Smyrna times., 1877-03-07
m 5Sc e//UU e Gus.
Make Yourself at Home.

There Is no invitation so common. and
none so seldom accepted, as this free and
easy tender OF ones home to his guest.
from the way III which many people con-
duct themselves in their own h0mes-vvhot +
with their peevishness, tardiness, sIoyenIi.
ness, surliness, and all the other dreadful
neSScS-we shouldn't care to have the invi
tatlon taken very literally by them in anv
home IN which we have part or lot; but is
1t not practicable, and would it not be pleas
ant all around, TO have agreeable peODle
feel more lat home" than they do in their
friends homes?
Few visitors, perhaps, have thought to
analyze the reasons why they have not felt
themselves to be as much sat home" in
some houses as in others. We simply feel
that IN some places there is an atmosphere
that Is congenial, and pleasant, and con
ducIye to freedom and enjoyment, while in
otherS-though the welcome be Just as
warm and the friends no less kind or dear
We are never unconscious that we are
visitors. The house is in an abnormal con.
dltlon OF spick-and-Span orderliness. TO start
with; and you feel that in no home are
the papers and books always picked up. the
work out OF sight, and everything kent
with Its best foot forward. In most sensible
not TO say cultivated families the essential
VulgarIty OF loading down the tables with
an unusual variety of food-making a taJIeF
h5te OF the dinningroom because a friend
chances to be presents no longer seen
but III too many, the entire matter of the
family eating is made to turn upon the
guest appetite or readiness. How entirely
lat home one feels ("this is writ ironical."
as A. Ward used to say) to come down to
breakfast quarter of an hour late and find
pltr .tanllLsas reading the advertisements in
MS cFumpled morning paper, with one eye
wandering to the clock, the housewife with
the shadow OF a frown upon her politely
unpuckered brow, and the children naIna.
6ly cross from waiting! The guest shouldn't
oe late-but he often takes liberty when
at home, and would feel much better to
hhd the family waiting at the table. or
even through with their meal, and a plate !
kept warm for him. The consciousness of
Chrowlhg everything out of gear, in the |
FAMILY machinery, or turning it upon new
traek, makes one realize very uncomfortable
that ne is not sat home"
Ihen the children are often kent on |
dress parade" during the presence of |
transient guests. 1t causes pain to a child. |
UEing and sensitive soul to know that the |
children are debarred of their natural and |
ana blessed freedom by his presence. His |
o"I Ittie ones at home climb onto his back, |
S, u Knee, tease for stories, play games, and |
have good time after supper: and while |
tue average parent doesn't take SO much |
interest IN other peoples children, no one |
80 utterly selfish that his comfort does not
ueseFve to be considered, likes to see
on'Iureh robbed OF any of their little rights
""u customs by stupid conventionalitv.
still. W an" AeeP
!. IL may further be truly said of hospitality.
tnatas a rule "entertainng" does not enter.
u, ",lh' fuohc men are not the only people who
IKE plenty of letting alone" The friend
INTO whose home our coming means only
al extra plate and chair at the table, and
'oo'ii at the tireside; whose easy chair is
uiS ZOE resting or chatting; whose homo
oteIe o Is enlarged, not broken up, by our
entrance; whose greeting shows that he is
conscious of receiving as well as ;mnarting
pressure; who preserves his own individn.
ali'y and recognizes ours; over whose roof.
.tee waves the flag Of freedom,-isn't this
ti .iie place where we all love to 90. and feel
'"eFeih the atmosphere of home ?-Flresi,Ze.
HEy. MR.. TOoTH.-This man has created
great commotion in England. He is a
r'uallstlc Episcopal minister, and has been
Perlormlng such services as the laws of the L,
established Church do not allow. sucb as
the burning OF candles, &C., during the
service. He would not desist. so t6a ar,
thor!tles have locked him up in Horsemon.
ger Jail, in London, and now there is n
great outcry about England trying to
as,ondge the freedom Of conscience. Saws
lhe New York Observer:
=, Inc lncarceratcd London ritualist Is still
S 1ne subject Of much talk and type in Eng.
@ anu. de Is nothing except as he is sanother
rI HI"hiPie oil that great multitude of persons
Pa;,ht ~ want TO eat their cake and have it too.
tne under the law, he would despise the '
- -" and at the same time be- sustained hv 8
os S'e law. He would like to strike one end I
" ~ .he e. stick a powerful blow, but he does 1
NJ ny hKe TO have the other end Ay up
ron' ..u aha strike him in the head. Such S
tb;a in ar are always crying for liberty What q
T ,.o means Is very closely set forth by the {
london nri Times when it saws: S
ne Is at perfect liberty to leave Horse.
~ ILOneer-lane Gaol tomorrow, and conduct
n.ei ,~e most Ritualistic service he can devise t
Osiued ~ he will be content to conduct il /
No, nis own responsibility, and in building
cori.a. ghed by law to be used under certain
c.uitlons cea.l He is not forbidden to do '
tbain tba.a things; he is only forbidden to do '
t5e t5'l n,' 10 gwen place, which he holds in +
elaine ,,.;.I v :" .ustee' as iOng as he
bv bnis aa privileges which are secured to him a
tions aeouiar a, Courts he must obey the moni. q
birs'11ie those courts but hecan emancipate q
Ifbe;n at any moment from theirauthority. $
bnf :. :; martyr, 1t is for a mere triyiality; s
nereost - also Tor tPiviality which he is AT
tons.n - e'Joy uhaer proper condi- n
point ,ne,nnatl ,s man, supposed to be at the h
sda " aeathi was asked by friend at his y
l1lue. "Shall l send CO.. - - ~ - e IS, | : I