Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-09-24
ENGLISH HOME LIFE.
Restful snd Tuteresting-Free from tho
Plague OF Hurry.

Restful Rnd tnteresting-treet from tho
Plague OF Hurry.
The English home life IS ideal in
many respects, and it would be good
thing H. II bridal trip could be spent
withinjts charmed circle by some of our
young couples. Certainly the English
understand home life better than we
Americans do, and their principles in
this line could be well adopted among
US, and life would yield a richer harvest
Of love and association. Our days are
crowded with the restless preparation
for the coming to-morrows, while the
English method is to get all the com-
fort and pleasure out of each day as 1t
comes along. The day has its own
life, and he is the wisest man who gets
the most out OF it's short span. There
is no blind hurry and there is a certain
contented leisure in which to enjoy the
present have Observed ii al. through
England. Ii is Il lesson for the Ameri.
can TO learn "to rest and be thankful
Fhe home is the center OF love, social
pleasure and comfort. 1t is not mere
place to eat and sleep and carry on
the train of business followed all day
in the office. There is glow from the
family hearth that has spark that is
alSin to divine fire, which binds the
whole family to the home for genera
tions; and when once the doors have
been opened to the guest every hospi'
tality and kindness is shown him, com
bined with a genuine home feeling.
AT morning prayers, master, mistress
children and servants are at least fol
once in the day all united. Breakfast
nll over England is at nine o'clock. Il
is set upon the table, the joints Of colo
meat on the sideboard, the bell is rung
the servant or housemaid goes about
her duties and the breakfasters helI
one another. The maids of England
nre delight after our independent, i'm
pudent, crude Irish servants. There Il
n mutual respect maintained between
mistress and maid, and decidedly more
consideration is paid in England tc
the servants than here. The slightest
demand is always accompanied by n
pleasant "lf you please" and "Thanh
/ you" II is not considered well-breG
to omit this little form. More servants.
are employed in the household, as the
Englishman rarely does for himself
what he can get anyone else to do for
him. The master supcrvises the serv'
on4v tho ,nivtracc tho houcabo1d Cabs
at cheap rates are always at hand, por'
ters pick up your traps and bundle you
into railway carriages. A cultivated
English woman thinks her time too val
liable to devote il all to housekeeping.
She economies in other ways and gets
housekeeper or excellent upper maid
Her own time is devoted to her chill.
dren, her guests, her reading and her
correspondence. If she entertains much
she must keep abreast of all the topics
of the day. Conversation must embrace
oil topics, If her dinner table is to be a
success. The dinner hour is from seven
to eight p. m, and even later. This
gives the full benefit for the enjoyment
/ VI tut ibHS lNiliSHtS III ouhiihSi. NhVh
but-of-door life means so much. II
seems as il the people wished to get al
the sunshine they could as an Offset tC
the dreary months Of fog.
The important epoch of the day is
dinner. 1t is more or less meal oi
ceremony, even in the humber house
holds. The Engllshman does every
thing seriously, and his meals are never
hurried over or slighted. At hotel h,
prefers table d'hote to the American
plan of ordering la carte. Here agar
one sees the time for everything ant
everything in it's own due time. But
must say the long-drawn-out table
d'hotc is weariness to the spirits. Be
tween four and Eve O'clock all the tei
and lunchrooms in London ar
thronged, for "the cup that cheers
etc. is Indispensable to the men, womer
and children. think more tea mus
be consumed than in any other city o
the world. Business is set aside ant
time taken for rest and refreshment
Among fhe poorer classes this custom i
also observed.-Springfeld (Mass.) Re
publican.