Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-09

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TO be on the wsne. A substitute for the
old-fashioned virtue still exists, but the
woman in moderate circumstances no
longer keeps open house"
To be sure, she sends out cards for
at homes each year, and then feels
that she has done her duty and per-
formed her share towards obeying the
apostolic injunction-"Be given TO hos
pitaiity"
One sometimes wonders II anyone
really enjoys the conventional tea" TO
which one goes from sense of duty. at
which one. greets ones hostess, then
hurries On TO drink tea. though she Ia
not thirsty and eat cake. though she e
not huIfgry-after which she bids her
hostess goodbye and departs to go
through similar performance in another
drawing room Such functions are as-
pecially' for women. or course men are
invited. but they seldom golf they can
help f. Those who DO attend are. as
rule. very young men. very unsophls-
ucated men or very patient men.
Sometimes they are husbands who, per-
haps, would rather stand being bored
abroad than being reproached at home
ior refusing 10 accompany their wives.
ing asefAse husband teeis that he
eosna kiVs NO. kreaterr PROOF -of bis de-
vstion to his wife than by going TO an
afternoon tea, and he usually deems
such self sacrifice entirely supsrfiuous.
Fortunately for him he can always
plead the claims Of ''the office chat con-
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one hAa sau Ihe man enters hesNen
nshs"s iasa 70 ms "iies SHIFTS certain
INST .he Aiherieah business man
$50 nn'o soS'e'y .uoAea eoniio'sao's away
IN nus W'iss caro- case
rasihonAoie rs the Tea Is ana Agreeable
may occasionally De, and convenient
as II eerlaaniy is' u REMINDS one OF the
ie'hier son. who' WsarJihs OF nearing
ms parent ash . blessing before eaeh
mo man uisn ,hree tunes aay, ms
iaiher snouid, "hen ne iaid IN MS winter
supply AFTER hog killing, say grace over
the whole barrel In other words, do up
the entire blessing business at onet.
nope ! may De pardoned for comparing
the giVer OF one formal tea With this
rural and plebeian person.
For, as already admitted. the tea 10 a
convenience. in fact. i is almost neces-
atty IL one would ever hope to find q
friend at home. or see the caller whom
one would regret ito miss, butts 1t all
that Is required In the way Of hospitaiityg
Many Of Us look back regretfuily to the
days score or more Of years ago. when,
In our parents homes, company eauie
often and took u.s. Just as We were.
Our schoolmstss were always welcome
and It was natural 10 say TO the friend
who happened IN near meal time, stay
TO dinner" We fef that our guests came
10 see us. not to see how handsomely we
could entertain.
There Is the root Of the trouble. or one
Of its many roots. We are often irving
10 do more than we can afford 10 do:
more, IN fact, than We have a rirb, ~
do when We invite counpany TO our hones
II the nefghbor AZ whose house we hava
recently dined keeps several maids and
gives fashionable dinners We are ashamed
10 return her Hospitality nv asking her
TO a simple little meal in our small fIa,.
In which We have only one servant.
brtds who's husband Il ON a small
salary recently suxKes,ed to nm TIA,
they ask to dinner In their inv apart-
ment a couple who had been very k.nd
to theun and had shown them generous
hosoatalfty. The vounx HUSBAND rym,naea
hi. eager w1fe ina, II would cost = lo, !,