Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-07-15
HOME VERSUS HOTEL.
DR.. Talmage Speaks of the Bless
ings of the Former.
Points Out Disadvantages OF q Life
spent I'm Hotels snd BosrdiBE
Houses - Wholcsome fnnu-
ences OF Home.
Copyright. 1899. by Louis ISiopseh.)

Gay, the disadvantages OF a life spent
at more or less temporary stopping
places being sharply contrastcd with
the blessings that are found in the real
home. however humble. The text is
Luke i0:3i. 80: And brought him TO
en- inn and took care of him. And on
the morrow when he departed he took
out two pence and gave them 20 the
host and said unto him: Take care Of
him, and whatsoever thou speudest
more when 1 come again 1 will repay
thee"
This is the good Samaratin paying
the hotel bin OF a man who had been
robbed and almost killed by bandits
The good Samaritan had found the uu-
fortunate on "A lonely. rocky road where
10 this very day deprcdations are some
times committed upon travellers. and
had put the injured man into the sad
die. while this mcrciful aud well-to-do
man had walked till they got 70 the
hotel. and the wounded man was put
20 bed and cared for. II must have
been a very superior hotel in its accom-
modations, for, though IN the country.
the landlord was paid at the rate OF
what in our country would be four or
hve dollars day. a penny being then a
days wages. and the two pennies paid
in this case about two DAYS wages.
Moreover. il WAS one OF those kind
hearted landlords who are wrapped up
in the happiness OF their guests. be-
cause the good Samaritan leaves the
poor wounded fellow Ia his entire care,
promising that when he came that way
again he would pay all the bills until
the invalid got well.
Hotels and boarding houses are neces-
sites. In very ancient times they were
unknown. because the world had COM
paratively few inhabitants, and those
were not much given 20 travel. and, pri-
vate hospitality, met al the wants Of
sojourners, as when Abraham rushed
out at Aamre 20 invite the three men
20 sit down 10 a dinner OF veal: as when
the people were positively commanded
60 be given 10 hospitality; as in many
OF the places IL the east these ancient
customs are practiced to-day. But we
have now hotels presided over bv good
landlords, and boarding houses prcsid-
ed over by excellent host or hostess in
all neighborhoods. villages and cities.
and il is our congra tulation that those
OF our land surpnss all other lands.
They rightly become the permanent
residence Of many people. such as those
who are without families. such a. those
whose business keeps them migratory.
such as those who ought not for Va
rious reasons OF health or peculiarity
OF circumstances 20 take upon them
selves the cares OF housekeeping.
Many a man falling sick in one OF
these boarding houses or hotels has
peen kindly watched and nursed: and
by the memory OF her own sufYerings
and losses the lady at the head OF such
house has done all that mother could
20 for sick child, and the slumberless
eye OF God sees and appreciates her
sacrifices in behalf Of the stranger.
Among the most marvellous cases of pa
thence and Christian fidelity are many
of those who keep boarding houses, en-
during without resentment the unrea-
sonable demands of their guests for ex-
pcnsive food and attentions for which
they are not willing 10 pay an equiva-
lent-a lot of cranky men and women
who are not worthy 10 tie the shoe OF
their Queenly caterer. The outrageous
way in which boarders sometimes act
10 their landlords and landladies shows
That these critical guests had bad early
rearing and that in the making up o.
their natures ali that constitutes the
gentleman and lady was left out. Some
OF the most princely men and some oi
the most elegant women that know
Of to-day heep hotels and boarding
houses.
But one Of the great evils of this day
is found in the fact that large popula
tion of our towns and cities are giving
up and have given up their homes anc
taken apartments, that they may have
more freedom from domestic duties and
more time for social life, and because
they like the whirl of publicity better
than the quiet and privacy of a resi-
denoe they can call their own. The law.
full use OF these hotels and boarding
houses is for most people while they are
in transitu, but as a terminus they are
In many cases decentralization, utter and
complete. That is the point at which
families innumerable have begun TO dis
integrate. There never has been
time when so many families, healthy
and abundantly able to support and di
rect homes OF their own. have strucl
tent and taken permanent abode il
these public establishments. 1t Is ar
evil wide as Christtendom, and by voic.
and through the newspaper press Ut