woman, do not permit her to suffer any
discomfort; but if, by chance, she does, do not pick a quarrel with
the person who caused it. Firmly but quietly afford her protection,
but do not demand satisfaction for discomforts or insults for which
there is no satisfaction and whose discussion only increases the
offense.

A lady need feel no embarrassment if she is obliged to spend a few
days in a hotel alone. Upon entering she would go to the desk and make
arrangements for a room. When the choice is made she surrenders her
hand bag to the bell-boy, who conducts her to her room. She should,
for her own convenience and protection, deposit valuables or large
sums of money with the hotel proprietor in the office safe. Then the
responsibility becomes his, but he does not assume it if they are left
in the room. Upon leaving her room, she should lock her trunks and
door, and leave the key with the clerk at the desk.

A lady's deportment in a hotel is that of quiet reserve, but not of
haughty distance. She should dress simply and plainly, so as not to
attract attention, as she is in a public place. The only time when
elegant dress is permissible at a hotel is when one is with an escort,
or is one of a group of people so dressed in order to attend some
function.

A lady will not stand or linger in the halls of a hotel, will not
loiter about the hotel office, or walk out alone upon the piazza or
any conspicuous place, or stand at the windows of the parlor. She will
remember that she is in a public place, where she may encounter all
classes of people, so she will not permit herself any of the liberties
of a home. She will not go through the halls humming or singing, or
take a book or newspaper from the public parlor and carry it off to
her room, even if she does shortly return it. She will not, even in
her own room, make such noise as will attract attention or disturb
other guests.

She will not call a cab herself, but will summon a bell-boy and have
him attend to it. After her baggage is packed she will let the
servants attend to it, even to the handing her of her umbrella and
hand bag after she is in the carriage. She will never take the liberty
of chiding a servant, but will make a necessary complaint to the clerk
at the desk.

To open a window in the parlor of a hotel, when others are by and may
be discomforted, is a breach of politeness. Also it is not right that
even an accomplished musician or singer should use the piano