Hospitality
The brightest, kindliest fireside we Ichow is one of the very simplest ; but there one always finds the ready look find word, the air • f refinement and "heart eomfortj which means more than a banquet or other entertainment ever i could 3 ;a»d in this household one is . . never jarred, upon by hearing of the . annoying details of life. Everything that need be referred to is spoken of in* frank, honejt fashion > but the guest m never called upon to feel embarrassed, or uncomfortable, or bored iy comments or other ways of living, or the petty annoyances of a life in which it is hard always 10 make both ends meet. What is given is eheerfally, genially, and brightly . offered. One feels that the hostess ' itffher' simple hospitality takes her own bright hours ; so one leaves 'her feelingthat an exchange of cheerfulnen has filled the "hour. *
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 3, 8 January 1884, Page 3
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147Hospitality Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 3, 8 January 1884, Page 3
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