The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-03-13

AwnnIoAN Hos1rrALTTY.
Not or =, having arrived q yssfs
Of houss keeping or discsstie.. na'e
visiting and dread visito's. g org
~ not Therefore n'se0snasDpssu'
Father. - levs eur kind, esd QUE
nvorite r,edinels aouosiss biography,
800. eeik, 81 the pessonal column IN
III ne~spapen. But visiton aad vie
issag eommonly imply . temporary
,sqssssrstion Of old garments. and, Of
he ample wardrobe Of these invssti-
ARES which every man hath, nose d
. comfortably and are % serrowfnlly
bAnished . old habits. II. thesssore.
Wednesdays cornsd-beef and cabbage
must b suppressed, - not nt for COM
pany; II Thunday's bsef-stesk and
onions. and Fridays humble nshosli.
must b translated into unfamiliar
birds and bsasts which Bridget lily
cooks aud quesrly serves; II the dear
house mother must move on restless
feet from dawn 70 dark lest some Inn
perceptible pin should drop from the
machinery; II all things
must be . little diner than their wont
and their capacity. II 10 not strange
that the ordinary householder shri nke
from the purturbations which, - host,
he undergoes In his own house or -
guest, introduces TO another.
Pity 'tis. however, that we are not
more social. because, 10 the long run,
mon and women are . more interest
log and . moro valuable study than
books, and no subtlest discovery Of
science nor progress Of Invention have
yet found in the world anything bet
Ter than human affection. Each of
ns 10 the poorer by every lofty friend
yhip that be neglects to take from OPP
Women, especially. whose
,ares are pettier and far more absorb
ng than mems, need the illumination
# fresh ideas. witty talk, and friendly
propinquity. Yet it Is chiefly they
Who hinder this pleasure, and In
whose hands 1t rests to make visiting
be most brilliant and enticing Of oc-
First, however. the whole
heory Of hospitality needs revision.
I va. very well Of Hebrew gentlemen
o kill the fatted calf In honor Of their
,uest. IL involved little trouble and
10 expense, and II one had an appetite
Or warm veal, nothing could b~ NOR.
greeebls to al concerned-excrpt the
alf. But we follow the precedent BY
pending half our substance ut the
utcher's stall for the festive joint, and
alf the remaining moiety In cooking
nd serving 1t, trembling, meanwhile.
ut the stranger that IL within our
ates b not satisfied with our bounty.
han this painful feasting better TO
ave the fatted calf afield, and to dine
D . cracker aud careless cheerfulness.
The whole trouble is. that the host
. arrapges her household not ~ II
lall best forward the business of life.
II as IL shall make the most effective
ectacle. She orders affairs not ~
70 plesses, but - che fanc:es that
v guest expects. II is . specious
ofthe golden rule. AZ :.
! Africius and GAibs, it is really /,
lite impossible to be distinguished ~
vste csterers. After Cras~ius aud
cullus. no tsble.sesvice can be re- :,
rksbls. After Pauline. making her
rning-calls In two hundred thou
d dollars worth Of jewels, the
lest toilet seems TO fall little short
. high possibilities. And after
liogabslus. there 10 certainly very
10 incentive to the pursuit Of dis
sion In furniture. We might
~, therefore, absndon the striving |
thOss xootis. strengthened In tina
lnciAtiOn by the recollactioe that
} people who were pse.eminent il
: possession sacrificed everything
10 ges them. After all, freedom
self-culture are the costliest objects
odsred to the scquisi.ion Of man.
u be takes them hs must be con-
% fnFego much else.
% cir 10 full of rumors OF public
psivats corruption and disgrscsfuI
ing and keeping Of gold. We
i purify our legislation, II IL eaid
mus. Winnov our civil service.
must insist on virtue In high
ces. But reform must begin far
KIT the liresidss. BY example
boys and girls must learn that
ney is not the supreme good Of life
ey must grow up in homes % sim
and finely ordered that, not
niture, and not viands, but the
lity of mastev and mistress, draws
my noble quests thereto, contac, |
tn whom Ii the chi.dr+n's best Ell
Alton. THE ornament OF u home l.
= friends who frequent IT," Aud ~ /
learn simplicity, We shall have love 1
d leisure tor the hi ylest friendships i
is this home lite, aud only this,
cap, possible to all, the source Of ro-
1T i"snhOOd aud sincere culture
ut will keep the Republic sweet.
AAosls II, though We pile up our
lllious, and double our territory, and
IN our gates TO all nations, We splai, |
ing UP, 1t last, wbiilsf we seem 10 |
landing In n sxasas.e>l :. lsx,