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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5314, 6 April 1878, Page 2 (Supplement)

Thue Hospitality. —When shall we comprehend that true hospitality consists in perfect honesty, in freedom, ease, and subordination of things to persons ? Who would not prefer, the plainest dinner or the humblest entertainment, with a bright, interested, sympathetic host or hostess, to the most elaborate table or preparations for which he or she had been exhausted ?, As the host, so the company; he must be spontaneous, intelligent, tactful, or the company droops, and is disappointed. To invite those we do not like or want is unkind to them and injurious to ourselves. To do what we cannot afford is pretentious, and. therefore vulgar. To rank our viands above pleasantly, and who do not seek to make it sparkle all the time. That the too-clever girl rarely succeeds in catching a husband, and that, consequently, she runs down upon the lee-shore of old-maidenhood as fast as the gale of years can drive her, is not to be. wondered at. Her character is not loveable, and only a most confirmed hunter of curiosities would care to marry her for her intrinsic merit. : Onb of the old blue laws of Connecticut said : “ No one shall run on the Sabbath day, except reverently." Imagine a man just out of church pursuing a flying hat reverently before a high wind and in the presence of an interested congregation. Turn World asks—Does Marshal MaoMahon understand Italian ? If so, does he. think It a curious coincidence that M. Gambetta'a name signifies in Italian •ftyokioutr ■ .

NGL I S II GOODS' DIE EC T LOWEST EXPORT PRICES. D . NIC II OLSON & CO.. Silk, Woollen, and Manchester Warehousemen. India, Colonial and Foreign Outfitters., KaTA.ni.T3U ED 1818. Invite attention to their 1 llnstratod 220-page Catalogue Bent (with patterns) post free. Ladies’ Clothing, Linens, Hosiery, Gloves, Ribbons, Haberdashery, Jewellery, etc. ; Contractors for Military and Police Clothing.and Accoutrements, i Furniture, Musical Instruments, Ironmongery, Firearms, Cutlery, Carriages, Saddlery and Harness, Roots and Shoos, Wines aud. Spirits, Ales ttnd .Beers, Preserved Provisions, Stationery, Perfumery; Rooks, Toys, etc., etc. ‘ , Foreign Produce disposed ot for a Commission of 2J- per cent. • Terms—Not loss than 25 per cent, to accompany orders, and balances will be drawn for at sixty days' sight. :' D. NICHOLSON AND CO., 60 to S 3, St. Paul's Church Yard, and 00 FaternosUr Bow, London. ' " ■ ;