HOLIDAY MANNERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19278, 16 September 1924, Page 5

HOLIDAY MANNERS.

I don’t know why it is, but some people seem to think that paying for board-residence at the seaside entitles them to do things in the landlady’s .bouse they wouldn’t dream of doing in their own homes (says a writer in Home Chat). For instance, they tramp cheerfully into the dining-room and bedroom with dirty shoes, scattering sand al! over the carpets; hang wet bathing dresses on chair backs — regardless of the damage this does to the paint—or, if not on chair backs, then they decorate the windows with them, and give the house a hideous appearance. UNREASONABLE BEQUESTS. Then, without previous warning, they will demand sandwiches, and tea for the thermos flasks. If the harassed landlady doesn’t drop her work immediately and concentrate on the said sandwiches and tea, she is characterised “disobliging,” “disagreeable,” and the murmur goes round; “Shouldn’t think of coming here again; just imagine, making a fuss about a few miserable sandwiohes!” And however tidy those people may bo in their own homos, they simply wallow in untidiness on holiday—needlework, books, papers, sweets, all are left about—for the overworked landlady to put away. “It’s a nice rest for them not to have to worry about such things.”- Is it? Well, the landlady isn’t exactly looking around for extra work in their fortnight, any more than they look for it during the other 50 weeks in the year. AFTER HOURS. And the 000 l way some people stay out late at night and then expect something hot to drink, if not to eat, when they return is fairly staggering. They know quite well that the landlady can’t go to bed before they are all in; that the maid or maidis can't be kept up till all hours to attend on their wants; that dirty dishes must all bo cleared away at night—there's no margin for doing such things in the morning. Landladies are only human. If you’ll remember this when you go down to the sea for your fortnight’s holiday this year, you’ll be the most popular man or woman in the boardinghouse!