The herald., 1895-05-03
Afternoon Session

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by the audience. The first paper on the
programme was the Ethics of Hospitai-
ty, by Mrs. J. A. Osgood of Los Angeles.
The code of the nohlest ethics was given
by the Great Leader OF men, "As you
would that men should do to you. do ye
even SO to them
The speaker addressed herself more es-
pecially to the young wives and mothers,
for many new housekeepers said to her
frequently that they were fond of their
friends and would like to entertain them,
but their small means and rooms deferred
them, as those they wished to invite
were so much more luxuriously surroun-
ded than they could offer to guests. True
hospitality consists not in what we have
to offer, but in the spirit i'll which it is
rendered. If we cannot have costly
things, we may make our friends cor
daily welcome to what we have at COM
mand. In the matter of entertaining. the
writer counseled simplicity in all things.
In this land OF flowers we may all have
them. if not the cultivated, the wild bios
sons are to be had for the picking. Ii
gas and electricity are beyond our means,
we may have the soft light OF candles,
more especially if the hostess has been
fortunate enough to inherit from her
grandmother old fashioned candlesticks.
A simple menu is always more acceptable
to guests if cordial welcome is eX-
tended, with the hostess at ease to enjoy
their society rather than the over-worked,
troubled countenance too often the ac-
compartment of company feasts.
The expense incurred by the modern
fad of giving prizes for games deters
many young housekeepers with limited
means from entertaining frienos and the
folly of this custom was pointed out. as
well as the spirit of gambling it fosters
in our social life. We value the society
of our friends most when we serve
them the simplest with heartfelt well
come.
1t is not what we do but what we leave
undone that makes the heart ache.
The discussion drew out amusing ex-
periences and Judged by the views ex
pressed by the speakers there will be no
more costly lunches and dinners. Sim
plicity in entertaining will be the
watchword and the unexpected guest the
husband brings home on washing day
will be greeted with smiles and made
cordially welcome to the contents of the
larder. even though it may be but bread
and milk.
Doctor Belle Reynolds WAS the next
speaker. with Patriotism for her subject,
and who OF her sex is so we'll qualified to
be the patriots mouthpiece as Major
Belle Reynolds the woman whose young
days were spent on the field and in the
hospitals as an army nurse? After the
war she was given commission as
major. the only woman so honored in
the United States. Her paper was lnsplr-
ing in its fervor and feeling.
Patriotism is that divine spark I'M
planted in the breast of every civilized
being which bursts into a fame of love
FOR ones home and native land. 1t was
that spark which fired the hearts OF
Erin's sons and made the name of En-
met and O'Connell beloved by all. 1t
was that spark which kindled to flame
+ha aI Era of
given right, which had been trampled
under foot by tyranny and misrule and
thereby made the American revolution
the first liberator of human slaves. 1t was
seen in that lurid flame OF love of country
which in 1775 burst from every hillside
calling men from the plow and the fields
of ripened graiu leaving the no less pa
triotic women to gather the harvests and
protect their homes from the savage and
foreign foe. Patriotism looks not for
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or emolument,
but burns with love of native land,
sense of justice to the oppressed. and de-
mands that the ship OF state shall be
manned and equipped by honest. order
loving patriotic men, willing to sacrifice
self for the good of mankind.
The spirit of the true patriot was voiced
in the soul-stirring words at the begin
ming of our civil war, Whoever is not
prepared to sacrifice party organizations
does not deserve the support and coun-
tenance OF honest people. When we
shall have rescued the government and
country from its perils and see its flag
floating in triumph over every inch of
American soil, it will then be time enough
to Inquire as to who and what has
brought the trouble upon us. When we
shall have country and government
for our children to live in in peace and
happiness, it will then be time enough
for each of us to return to our party,
banners according to our convictions OF
right and duty. Let him be marked as
no true patriot who will not abandon all
such issues in times ike these. ;"
Patriotism has often been confounded
with fanaticism, but there is principle
in patriotism. a principle in fanaticism.
The patriot looks beyond self to
humanity; not to the adulation of the
multi ude but to the gaining OF some
great good to the greatest number.
Emmett strove to wrest his country from
the tyranny of an alien and his life was
the pc nalty.
Kossuth. the romantic hero, sought to
raise his countrymen. mere handful, to
an independent power. There may be
some present who. like myself, were
privileged IN childhood to listen to his
words Of burning eloquence when he first
landed in America. 1 can never forget
his stalwart figure. his eagle eye. raven
locks, dropping mustacne, and the easy
grace with which he wore the Spanish
cloak and bl load- trimmed hat which
ever after bore his name. His aim was
high, worthy the man whose whole life
was given to his people and their cause.
but the accom- mplishment of his aim was
impossible on the basis he desired ,and he
died voluntary exile from his now in
dependent Hungary.
Italy has her GarIbaldi aud Mazzani,
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dominion of papal power. But know of
no nation whose struggle has been greater
than that of Poland, or whose enemies
have been more persistent in their perse-
cutions.
And the patriots of America. Who
can number them? Their representatives
are seen in the men and women of today
who wear the badge which links them to
the past with chains forged at Lexington,
| Bunker Hill and Yorktown. They sleep
| by thousands IN the trenches at Shiloh.
| Young's Point, Vicksburg. Andersonville
and Libby, stricken down by disease,
their faces to the foe, their graves un-
known and unnumbered.
They sleep by tens of thousands at
Arlington. Gettysburg. Nashville and
Chattanooga. their graves green and sun
| kissed. The best of one grand woman $
life was given to make their last resting
| place the most beautiful in all the land.
Patriotism has found voice through the
| medium OF our sweetest singers and
| strongest writers. 1t has built noble edi-
| fees and reared columns of marble and
granite tO its hOnOred dead which show