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.

She is not called upon to pay for the expenses of telegrams, doctor’s bills, medicines, etc., contracted by the guest.  If a guest departed without attending to these matters, the hostess would have to pay for them.

  Giving farewell, To visitors.  A hostess
       should, in bidding farewell to her visitors,
       see that she does not overdo it.

While it is not strictly necessary that a hostess should accompany a guest to the depot, yet many still follow this rule, especially in the case of an unmarried woman, and are careful to see to all the details of checking baggage, etc.

       In the case of a bachelor, such attention
       is not necessary.

       A hostess conveys at her own expense both
       the guest and baggage to and from the
       station.