AN OPEN HOUSE

How stupid those misers are who fail to practise the law of hospitality! They succeed in being poor in the midst of plenty. The delicate flower withers away if you take it to the nose to inhale its fragrance.

But the guest who comes for a meal will shrink even at a distant look that indicates unwillingness to receive. We should treat poor guests more delicately than the most delicate Bower.

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