Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1901 — The Revival of True Hospitality. [ARTICLE]

The Revival of True Hospitality.

That women who have broadened in sympathy, intellect and experience from their dip into the world’s affairs during the last decade or two, who, in their club-life,‘give and receive the best there is in womanhood—that they should grow weary of the social clear-ing-house of afternoon teas, “at home,” formal receptions, etc., is not surprising. Nor is it illogical that they not only demand release, but ask for bread instead of a stone. Th&y would exchange the repetition of perfunctory compliment, the monotony of established routine, for a knowledge of their Neighbor, an acquaintance with men and women as they really are behind the social mask. And so it happens that a rennaissance of simple and genuine hospitality is impending, and its promotion the announced policy of a goodly portion of society. What form will this revival take? Who can say? It is even hard to conjecture; yet it is safe to predict that desire, aided by clever brains, will reach fulfillment.—Woman’s Home Companion.