UNINVITED GUESTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 17 August 1907, Page 4

UNINVITED GUESTS.

IiUW Tim WEIiE KJiPX KIIOM THE ASCOT' BALL. The committee of the Ascot Hall discovered au ingenious method of dealing wiJi a nuisance of past yeais—the uninvited guest. As most hostesses know to their costj :t has been the practice of certain persons, whose only passport in society is a presentable dress suit, lo stroll into receptions and balls in West End houses j without going through the conventional 'preliminary of being invited. 'i lie risk of detection is e-cc.'dingly ivmoie, but should an "uninvited guest" lie challenged, he call always explain, with engaging candour, that lie had ijuite mistaken the house, having, of course, lirst noted the red carpet which tells of festivities on the steps of the ma us ion

In order to maintain the exelusxveliess ot the Afceot Ball, say.', the London correspondent of the Paris edition of the New York Herald, every guest will be required to wear a little badge in the lorm of a disc.-, with the letter "A" in red. This must be worn in a c-on*;jitu. oils ]>o,}ilion duiing the whole evening, and nut even duehesses .will be exempt from the operation.