Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-10-10

HOSPITALITY.
Two girls looked about them with
eyes Of satis6ed content. Both earned
their living day By day, and both hsd
taates that the busy lives bald scant
space 70 crafty; bat they had made 9
sstxuly" home hare In two rooms, and
they wcre going 70 try hight housekeep-
Ing with cream left vt their door llke .
real house, and coffee In tin can, and
old blue chinal And one said impress-
lively 70 the other, sEleanor, Of one
thing wish to make point, this shall
always be hospitable house In the best
sense"
"whst do you call the beat hospital
ity p said Eleanor.
MAKING our friends welcome always,
no matter how the room looks, and CIV
ing them chance to rest II they are
tired. to tell Us their troubles II they are
puzzled and discouraged, to have cup
Of matted milk II they are very faint and
hollow"
"Suppose they come just ss we are
sitting down 70 tea, and We have only
| just enough for ourselvess"
"Oh, you can suppose all sorts Of palm
full contingencies" said Mary, conclu-
sively. I'VE can always have q few
canned things, eggs, and crackers on
hand, and, above all, We can make up
our minds not TO mind that we can't give
3 course dinner. The trouble about ex-
ercising hospitality 10 that people are
really thinking more about themselves
than about their guests. They want to
appear In certain light"
swell, IL Il depressing" said Eleanor,
"that on the one day when you had TO
hurry down and really could not dust,
the very incest housekeeper you know
comes to call just ~ you GET home In the
afternoon, and receives that impression,
which isn't the true one, for usually the
room 10 fresh and orderly"
"f0u can be 20 attractive and cordial,
aud 50 direct her attention to the pretty
glimpse Of the garden from our window
that she will enjoy herself Sd she'll wsnt
TO come again, and then all may be nice y
sometimes we are terribly Tired, you
know. How can one be glad TO zee
callers when there's no strength left r
"Oh," said CHEEKY Mary, probably
We shall not both be utterly exhausted
1t once. The one who ID used up can
90 into the bedroom aud shut the door,
and the other can make her excuses
81 think men are more hospitsble
than women" said Eleanor, meditative-
iy. Don't you know how Uncle John
always says heartily, Come 10, come In,
girls; take of your hats and stay and
Aunt Florence IL apt to be stiffy II II ID
near tea timer
"Yes, know" Mary answered; "bu,
Aunt Florence gets tea herself, aud
| Uncle John eats IL, which may account
for the difference"
Mother used to have" she went on,
"whst think Ii good rule. First say,
I'm glad TO see YOU and then think
what you'll have for dinner. And there
10 4 story told Of good woman In D.,
somewhere up 10 the woods, who was SO
poor that she had nothing for her dinner
out = large turnip, which was boiling In
the pot when her minister came TO SEE
her. She WAS truly hospitable; 30,
when the turnip was done, she put 10 on
the table with some salt, simply saying
such as have give unto thee, and
the good man asked = blessing, which
think must have been most sincere, and
sat down with her"
"Oh, Mary" said Eleanor, anxiously
''don't you suppose they had even cur
OF tea to 60 with it?'
SONY a little SALT" said Mary
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