Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-03-10
LONDON NEIGHBOURS.
Bow rhey Manage 30 oet on withou,
vuarreIing,

uoW They Manage 10 fet ON Whhou
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Tie jewellers In tho great cities arc
generally disposed 10 ndOptnn attitude
towards their nclghbots which may be
Prescribed ~ one OF armed neutrality
The occupants OF the Immediately con
tlgioua house are regarded ~ persons
who III any moment may he bcliger
cpts. Prudence dictates 10 both par
ties punctillioiis respect for the con.
yenance Of social life. Each, " hc !,
discreet will be on his behavior and
viii scrupulously minimize all posi-.
bilIty Of collision, The best way oi
doing this IL systematically 10 cschcw
any personal acquaintance with
those who live on the other side
OF the partition wall, and Ia
all matters which cnn possibly
affect them 10 bear oneself ~ molten.
iycly IA may be. Hence, II has be-
come tradition Of our social life, that
London neighbors not only should he,
but ~ n matter Of fact are. In hap
by state ~ mutual Ignorance. To
know nothing Of those who dwell
next door IL ,inquestionably copven-
fence aud safeguard Anything like
intimacy between two families who
live in such geographical contiguity IL
certain to Involve endorsements
and likely 10 end In open hostility.
One Of the two households pre-
sumes upon the privileges Of
friendly intercourse, and makes,
very likely In pure Innocence,
some lndeicpcible proposition re-
quests the loan Of some article that
ought not to be asked for expresses
the hope that n bedroom may be gran
tod To a friend of the family who has
casually arrived or displays an incon-
Venicnt and lnconsiderate propensity
10 drop into lunch. " these overtures
are met In n friendly spirit at the be
ginning, and are even reclprocated,
the relations established between the
two houses will be- for while these of
personal friendship, but II IL friend
ship TINT viii be sure hnrbinger
of war. The rupture between the
attached neighbors IN ~ certain as
the little storms which yex tho mar.
rlcd life Of the turtle doves Of the pre-
nuplinl cra. Nothing II more certain
than that people who are closely con-
ncctcd, either by the ties of family or
ucighborh0od, cHnuOt afford 10 take
liberties with onch other. Half the
quarrcls which cstfDnge and embitter
ldusmcn arise from the facL that they
presume upon their consangnlnity.
The mere circumstance that they ARE
related by blood ought to make them
eXhihii towards encli other
u most scrupulous respect.
For this very reason they should
beware of requesting little loans at
impecunioiis moments, or of sending
tcleErams suddenly 10 SAY that they
are coming up from the country, aud
VIII be grateful for u dinnernnd bed.
The point Of honor Is said 60 begin
where compulsion ends, and precisely
because the usagcs OF society would
not allow the kinsman lmportuued in
the manner Just described publicly To
reprimand his relative, his relative
~ guilty Of mn offence against the laws
ol family honor II he pleads the
privilege of relationship. so IL Is with
neiglbora. Az long IA they do not
make the mistake of surprising that
ncighhorhood implies familiarity, all
VIII go well. Directly that truth h ig-
norcd, the prospect of civil war Is MS
sured. The Inhabitants of one of the
crcacents or squares devoted to middle
GLASS will exist In II state Of mutual
peace aud good viii so long ms they
Keep each other at arms length; but
whcn once any project which involves
community Of action Is hronched.--
such rs the painting of the house
fronts IN one color, or reorganization
Of the garden enclosure mlsunder-
standmg, and family feuds, become In
eyltahle.