Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1895 — His Notion of Hospitality. [ARTICLE]

His Notion of Hospitality.

There is nothing like making people feel at home. There is one man In Washington who prides himself on it. My friend Lucy called at his house not long ago, and, as everybody urged her to stay to dinner, she stayed. They had beefsteak for dinner that night, and it was simply ideal beefsteak. The host urged Lucy to take a second helping, and after politely demurring, she accepted it. She was eating it when the young son of the family asked for more, too. “Don’t be a pig, Jim,” said his father, with the utmost cheerfulness, “there

isn’t any more for you. You see,” turning to Lucy with a smile of keenest hospitality, “we wern’t expecting company.”