Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-04-14
HOME LETTER.

protest against Far Plays" unseemly
haste in asserting our ignorance, that
we do not read think, or observe. "
We have endeavored to hive with our
eyes open, and make as good use OF
them as circumstances would permit.
Our dear father could read Latin,
Greek and Hebrew. as readily as his
mother tongue; and our mother IN her
school-days. calculated eclipses for a
hundred years to come; and it is most
probable that they so instructed their
children that we might at least be able
to read a bit ofplain English. Then ii
happens that We did not write our
little piece in ignorance of any and all
the facts contained in Fair Plays letter.
quite the contrary.
But there are always two sides t.
every question; and when our liege-
lord found we were about to write
something for the Home Circle, he
energetically remarked, he would war
rant anything it would be some sore
headed affair: in other words, that we
were going to give particular fits to the
Lords of Creation. How quietly we
would disappoint h;m,-and we did
We are not all of us of the long-eared
persuasion, through we may indulge in
a little donkeyish perversity on oc-
casion.
Far Play has portrayed dark pic
ture ofmasculine depravity, and paren-
tai responsibility. That is true, and
only q shadow of the horrible reality
Is lamentable fact, which l fully
realize would be sufficient to make
woman shudder at the thought OF
marriage
When we see fair young madens in
dulging fond dreams of welded bliss,
ii calls to mind the words of the poet,
oh. dreaming world, we sum up half man.
kind
And add two-ihirds 10 the remaining half;
And lind the total of their hopes and fears,
f'uf dreams; empty dreams. E
But it IS vain TO look for perfect hap
piness here below; and there are some
good husbands, and some homes where
dwell happy, loving hearts; but just
now many or how few the God above
alone know.
do not regard the theory Of wo-
mans influence "a little fib." tits a
living reality, fearful responsibility
whose ultimate results, reaches
far out into the boundless realms of
eternity.
If the little one. who are to form the
future ,Jsiicy of the latlon, are not in
their mothers keeplng, they are very
poorly kept; and if all mothers were to
cease from gwing us these wee-bits of
humanity where would be the destiny of
the " ord. True, children may inherit
wee, and they may learn it from their
fathers but the fathers cannot be made
20 shoulder all the blame; for alas !! |
there are vicious mothers too, who
learn their children to swear, smoke,
drink and commit uncomfortable |
denominations.
This world is full ofwoe, sin, sorrow,
misery, and death. Life is but a flu
neral march to the grave, and tears
beat the drum to which ali keep step.
p. 81 have spent years of time
over fancy work of various kinds; and
might perhaps add some items of inter-
est,-especially about rustic art work,
but my letter is already too long. Am
clad tonotice that some of the "Sister-
hood" possess good share of what we
call yankee ingenuity while Others
are very wise--at least in their own
conceit; so We leave the space for
Others and with this bid adieu to one
all. PHTNIN.