Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-02
THE HOME JOURN The Home


Journal has now become universal
There are few families Of cultivated habits
flew # those who seek to eniiveu and
make home the most intelligent and at
tractIve place who do not now receive it.
1t is read we believe. wherever run the goo
threads of domestic happiness and true
moral refinement, which are woven 50 thick
~ into the stronger and ceal ser web OF our
counrry's industry aud energetic prosperity.
The Home Journal is the SPEAKER to The
hearts of this busy nation. In the hours
given t. happiness and relaxation.
Our Increased subscription enables us to
command both more material and more
assistance than we have heretofore us
upon the paper. VIZ are BOW able to 'rans-
Ter some of the merely lab"rious department
to other ba lis. This enables Us to C rry
out very cherished design OF our "wn-
one of which We have long seen the value.
but which we have deferred, simply and
only irum not having the time and latOr TO
justice 10 it. We now announce il,
however. and wi endeavor in some mea
sure to describ~ it under the head Of
a NEW FEATURE.
Every one knows how tea table or even
ing circle is enlivene,l, by the coming in of
an intelligent man. who knows all the new
ideas afl lat, aud tells them briefly, happy,
and off hand in the way Of ordinary con
versatioD.
Such person gives you the substance
Of all the daily papers. In three ur four
senseuces-tells you the plan and moral Of
II new book in dozen w"rJs-giv,s the
essence of II sermon, the core of II public
speech. the key to II public charac er, the
spirit of an article in Il review, the novelty
in fashion, the last turn in poliics---ail
briefly. and all without detail cr fnmmery
leaving it with you, as material for your
own discussion and gossip. We mean to
:jOt down, for readers, liz the te~est words
possible, every new idea that falls i'll our
way. AS we read, us people drop in and
talk, as We look about i'll our walks, We shall
be on the look out for ilens and novelties
giving them in the hritfest shape under the
head Of NJ EMs. nr GOSSIP
Formerly we used to lay such memoranda
aside, To write about if we should find time
now. We shall give them to our read. RS.
to discuss f r themselves. In this way. the
subscriber to the li"me Journal will stand
a chance to get hol.l, in some way or other,
Of every new idea that is going.
The other popular features Of the paper
will be continued :-Sketches Of Bellies,
Portraits Of public Characters, descriptions
of stirring events in New York. news of
fashion and manners, phA es of gay and
literary society. any new fun or folly-iu
short, u PICTURE OF THE WORLD AS 1T PASSES.
We have scarce thought it necessary to
mention, however, what our readers well
understand, that we take car: also to
chronicle and advance every inter est of
benevoerce and moral Improvements, and
strive hard to make the Home Journal 10
less useful AID improving than it is enter
tanning and original.
AS IA New Years Present from Gen.
tlema" to II Lady. the Home Journal is one,
of which the remembrance is renewed every
week, and it is unsurpassed as gift in
good taste.
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