Connecticut western news., 1899-07-13
"A WORLDWIDE EVIL.
REV. DR. TALMAGE CONDEMNS RESI- ! DENcE IN HOTELS.


 DENCE IN HOTELS.
 CAAtrasts 1t With the Wholesome In- !, Aaences That Surround Life In Private Home Children Get Into Baa Company.
 [Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 18oo.l ! WARRINGTON, July 9. = Home life versus hotel life is the theme of Dr. Talmage's sermon for today, the dis advantages of life spent at more or les temporary stopping places being Aharply entrusted with the blessings that are found in the real home, how ever humble. The text is Luke K, 34, S5: And brought him to an inn and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again I will repay thee"
 This Is the good Samaritan paying the hotel bill of man who had been robbed and almost killed by bandits. The good Samaritan had found the un- fortunate on a lonely, rocky road, where to this very day depredations are sometimes committed upon travel iers. and had put the injured man into the saddle, while this merciful and well to- do man had walked till they rot to the hotel, and the wounded man was put to bed and cared for. 1t must have been a very superior hotel in its accommodations, for, though in the country, the landlord was paid at the rate of what in our country would be "A or s day, a penny being then days wages and the pennies paid n this case about two days wages. Moreover, 1t was one of those kind shearted landlords who are wrapped up in the happiness of their guests, be- cause the good Samaritan leaves the poor, weu4ded feAow't to his entire care, promising 64t when he came that way again he would pay all the bills until the invalid got well.
 Hotels and boarding houses are ne cessities. In very ancient times they were unknown, because the world had comparatively few inhabitants, and those were not much given to travel, and private hospitality met all the wants of sojourners, as when Abra- ham rushed out at Mamre to invite the three men to sit down to dinner pf veal, as when the people were posi- lively commanded to be given to hos oatality, as in many places in the east these ancient customs are practiced to- day. But we have now hotels presided over by good landlords and boarding houses presided over by excellent host pr hostess In all neighborhoods, will lAges and cities, and it Is our congratu- aation that those of our land surpass all other lands. They rightly become the permanent residences of many peo- ole, such as those who are without families, such as those whose business keeps them migratory, such as those who ought not, for various reasons of health or peculiarity of circumstances to take upon themselves the cares of housekeeping.
 i A Present Evil.
 ! Many . man falling sick In one of these boarding houses or hotels has been kindly watched and nursed, and I by the memory of her own sufferings and losses the lady at the head of such . house has done all that mother could do for sick child, and the slum- berless eye of God sees and appreciates her sacrifices in behalf of the stranger. Among the most marvellous cases of patience and Christian fidelity are many of those who keep boarding houses, enduring without resentment the unreasonable demands of their guests for expensive food and atten- tions for which they are not willing to pay an eQuivalent-a lot of cranky men and women who are not worthy to tie the shoe of their queenly cater CT. The outrageous way in which b0arders sometimes act to their land lords and landladies shows that these critical guests had bad early rearing and that in the making up of their na- lures all that constitutes the gentle man and lady was left out. Some of the most princely men and some of the most elegant women that know of to- day keep hotels and boarding houses.
 But one of the great evils of this day is found in the fact that large popu- lation of our towns and cities are giv- ing up and have given up their homes and taken apartments, that they may have more freedom from domestic du- ties and more time for social life and because they like the whirl of publicity better than the quiet and privacy of a residence they can call their own. The lawful use of these hotels and board ing houses is for most people while they are in transitu; but as a terminus they are in many cases demoralization, utter and complete. That is the point at which families innumerable have begun to disintegrate- There never has been . time when so many families, healthy and abundantly able to sup port and direct homes of their own, have struck tent and taken permanent abode in these public establishments. 1t is an evil wide as Christendom, and by voice and through the newspaper press I utter warning and burning pro test and ask Almighty God to bless the word, whether in the hearing or read
 
 ing.
 PanAeAoniun of Gossip. i In these public caravansaries, the demon of gossip is apt to get full sway. All the boarders run daily the gantlet of general inspection-how they look when they come down in the morning and when they get in at night, and what they do for a living, and who they receive as guests in their rooms, and what they wear, and what they do not wear, and how they eat, and what they eat, and how much they eat, and how little they eat. If man pro- ooses in such place to be isolated and reticent and alone, they will begin to guess about him: Who Is he? Where did he come from? How long is he go- ing to stay? Has he paid his board? Hnu much dnoa ho nau2 porhana hQ