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Rh want every one of my girls to be: the one whose coming is a delight, and whose going is a sorrow; the one who, while she is with us, is a pleasure in the household, and who is spoken of after she has gone as being the very nicest of girls.

Now, won't you try to be the right kind of a visitor? Won't you think over what I have said and make yourself a joy to your hostess? Won't you be careful not to talk about disagreeable things, and won't you be more than careful not to criticise anything or anybody? For being among strangers, you do not know whom you may hurt. Think and act always with the greatest consideration; be sure then you will have a good time, and when they all say good-by to you it will be with regret, and, of course, that is how you want them to feel.

This little bit of a sermon is given to my girls, not because I believe they would do anything that was wrong wilfully, but because they sometimes forget. I want them to remember, and with the remembrance will come the right action.