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January 80, 1902
THE LUTHERAN VISITOR
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TABLE TALK.
First of all, do not be troubled
if there is no table talk. A dear
Quaker lady once put this very
tersely. She said, “Thee need
never grapple with a silence.”
We seem to feel in our modern
social household life as if noth
ing was so dreadful as a silence.
We speak of all pauses as “awk
ward,*’ and wish somebody else
would fill them, and hasten to
say something, simply because
others do not, whether we have
anything or not to say.
Now this feverish feeling that
we must be companionable is
sometimes born of a real desire
to give pleasure, and real fear
that some one may miss the talk;
but it quite as often has its root
in a mistaken notion as to what
kindness requires. It is rarely
required to make talk, and noth
ing is harder and nothing more
unremunerative in pleasure to
others.
We need to learn to let each
other alone; not in the spirit of
surly indifference to others’
pleasures, but in a spirit of re
spect for others’ silence. Take
itjfor granted that if others have
anything to say they will talk.
Never feel that they must be
drawn out or forced to talk, and
never feel forced to draw your-
selfout. Nothing can be sweeter
than jthat lovely home atmos-
phere.in which each understands
the other so well that there is
pleasure »in the very presence,
and no need of expression or ef
fort in words.
On'the other hand, the meal is
not a mere feeding time for the
hungry human creature. It is
the time for the gathering of the
day. Some are weary; all ought
to welcome the dinner hour as a
time of reaction for mind as well
as body. It is a family institu
tion like family worship, and it
is a food for both mind and body
to come to it expecting some
thing 'pleasant and ready to
contribute^ something pleasant
for all the rest.
Never.take the meal time to
tell the shortcomings of servants
or the naughtiness of the chil
dren, or the symptoms of'our
own or others’ ailments, or the
details of accidents or misfor
tunes. But if there is any bit of
fun, or cheery bit of news, or an
item of information, or a fine or
funny it«m in the morning pa
per, give it to us with the food.
A good laugh helps digestion,
and the easy, good-natured, at-
home atmosphere, where the
people really love each other, is
enough of itself to create all the
talk that it is desirable to have.
One thing more. Never let
the fault-finding spirit find a
place at the table. So surely as
it comes once it comes again,
and the nervous wife’s digestion
and comfort can both be spoiled
by the look on the husband’s
face or his frown or his voice
when the cooking is not to his
taste. How soon the peevish
daughter and the growing boy
learn to duplicate the snarl in
the father’s tone all know who
have observed the family life in
many homes where fault-finding
is the rule. No demon so cruel
as this should be permitted a
seat at our board. If there are
evils then, after'or before the
meal, try to find the cause, and
patiently apply the remedy; but
swallow discomfort with your
watery coffee and your leathery
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