Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-04-04
THE HOME JOURNaL-The Home
lnnrnal has n.,xr hecnme universal -

'I'HE HOME JoURNaL-The Home
Journal has now became universal
There are few families of cultivated habits
flew IT those who seek to en'iven and
make home the most intelligent and att
tractive piacr)-who do not now receive it.
1t Is real We helieve wherever run the gold
threads Of domestic happiness ana true
moral refinement, bich are woven so thick
~ into the stronger anil Coat ser web of our
country's industry and energetic prosperity.
The Home Journal is the speaker to the
hearts Of this busy nation, in the hours
given tn happiness aud relaxation.
Our increased subscription enables us to
command both more material AMI more
assistance than We have heretofore US q
upon the paper. W. are now atle to trans-
Ter some of the merely luxurious department
to other ha ds This enables us TO C rry
out very cherished design OF our own
une OF which We have long seen the value,
but which We have deferred, simply aud
only from not having the time and labor TO
justice to it. We nuw announce it,
however, and wi endeavor in some mea-
sure to describ it under the bead Of
4 NEW FEATURE.
Every Que knows how tea table or even
ing circle is enlivenei. by the coming in OF
an intelligent man. who knows all the new
ideas mf1 lat, and tells them briefly, happy,
and off hand in the way Of ordinary con
yersatiuD.
Such person gives You the substance
of all the daily papers. in three or four
sentences-tells you the plan and moral of
n new book i'll n dozen w"rjs-givrs the
essence Of "a sermon. the core Of public
spirit of an article in a review. the novelty
i'll fashion, the last turn in poitics--aIl
briefly. and all without detail rr tiummery
leaving it with YOU, rs material for your
own discussion and gossip. We mean to
jot down, for readers. III the fewest words
p"ssib!e, every new idea that falls in our
way. AS VIZ read rs people DROP i'll and
| talk, as we look about in our walks, We shall
he on the look out for ideas and novelties
giving them in the hriefest shape under the
head of MEMS. or GOSSIP.
Formerly we used to lay such memoranda
aside, to write about if we should find time
how, We shall give them to our read. rs.
to discuss r themselves, In this way the
subscriber to the Home Journal will stand
a chance to get hold 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 pht es of gay and
literary society. any new fun or foly-in
short. II PICTURE OF THE WORLD AS 1T PASSES.
We have scarce thought it necessary to
mention, however, what our readers we'll
understand, that We take carr also to
chronicle and advance every interest Of
benevo'e,ce and moral Improvement, and
strive hard to make tile Home journal no
less useful AID improving than it is enter
tanning and original.
AS New Years Present from a Gen
tl,man to II Lady, the Home journal is one,
of which the remembrance is renewed every
week, and it is unsurpassed as a gift in
good taste.
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