Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1878-12-21

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a large and cultured audience that gave
frequent expression to its pleasure at hit
wise and witty observations on how
Bright and Happy Homes" were made
TO say that the assemblage was pleased
both with the matter and manner OF the
speaker. would but tamely express the
truth. They seemed to enjoy the dis
course most heartily from the beginning
to the close. ..
| THE BOARDING HOUSE,.
Ladies and Gentlemen-At some time
every man builds home, or is interest
ed in building one. ii he does not get
| enough money to complete the work
himself, his children will do it for him.
Every Young man in this room will
| build himself house But some one
will say, why go to the trouble OF build
ing home, when you can spend your
| life very comfortable in a boarding house.
[Laughter.l Boarding houses are some
times very attractive. The pictures,
the furniture, the carpets, all speak of a
once happy home, and are suggestive OF
better days. The wife who had gath
cred the furniture together, and whose
taste had assisted in the characterization,
had evidently enjoyed happier time.
She had, perhaps, in an evil hour put
her name to paper which she ought
not to have signed. o, be chary in your
criticism, and find no fault with such a
boarding house. In the person OF such
wife you may behold your mother.
But there are boarding houses in which
the home feeling never enters. You
may be little dyspeptic, but neverthe-
less you will have to swallow the indi-
gestible. What melancholy hash |!
(I.aughter.) What vast uncertainties in
that plate Of-sausage! (Rsnewed laugh
teri You send out your empty cup,
with some degree of confidence, and yet
You are not sure that 1t may not be eX-
changed for that just emptied by the
most Objectionable man at the table.
| The cloth ut dinner is in mourning for
the departed breakfast. You have to
dress for dinner, too. What AL annoy
ance it is to dress for dinner. | dressed
once for dinner, and ate nothing-be-
cause was 30 exhausted. have been
told that the boarding houses in Wash
ington are intolerable. 1t is related OF q
member of Congress, who had spent the
session at a boarding house, and was
about to leave in disgust for home, that
| he babe an affectionate and touching
good bye to all in the house. Taking a
last look at the table, he seized an old
and familiar mackeral by the tail, held
il ND and said: Good bye, old fellow
we can't be together always; but | sup
pose | will renew your acquaintance
again next fall. Good bye. Loud laugh
ter and applause =,
Nothing but great necessities should
induce people to board. Ifyou can rent
two rooms on the fourth floor, take them
in preference to boarding. Not one
boarding house in ten is worthy to he
called by the endearing name OF home.
THE CORNER STONE.
Having resolved to build a dwelling
house, we must lay the corner stone.
WHY not? This home is to be q sacred
Mace. The trail of the bride, nesting
in her silks and pdolent Of orange bios
SONS, will pass over its threshold. The
black pail of the bier will move slowly
through its portal, There vii be laugh
ter and gaiety, suffering and sorrow-
crossing and recrossing joys and calaml,
ties. There will be well-springs Of Joy
and fountains of weeping. Yes, this
house is to be- a sacred place, and all our
friends must be present at the laying OF
the corner stone. Grandmother must
be there, with the maiden aunt and all
the children. Let them all lay their
white hands upon the corner stone, with
their blessing. Put i'll the family record
of births, marriages and deaths, and
don't forget lock of the baby's hair
Now LEI all Join hands around the stone
| the yray haired mother and the lass
with raven tresses, aud sing those tender
lines:
mid pleasures and palaces though we ma!
Be il ever so humble there's no place lk'
| home"
Home il a happy place, and sugges
tive of love and tenderness. 1t reminds
one of the Joyous sensations excited III
the mind OF the lrishman who, IN mo
ment OF elation, informed his friend tina
his wife came very near calling mn
"honey." How near did she come L
it." asked his friend. 20, she called me
old beeswax." Laughter.
Now. MS to lectures, ! may say Ill pas
sing that il has been the fashion to dea
with the scientific and the profound
As Ia the profound gave that up years
a,,o. and for two reasens: J.. The PEG
Ma did not understand what was talk
inc about. g. 7 did not know what
Was talking about myself ltproariou'
laughter.
| = s." PRACTICAL THINGS.
Practical things are what desire t.
talk about now. | wish 10 indicate, by
law plain words, how TO make hom'
hIoht and attractive. Bright homes
make bright world. Get the homes
bright and all will be happy. The par
lor Is the first room to engage our alteh
t;on. II must have pictures. Ines
n;ctures need not be expensive paint
inSs. but home scenes with ,generou
sfraaks Of nature in them. You ma!
have specimens of fine art, but w0ui'
nreier boy coasting; or little teiioS
IN a chair. with towel around nus necl
Il suffering the tortures o. hslr s 49,
\ / have seen picture oil d9g, cre pe'
bv few magic touches by Rosa bon
beur, which | would rather possess thal
the finest Boar Hunt scene ever Pro
duced by the old masters: love a.
honest dog. There is no hypocris! Il
the waa of dogs tail. Who would no
admire the picture OF dog that woui
lash into the stream to save the lie
a child. that would lie hstiessiy ON IN
door mat while his master was SICK; tins
Wonld howl disconsolately through tn
night when that master was no more
the dsy 81 sepulture came; and Foal
finally laok mouEptslE INTO me eps
grave. Y would rather have ZOO