The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-07-10


same purpose. Their consultation
lasted until lunchron-timc; they were
all going to Il directors meeting; they
lived wide distances apart, Obviously
the lady must serve them with some
thing to eat. She excused herself, and
in a short time invited them to the
dining-room. where she had ready for
them n delicious cup of coffee, brown
bread, and white bread, and the sweet
est butter and am-raspherry JAM
home made luscious. That was
all
The silver WAS bright, the tabc-linen
immaculate, and the club women sat
and ate bread and butter and jam and
drank coffee and were tcasted; they
missed nothing. The lady who told
me said 1T was Il lesson to me. !
should have sent out for several things
that would have seemed necessary. but
Mrs. J. was equal to the occasion, and
she exercised the highest hospitality
hy giving what she had, and the higest
courtescv is not permitting us to feel
that we had given her trouble or in
convenience.
We haveall read, perhaps, how llaw
4 hnp MI In, / f., ,fn, IplnI al
in Rome hy n Young American girl
Studvin" art there. Knowing of heir
presence in the city and wishing to do
honor to her country-pcople, she in
vitcd them to tea with her.
They went, climbing many flights
of stairs; they found her in little
room. apparently studio and sleeping
room combined. She received them
without the slightest apology for her
limited accommodations. and. after a
little visit with them, made Il cup of
tea before their eyes, and took from
some cupboard her cracker and cake
arc"mpanimcntS.
Hawthorne and his wife were enter
tanned many times hv many distinguish
cd people who hnnorcd them by
clahoratencsS and protusion, hut only
of the Young American GIRL does he
make mention in his notebook. She
is the Hulda who. in The Marble
Faun.' feeds the doves from the
tower
The h:r1hclur-womcn in their little
| apartments in Il great city refuse to he
| cut off from the privileges of their
sisters who have homes and servants
and the cares and pleasures that 90
| Herewith. They give charming little
teas and "cutlecS; they are past
masters in the use OF the chating-'lish:
and any one who has sat at their board
will thereafter think very respectfully
of the same y sandwich spread
is not t" he dcspiscd; this is Il meal ut
which every thing. barring the tea and
coffee, is served in the form of Il sand
wich Not until one has tried does
| one realize to what rarity and
| excellence of form does this Wand lend
itself He or she who partakes, forgetS :
| the presence of the tollinThcu and the
Gas stove: of the curtaincd china cup
board in friendly proximity t" the
writiny-lcsk or casrl. There is no
paint on the artists fingers, and the
newspaper woman wears rs pretty Il
gown aS any woman could wish.
They ." away-the fortunate guests
thinking they never had so good Il
time in all their live, The remember
only how bright and Jolly and delight
ful it all WAS
company wisely. Not every one is
great enough to enjoy such simplicity
aS Iiulda in her tower or the bachelors
woman in her fiat. Those who believe
that hospitality consists in much Scrv-
| mo must not he hiddcn to these
f.astS. Ume Journai