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Rh considerate women on parlor-cars—the women who take and hold possession of the toilet-room as if it were a fort.

If friends are to meet you and entertain you there is nothing for you to trouble about except the finding of them in the great crowd which is likely to be assembled at the station. But if you are going to a hotel it is a little different, and now I want you to take my advice about this. Do not take a strange cab, but the carriage or omnibus that bears the name of the hotel. When you reach the hotel you will be shown to the reception-room; then send word by the servant that you wish to speak to the clerk, giving the servant your card. When the clerk comes tell him, if such is the case, that your rooms were engaged by letter or wire, if not, tell him exactly what you want, and what you wish to pay. Make the matter perfectly business-like. Sometimes it is wise to mention the name of whoever recommended you to the hotel, especially if you are entirely alone. If your trunk has not come up with you give the check for it to the clerk, who will attend to it for you, and I do not think you will have any trouble. In this country women who are alone are respected, and if you are quietly dressed and ladylike in your appearance