and jit ia most important for her to remember J this, and never give her hostess any oc- J) I caslon to criticise her behavior. When j; g leaving a girl must tip whichever ser- j': j yant'bas helped her most tho maid la , fc Usually the one and sometimes, if she f: !t can, it is nice lo leave a little for the ': chambermaid. In a great many houses , S servants ure not allowed to accept tip?, ':( 5j which is a thoughtful rule, for ninny .' J? girls often cannot go visiting as they do ;" . not feel they can afford the tip they have J j to give. It is just ns well to say good- ' i 'by the night before, and a girl must he : li most grateful and appreciative of the V good time she has hnd. She must also, ' ; as soon as she gets home, write her letter .: of thanks, commonly kndwn as a bread '. Jf nud butter letter. This letter should never ! J be left unwritten- longer" fhan twenty J four hours, as a hostess lt:es to know Jt her efforu lo please' have been appro-. J j cfatecl. AH these little poiuts show a) f h girl's upbringing, and while trying at' t times must be conformed with. 15! . h, it GBesBbHBI |