The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-11-21
OUR COUNTRY COUSINS.

Our country cousins are rather impressed
with our grandeur, and lothing they have
is 100 good for u.s. The best room is thrown
open for our benefit, and the sunshine is
allowed to pour in on til" best brussels
carpet and haircloth furniture The neigh
of the larder is spread out before us. They
serve six o'clock supper, and the menu isn't
at all like the meal We have heru in the
habit of having at that hour in the city
They have sauce and biscuit and spice cake
and tea, and fill in the odd spaces on the
table with plates of cottage cheese and
churn that very morning. Those of us
who are fortunate enough to have this kind
of a summer come back to the city refreshed
i'll body and spirit. The crickets and the
katydids do not make the same sort of
music that we find at the summer resorts,
but they lull us to sleep rather early in the
night, so that We are ready to respond to
the cock crow in the early morning But
the farm wife is up about her work long
before we know it is day. She has done
days wCrk before sunrise, maybe, and even
lazy old Sol peeps in at the kitchen door at
her with u blush Of crimson on his guilty
face Simple country living affords n great
rest for overweary nerves, and those of us
who have country cousins had better re-
joice in the fortunate inheritance, and leave
our city latchstriug on the outside of the
door for them during the winter season,
when they come to town to see the sights.
The etiquette of visiting would fill a
book, if it were set down in black and
white. A hospitable New York woman
who entertains a good many people during
the course Of the year tells me that there
are but very few OF her list of guests who
meet the requirements of the guest.
The model guest is one who comes when
she is invited and goes home at the expira-
ton of the time specified in the invitation.
She makes her own bed keeps order in her
room ard is all ready when the maid an
nounces that the meal is served. believe,
in addition to these excellences. that she
brings her own soap and scissors and comb
and brush, and that, in case size does not
do this, she, at least, on departure, retrains
from appropriatinG any Of the articles mer-
toned. The model guest bnses herself
with bit of at .ract!yc needlework, which
size afterwards presents to the hostess. She
makes friends with the dc- and cat, and
she tells stories to the children, and adj
mics the family baby aid praises The cook
ing, and never forget, little fee to the
servants She never intrudes herself dur
iug the Louac-woriiiNG hours, but settles
herself ina snug corner VITA u boo&, and
has TIE best Kind Of time Sometimes
she dasIs around Il little. just for exercise,
and she claims only the privilege Of being
oua az the family. She knows how TO eX-
press appreciation in way that puts spurs
III everyone IS good cndcayors, and she goes
home white everybody is very fond Ct her
and regrets her.
The model guest In the country antici-
pates q thousand ways in which She can
help. Sometimes she churns just for the
novelty, and when the country cousin
washes dishes she wipes them for her. The
model guest is regular angel in the family,
aud she is always engaged for visits months
in advance. 1t is all on account Of her
uasclIishness and ready sympathy, and be-
cause SIZE has the power Of adapting herself
to modes of life that belong to others rather
than to herself, and finds every situation
fraught with human interest.-New York
Recorder.