Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-03-01
THE FAMILY CIRCLE.

| PoLTENEss Al HOME. Always speak
with politeness and Difference to your
parents and friends. Some children are
polite and civil everywhere else, except
at home, but there they are coarse and
rude Shameful Nothing sits so grace
ful upon children, nothing makes them
so lovely, as habitual respect and du-
tifal department toward their friends
and superiors. 1t makes the plainest
| face beautiful, and gives to every COM
mon action nameless but peculiar
charm.
! THE HEDGE- Hoe HUSBAND. Kind
ness is good investment at any time or
anywhere, hat in no.place does. it give
better returns than at home. There,
above all other places, is it bread cast
upon the waters that will return hun
/ dred times IN the love ard affection of
your family. LII man does not possess
the hearts of the little ones that gather
around his freside, he is a hundred
times bankrupt, though he owns stocks
and bonds, and lives upon the interest
of his interest. 1t would be time wasted
to attempt to paint the loyalty of a
woman to the hedgehog husband. He
knows that if his own parents should
disown him tomorrow, and misfortune
overwhelm him, he could still find q
pillow for his cares on the bosom of his
wife. While we appreciate that moth
| ing is gained by reasoning with this
creature, there is some satisfaction in
letting him know occasionally that the
world is watching him. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
+ MOTHERS. Some one said that a
young mother is the most beautiful
thing in nature. Why qualify it? Why
young? Are not all mothers beautiful /?
That sentimental outsider beholder may
prefer youth in the pretty picture; but
/ am inclined TO think that sons and
daughters, who are most intimately
| concerned In the matter, love and adj
mire their mothers most when they are
old. How suggestive of something holy
and venerable when person talks of
his "dear old mother" Away with your
mincing mammals, which name is sug-
gestiye only of fine lady, who deputies
her duties to nurse; drawing room
maternal parent, who is afraid to handle
her offspring for fear of spelling her
fine new gown! Give me the homely
mother, the arms of whose love are all
embracing; who is beautiful always,
whether old or young, whether arrayed
in satin or modestly attired in bomba-
zine.
PERSONAL PREsENcE.-There is a
subtle, almost an indetinable quality in
some people which may be defined as
presence. The person impresses those
he meets by certain individual mag
netism which has rare charm; and
sometimes, on the other hand, strong
repulsion. The woman of presence is
either liked or disliked. She is seldom
overlooked, never ignored. While we
are thinking of this, we must say
word to those short-sighted ones who
wear needless brIsque manner, while
they plume themselves on being sin
core, candid, and otherwise virtuous A
good conscience is an excellent thing,
and so too is a winsome manner. 1t
should be cultivated. Children should
be taught courtesy by precept and ex-
ample. Listen to them when they talk
to you. Answer their questions. Please
be polite everywhere, politest of all at
home. Politeness does not even re-
quire or insinuate the slightest infringe
ment of truthfulness. An agreeable
and winning manner is an accomplish
ment of far more worth, in the long run,
than anything taught in the colleges
and seminaries Do not under value so
great gift, but if it be not yours by
nature, try to acquire it. Some, like
Paul, are freedom" to life's best
things, and others are not; but tact,
social ease and loyingness of manner in
mingling with our kind are worth the
payment Of great price to obtain
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