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Show Lnlcrlalnlsg Coatpsaj. Tho who'e philosophy of hospitality hospital-ity is summed up by Kmerson In the 'ollowIngmnnr.cn '! pray you, O excellent wife! nut to cumber yourself and me to get a rich din ncr for this man or this woman w ho lias alighted at our gate, nor a bed-cliamber bed-cliamber made ready at loo great a cest, Tlioto thlug. If thry are curl iius in, they can gel for a dollar at the village. Itut let this man see, if he will, In j oar looks, In your ac-eentaud ac-eentaud beh.aT.or, jour heart and eamcstiH'Ss.yourlhouxht aud will, what he caono buy at any piiee, at any village or city ani which he may well travel tlily mihs and dine sparingly and work hard In order to behold. Certainly let the board bo rpread and the bed be drt-ecd for tho traveler, but let not thoemhaaU of iiaipltallty lie in theso things. Honor to tlio house where they are simple to the verge of hardship, so Hint ihe Intellect Is awake an 1 sees the laws of the universe, the sou! worshlrs truth and love, honor and courtesy flow Into all deeds.' W2r. |