The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1899-07-15
HOME VERSUS HOTEL.
Dr.. Talmage Speaks Of the Bless
ings of the Former.
PsiRts Out DisadvaRtaEes of a Life
bpent In Hotels and Boarding
Houses - WholesOme IAhs-
snees Of Home.
Copyright 10. BY LOUIS Kog.sA)

snees Of Hone.
Copyright ia. BY Louis K0psch)
WsshilEtc-, Jzlyt
Home life versus hotel Life Is the
theme Of DR.. Talmage's sermon FOR to-
day, the disadvantages Of q life spent
At more or less temporary stopping
places being sharply contracted with
the blessings that are found In the real
home however humble. The text IL
Luke 1884, %: And brought him 10
an inn and took care Of him. And on
the morrow when he departed be took
out " pence and gave them 10 the
host and said unto him: Take care Of
him, and whatsoever thou spendest
more when 1 come again ! will repay
thee"
This is the good Samaritan paying
the hotel bill Of a man who had been
robbed and almost killed by bandits,
The good Samaritan had found the IN
fortunate On a lonely, rocky road, where
10 this very day depredstions are some
times committed upon travellers. and
had put the injured man into the sad
die, while this merciial aud well-to-do
mar had walked till they got 20 the
hotel, and the wounded man was put
to bed and cared for. II must have
been = very superior hotel in its accom-
~modauons, for, though in the country,
the laUdLurH me-. r.A - a.. -
what In u country would be four or
Eve dollars a day, q penny being then a
days wages, and the two pennies paid
IN this case about two days wages,
Moreover, 1t was n Of those kind.
hearted landlords who are wrapped VI
In the happiness Of their guests, be.
the good Samaritan leaves the
! poor wounded fellow 10 his entire care
promising that when be came that way
again he would pay all the bills until
the invalid got well.
Hotels and boarding houses are neees
sities. In very ancient times they wsr,
unknown, because the world had com
paradyely few inhabitants, and thos,
were not much given to travel, and pr
vate hospitality met all the wants 0
so~journers, a. when Abraham rughe,
out al Mamre TO invite the three mel
70 sit down to a dinner Of veal; as whel
the people were positively commando,
10 be given 10 hospitality; as in man,
Of the places in the east these ancien
customs are prscticed to-day. But "
have now hotels presided ove by goo.
landlords, and boarding houses presid
ed over by excellent host or hostess (
all neighborhoods, villages and citiei
and II is our congrstulation that thos
Of our land surpass all other land
They rightly become the permanen
residence Of many people, such as tbos
who are without families, such as thoE
whose business keeps them migrator!
such as those who ought not for VI
5 rOus reasons Of health or peculiarit
Of circumstances 10 take upon then
selves the cares Of housekeeping.
Many a man falling sick In one {
these boarding houses or hotels hi
Deen kindly watched and nursed; an
by the memory Of her own suffering
and losses the lady at the head Of sue
a house has done all that a mother couI
do for = sick child, and the slumberleI
eye Of God sees and appreciates b.
sacrifices In behalf OF the strange
Among the most marvellous eases Of p
thence and Christian fidelity are mar
Of those who keep boarding houses, e
during without resentment the unre
y sonable demands Of their guests for e
penslye food and attentions for Whit
they are not willing 70 pay an equiv
lent-a lot Of cranky men and wOm'
le who are not worthy TO tie the shoe
their queenly caterer. The outraged
: way IN which boarders sometimes a
10 their landlords and landladies shoI
. that these critical guests had bad ear
: rearing and that in the making up
J their natures all that constitutes Il
gentleman and lady was left out. Son
Of the most princely men and some
the most elegant women that / kno
Of to-day keep hotels and boardii
houses.
\ But one Of the great evils Of this d.
is found IN the fact that 4 large popul
ton Of our towns and cities are Civil
up and have given up their homes 81
" taken apartments, that they may ha
more freedom from domestic duties al
more time for social life, and becau
they like the whirl Of publicity bett
than the quiet and privacy Of a re-
dence they can call their own. The la
full use OF these hotels and boardii
houses Is for most people while they q
in transitu, but as a terminus they a
Y IN many cases decentralization, utter al
complete. That is the point at viii
families innumerable have begun 10 d
integrate. There never has been
time when 50 many families, healtl
and abundantly able to support and
| rect homes Of their own, have stru
co. tent and taken permanent abode
these public establishments. II is
evil wide az Christtendom, and by vol
and through the newspaper press / l
\ ter warning and burning protest a
n ask Almighty God 10 bless the wol
n whether in the bearing or reading.
In these public carayansaries the
y mon Of gossip is apt TO get full swl
!; Al the boarders run daily the CANT
Il Of general inspection-how they 10
when they come down in the morni
and when they get in at night, and wi
> they do for u living, and who they
=, csiye as guests in their rooms, and wi
they wear and what they do not we
:, and how they eat, and what they e
aud how much they eat, and how lii