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Show g nQuesj atoijr, table. Emerson used to entertain guests of every rank and nation vW, came to pay him homage, They sat 'down to tli homely fare, whatever it rwas, -provided for the family. Often itwas a dish of potatoes and a jug of milk. "They do not come to examine our food," he would say, "but our life." If American women of moderate means would adopt this idea 'how fine our hospitality would be I In the majority ma-jority of small households a guest is a rare and important" event. Me Ms'S v V T not,wclcomcd-to the every-day fare.' of the family, nor taken into its life, but is treated to strange dishes and company manners. A venerable Bishop, whose flock is-scattered is-scattered over a great territory, said, lately: "I have been traveling and hungry for three months. My people peo-ple insist on feeding me on strange dishes andpastry that I know they do not regularly .catand. all, the lime I have been longing for a bcessteak and a baked potato. They mean well, but why will they npt'bcT their natural selves?" vOYASwini caiycanutjiatttcr , than .we ..have; to be our natural selves? To be anything else, to do "ght !"t the thing, that is natural to ffis, Is e;vcr apparent. We deceive no one;' least of'all the guest at our ..Jabic.v-" ' . STRICT OBEDIENCE. Mrs. Flint always demanded instant and unquestioning obedience from her children. One afternoon a tstorm came up and she; scnUhcr son.JohnMto 1 cctyap'doordcaanVtloT. Butf Mother ''.said John. s "John, I told you to shut the trapdoor" trap-door" , ..'.. "Yes, but, Mothcr-r--." . "John, shut that trapdoor." "All right, Mother, ifSpbu say so, ii " " "johnl" yf John slowly climbed the stairs anl shut the trapdoor. -TiiQustprmJjowlcd and raged. Two hours later the fam-ly fam-ly gathered for tea. When the meal was half over Aunt Mary had not ap-pearcd, ap-pearcd, and Mrs. Flint started an investigation. in-vestigation. She did not have to ask- - " - - -- - many questions; John answered the M .XvPnc,: . , . B ll "Please, Mother, she is up on (he H GETTING OFF EASY. ' B A barber in South Bend, having H been out late the night before, liad a Jl shaky hand the next morning and cut B a patron's check four times. After M each accident' the barber said, as he 1 sponged away the blood: "Oh, dear 1 me, howcarclcssl" fl The patron took all these gashes in M grave silence. But when the slnvc H as over he tilled a glass at the water- fl cooler, took a mouthful of water, M and, with compressed lips, proceeded fl V fH to shake his head from side to sidc. M "What is the matter?" the barber H V "" asked. "You ain't got the toothache have you?" H "No," said the customer; "I tonfy H wanted to sec if my mouth would H stjj hold water without leaking." B Ladies' Home Journal. B |