Dear Abby: I'm frustrated that guests in my home almost never use the guest towels I've put out for them in the bathroom. Why do they do this?
I remember a little poem in your column that addresses this. I'd like to clip it and put it in there next to the towels. Please print it again!-Good Hostess in Clover, S.C.
Dear Hostess: With pleasure-here it is:
A GUEST TOWEL SPEAKS
by Mabel Craddock
Please use me, Guest;
Don't hesitate.
Don't turn your back
Or vacillate.
Don't dry your hands
On petticoat,
On handkerchief,
Or redingote.
I'm here to use;
I'm made for drying.
Just hanging here
Gets very tiring.
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