Nebraska advertiser., 1882-04-20
WHAT Is HOSPITALITY9
BEFORE THE PARTY.

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name completes the numberl William,
my dear, will you please listen to this
list of invitations, and see if l have
omitted any one to whom we are in
debtedP' The poor father-of-the- -fami-
ly, thus addressed, meekly laid by his
spectacles and paper, and prepared to
submit to the inevitable.
1t was a way Mrs. Barnes had of plan
ming with her daughter Alice some eX-
pensiye Indulgence, and, when too late
to be recalled, springing the subject up
on her husband in an easy, matter-of-
course way, which left him no alterna-
tive but half unwilling consent.
"Why, you see, my DEAR" she went
on, in answer to his questions of sur
prise, ''we haven't had a large company
in over year. and we are really under
obligations to all these people-fifty-
eight l make in ALL
81 do detest large companies" " began
Mr.. Barnes.
"Tm sure you cannot dread this thing
anymore than | do" put in Mrs. b.,
"and all the work and care to come up
on me, too; but it is not So bad as a
numbek of small gatherings, Just Us it is
better 10 have several doomed teeth all
extracted at once, rather than to keep
dreading them"
"What would these people say if they
knew mother compared their entertain
ment to pulling gteethp'-this from Alice,
in an aside to brother Fred but that
young gentleman, who had been to col
lege, assured her that cit was the way
with the world; they all felt just so.'
"Well, we must at least study sim
plicity in our arrangements and that
will ease both your labor and my pock-
et-book, said Mr.. Barnes.
Sure enough, let's institute new
departure, as Julia Dorr did in Rut-
land, >" assented Fred. ''She Just had a
dainty bit of cream and fruit, or some
thing, and lots of fellows went home
hungry, not relishing the feast of rea-
son and flow of soul. n"
THAT is very well for literary people,
whose houses are full of objects of in
terest," said his mother-''And who
have other ways of entertaining peo-
pie than through their stomachs,"
whispered naughty Alice" but we
must have an elegant supper, or we will
give up the party. OF course we must
have oysters and several cold meats,
besides ices, ice-cream, fruits, coffee
and chocolate. We will pinch some
where else II make up; leave that to
me, William And the lady went on
complacently reading her list. CDR.
A and Mrs. Rollins; you recollect we
We're invited to their daughters we'd
ding
Both which obligations cost us a
pretty little sum for presents to people
we don't care thing about" said Mr..
Barnes, bitterly. MARY, if you ever
hear me say a word about our having a
metal wedding, know at once that l am
either crazy or in my dotage. When we
get so low as to invite people to give us
presents, will 60 round with sub
scription paper, but will never get up
the modern farce of silver or golden
wedding
"Then here are the Livingstones,"
pursued the lady, "who have Just come
TO town, but real quality people, whom
it is best to place under obligations to
as; and Squire Harding
"Who invited me to his breakfast, be-
cause he wanted my vote" put in pater-
familias, unpleasantly. "But it's all
right, my dear, all right, | suppose,
Ohlg oHc cdulol uclp WoHucIlHS WldJ
the Savior meant, when he said; When
thou makest dinner or a supper, call
not thy friends nor thy brethren, neither
thy kinsmen nor thy rich neighbors, lest
they also bid thee again, and recon-
penSe be made thee
Probably that will all be changed in
the new translation said Alice, who
was disposed to be bit cynical, like her
father, and to see through the veneer
ing Of society shams.
Let Us pass lightly over the dreadful
days OF preparation; the turning up