The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-01-23
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Tsss i sumsGhing more than the
talk Il ~ Traditional syonh,ex in the
shAsxs that the old fsahicoed virtue
Il hcnpitality ID On tho decline. whers
IN the days Of our fathers or grand
fAthAss il vAs not unuazal for people
10 hsse their houses literally over
Sowing With guests, il il now hard TO
find anybody who ever thinks OF en-
testakAiAg more than one or at the
most tvo at . time, and it has become
the s1eeption rather than the rule
that u used TO be for any body outnde
Of . country house in summer 10 have
quests At al. Ths succession OF coun-
Try cousins who we're once almost as
regular visitors 70 all we'll regulated
city dwellings a. the tax collector and
tho g1s MAJ, are scan no more forever,
and the modern housewife would As
son think Of opening q boarding
Aonss at once a. OF having her home
% overEun a. it was in the days OF her
grandmother.
The reasons for this change are nu-
mAroca In the first place, the in
creaaed facilities for travelling Of mod
srn 6mAs has made it so easy for visit
oss 10 come to town that II the doors
swung as Hospitality open as Of old it
il feared that the rightful owners Of
any given domicile would be in serious
danger Of being crowded out OF their
own premisea- There is, moreover,
the increased expense Of living and
the complex requirements Of modern
society, which renders it impossible TO
keep up the old fashioned customs,
With imminent danger Of finding any
srdinary income and any ordinary
4rongt2 hopelessly o~ertaxed. Mod
~n Housekeeping. it is to'be added, is
which Obtained in the olden days that
Is cannot allow the interruptions and
.psettinEs which formerly made no
S1cAk difference. The housekeeper of
tndAy b & Tho bead Of too intricate q
zzAchins to see with any patience the
arrival Of guests which throw out of
rear the whole mechanism. We are
moro selfish than Of old, and we are
forced to be II we hope 70 keep up at
Ill TO tho requirements OF society. We
40 aslred to Be able 70 do 80 much that
taS country cousins, the poor sela-
6ves, the strangers Of all sorts, must
b affAnded to in Some other way than
that Of having the house doors opened
70 them
The sense Of individuality which
has bean developed 50 greatly within
much to do with the present state OF
thingA 1t h recognized that q mans
house mnst b his castle mentally a.
- veil . physically if he is to pre-
aeFve his individuality from the i'm.
DoEtunities Of the unsympathetic, the
1exin9, tho vulgar and the idle. II
nay s. . subimated form of selfish
naas, but it is one Of the things which
the 40 demands, and to what the age
lemaads It's pretty hard not to aecede'
Nor y the result wholly without ita
good hide. People are certainly more
1nAereeing who do defend their indi
vt2uAlHy, and develop their personal
ity, and in tho stress of our over ner
voas time and climate it would b
pfaotinally impossible to meet tho re-
QuiSemenis which stand ready to mee'
men md women the moment they
step over their own threshold, did they
nos mako that threshold a bar to tn
V&8xu0 u k1o O0O&AC VOG1O ~ 4sa& ~
poaible-
The danger perhaps lies in the di
1eotion Of the home lies becoming
aagnant, and the sanctuary's becom
ing Q mere resting place. There is
too, in the exercise Of personal hospi
taity . fne broadening Of the char
setter which Is to b come at in NJ
other way 20 surely. The chance o
much diminished by modern fashion
hat there II room for fearing that "
Ghau Ill too soon forget how it nigh
eom to entertain the heavenly visi
4Ank ct al. OF course each mus
In this Is in other matters draw tn
EnD for himself, bat out Of regard 70
hinsen and for his own character
win be we'll il he draw it great dea
nearer tho old fashioned idea than j
generally done in these days.-Bostol
Courier.