Illinois bed & breakfast b&b inn boutique hotel (Greater St. Louis bed & breakfast b&b&b inn boutique hotel) for pleasure & business travel, weddings & receptions, corporate retreats
St Louis bed and breakfast hotel Alton Illinois BEALL MANSION

The BEALL MANSION
407 East 12th Street
Alton, Illinois 62002-7230
USA
Greater St. Louis MO
bed and breakfast hotel

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“fine Greater St. Louis
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Tips for being the Perfect Hostess

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The ideal hostess must have so many perfections of sense and character that were she described in full, no one seemingly but a combination of seer and angel could ever hope to qualify

—Emily Post, 1922

“Hospitality consists of a little fire, a little food, and an immense quiet.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1856

“Little comforts for the guest room include: Biscuits;
pincushion with plenty of different kinds of pins;
needles threaded with black and white cotton;
Aspirins;
Gas or electric fire, with kettle and small saucepan; Plenty of coat-hangers;
Mushrooms for hats;
Some spare trees for shoes;
All writing material, and a board in case she likes writing in bed. Reading lamp;
A wide choice of books; Her favorite magazines.”

—Rose Henniker Heaton, The Perfect Hostess, 1931