Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-07-15


that always makes mischief. They gath
tr in each Others rooms and spend hours
In consultation about others. Ii they
bad io walk half mile before they got
To- the willing ear OF some listener 10 de-
traction. they would hc ont "f breath he
fore reaching there and moi feel in full
glow Of animosify or Islander. or might.
because OF the distance, not go al all.
But rooms -. u. 30. ~. - and - are
Oh the same corridor. and when onr ear
ron crow goes Cav. Cav" all the
other crows hear il and flock together
over the same carcass. oh. | have
heard something rich. Sit down and let
me tell you all about it, And the first
guffaw incrs~ses the gathering and il
has 10 Ice told all over again. and AZ they
separate each carries a spark from the
altar 81 Cab to some other circle until
from the coal HEAVIER in the cellar To- the
maid IN the top room of The garnet. all
are aware of the defamation. and that
evening all who leave the house will bear
IL 10 other houses until antumnal fires
sweeping across Illinois prairic> arr. less
raging and swift than that flame of con
Stunning reputation blazing across the vii
lage or city.
Gossip of the boa riding House.
Those Of us who were brought MP in
the country know that the Old fashioned
Matching Of eggs in the haymow required
four or five weeks of brooding. but there
are new modes of Matching 10y machinery.
which take less time and 10 the work by
wholesale. So. while the private home
may brood into life an occasional falsity.
and take Il long time To do il. many OF the
boarding houses and family hotels afford
a swifter and more multiiudinouS style Of
moral incubation. and one old gossip will
get of the nest after one hours brooding.
clucking flock Of 30 lies after her. each
one picking up lis little worm of juicy re-
galcmcni. IL is no advantage To hear too
much about your ncighbors for your time
will he 81 much occupied in taking care
of their faults that you will have no
time 10 look after your own. And while
you are pulling the chickweed out Of
their garden. yours will get all overgrown
with horse sorrel and mullcnstalkS
One Of the worst damages that come
from the herding of many people into
boarding houses and family hotels j. in.
fiicted upon children. II is only another
way Of bringing them mp ON the com
mons. While you have your own private
house you can. for the most part. control
their cnmpanionship and their where.
abouts. but by - yea ~ age in these
public resorts they will have picked up
all the bad things that can he furnished
10y the prurent minds of dozens Of pco-
Pile. They will overhcar hlaSphemies and
see auarrcls and get prec"cious In sin.
and what the bartender does not tell
them the porter or hostler or bell boy
will
Besides that. the children will 90 out
into this world without the restraining.
anchoring. steadying and all controlling
memory of home From that none OF
us who have been blessed Of such mem
DRY have escaped. II grips man for ~
years. IL he lives 81 long. II pulls him
back from doors into which he otherwise
would enter. II smitcs him with con
triton ia the cry midst of his diSSipa-
tions. A. che fish already surrounded
by the long wide net swim out to sea-
thinking they can go a. far rs they
please. and with gay toss Of >ilvcry scale
they defy the sportsman GA the beach.
and after awhile the fishermen begin Ia
draw in the net hand over hand aud hand
over hand. and il is long while before
the captured fins begin Ia feel the net
and then they dart this way aud that.
hoping to get out. but find themselves
approaching the shore AMI are brought
up 10 the very feet Of the captors. 81 tn.
memory of an early home sometimes
seems to relax and let men out farther
and farther from God aud farther and
farther from shore : years. Ia years. ~
years. ~ yearS-hui some ,lay they find
an Irresistible mesh drawing them back.
and they are compelled Ia retreat from
a. Ia.
though they make desperate effort 4" -
cape the impression aud try to dive deep.
~ down IN sin. after awhile, arr. brought
clear back and held upam The Rock ~
Ages.
II II Il" poSsihlr. oh. father aud moth
or, let your sons and daughters go cut
int" the world under the s'iuiomnipoi"nt
memory OF good. pure home About
your TIVE at three rooms in boarding
house ar fumil, hotel You can east me-
such glorious sanciity. They will think
Of these public carnvnnsarir~ a. nm early
stopping place. malndorous with Old
victnals. cofiecs perpcinaly ~tcnming
and meats IN everlasting stew or broil.
the air surcharccd with curbonc acid
aud corridors along which drunken
boar,l"rs come staggering ~ O'Clock in
the morning. rapping ~ The door Till
the afIrighted wife lets them in Dn
not be- guilty IT the sacriiegr or bias.
phemy Of calling such place home.
The rri,nc, of Home.
\ home Is four walls inrlosing one fam.
lily with identity of interest and a privacy
from outside inspection 50 complete that
II Is world in ITSELF. no one entering cx.
c.pi 10y permission hnllcd and barred
"a nj aituft.H all
tivcness. The phrase ~ often used in
law books aud legal circles j. nightly
suggestive every mans house Is his cas-
tie. AS much 81 rs though II had draw
bridge" portcullis reluubt. bnstion and
armed iurrci. Even the officer Of the
law may not enter Ia serve y writ except
the door bc voluntarily opened unto him
Burglary 81 the invasion Of il a crime 80
offensive that the law clashes is iron
jaws "u any one who attempts IL Tn
less II bc necessary Ia stay for longer or
shorter time IN family hotel ar boarding
house aud there are thousands ~ in
stances IA which u h necessary. NJ |
showed y"n ~ the beginning unless this
exceptional ease. lct neither wife nor
husband consent To- such permanent resi-.
dcne".
The probability Is that the wife will
have Ia divide her husbands time with
public smoking ~ reading room az with
s"tn" coquctiish spider IN search IT I'M
wary flies, and II yen lo mol entirely lose
your husband il will bc because hc Is
divin"ly protected from the disasters that
have wh"lmcd thousands Of husbands
with ~ good intentions ~ yours. Neither
should the husband without imperative
reason consent {" such life unless he is
sur" his VIII" can Withstand the tcmptn-
ton "f social dissipation which sweeps
across such places with ~" force 80 the
Atlantic ocnau when driven 10y Sep
trmhcr equinox Many wives Civ" M
their homes f"r these public residences 80
that they may give their entire time in
operas. thentrrs. balls. receptions aud
leve"s. aud th"s are IN 4 perpetual whrl
like whpt"p spinning round aud round
aud round very prcttly, until IL Inscs ~
'sluip"is" AMI shoots oil into u tangent.
i'ut the Difference Is. 10 one case IL * a
top and ia the other n soul