Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1868-01-24
HOSPITALITY.

inc natures Oh II 'Silsn, rFchch ouu or
German: IN
You arrive in England stranger, ly
and present letter of introduction ol
to some gentleman. HIS reception u
strikes you Us cold ana formal hu il
makes no special offers of assistance, u
and you are inclined TO suspect his q
acquaintance will be of little service. v
BY and by however, you find that he d
has been silently intereeting himself r
in your behalf. lilo has remembered q
wishes that you have carelcssly uttor- {
cd, ard procured you opportunities
for realizing them; tho want of dc
monstraton has been moro than com
pcnsatcd by solid service.
In Paris you find jnst tho rovcrse.-
| Nothing Gun eurpass .ho imprcssmen.
with winch you arc r, ceived. Every.
thing is ut your disposal; you will
make the man happy by tho frcest
use of time and trouble. Nevorthe-
loss, you must beware of taking these
offers literally, unless you arc pro-
pared for disappointment. The out
gush Of bcnevolenco has exhausted
the capacity for action. A few elo-
giant cards are exchanged, and therc
, the matter rests.
4 IL Gs,many We have the medium
f between eX,rcmes-a genial, cordial
manner, moderate proffers of service
c and conscientious performance there
J, of, whenovsr it is needed. Acts of
G kindness between strangers aro more
If common than in almost any civilized
country. I once stopped for q night
/, in a country inn, i'll remote part OF
Bavaria. Tho delegate Of tho Log
r, a,ive Chamber in Munich had just
le leen elected by tho pcoplo Of tho dis
lriut, aud they gave HIM farewell
banquet that evening. In tho midst
Of solcmuilies was politely invited
il to attend; placs was madc for me
beside tho President; tho principa
u rersrnages presented wero dcscribo'
. and then introduced, and before th'
meeting closed, l receive an invita-
he ton to spend few days at a neighbor
irg castlc. vt was convinced tina
ed not one of the assembly had on,
ou knowledge OF me-, further than.!hat
b. was an American -trascIer.s ..
There is a oustom In SPain. waio
always seelaod;t 20 ma TO -: 80
aE'fection4 of shoapi.aHsSs '$y~s,".
i;,,s Tor i,sssiiisSzs -sSyx fSnfariuf .-.s e.
fhs ID sspsesslasd no ~ -'.'s,s
IAN nislas; itnsAiGs ~ yrss .,y.,s
will p:ssiBly Nsfose5s. -, >ts,,s .::a- ::ssAs Il
Que Of .he Walters, TO- hia
lea. pays the strangsr's bill, sakaaal laisesl
ice or chocolate, a"d goesAwsy asisl
q out ever have spok ou to the man he b
f.l- surreptiliously entertained. VIII,
In the unconscious stranger calls for
rk- bill he is astonished TO find that
lcge owes nothing. In travelling by d
try isenco from Mexico to Vera Cruz,
sab found it impossible TO pay for me-
,cen vt hotels on tho road; s1me one
ords my fellow passengers had always do
led. it in advance. One of them, q Pc
aeon lugose gentlemen afterwards visi
we're me in Now York, b,inging with b
was a quantity of the choicest IIsvs
no cigars as a present. If I ever v
ou, tho banks of the Tagus, l hope
they find him still living.
In the remote part of Sweden .
com: Norway, wLero thore are no acco
=, to moda,ious for travellers, the cleri
nary men are always expected to enter.
.bor- them. This is .sometimes he
Is to tax upon somo members of that
re in paid class, but it ia checfully> ondu
from sense of duty. Few ho'
the ,ndced arc closed against the stran
,onr aud tho poorest host often dscl
,;rit. taking payment. I often mad
ak 10 Journey through France, under
= oumstanoes which compelled m
lodge In the humbiest cabarets;
al,houg gh . fsw sous were requ
10" .," for food and lodging, yet hon'
- The simple kindness of
-. - peasants. the little attentions :
- arc 10 careful in, paying, wsre: q
~. ,fal examples of the bospi,abls q
- s.s - Ihalf suspect that "the rude G.
,ar ,... THAN poor," who
o same kgsins. the housei-ss stranger shuts the
r; 81 existed Only in GoIasmith's, ina
Dsists ton, or;tbas he generals sd Ifr'
bought single pppleassnt personal export
.llatiuu IN habit. bv tho thy, TO which;