Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-03-09
,Io,-sE.s IND HOLES.

's,s there are in the land there
' on15 be comparatively so few homes?
Npolle Thistlethwaite in the Toronto
;nJe The building may be of wood
hrck. its furnishings may be rich or
,or its carpets so costly or so shabby
~ ono would hesitate to have them
aeneral use, it may possess all tho
a1om conveniences, or all the ancient
,a,veniences, but not till we have
.nt some hours or days with its oc-
,,ants under their own roofs can we
lille ,i1a whether the house is or is not
one.
n is true that everybody calls the
lace where he sleeps and eats "home,"
,.onse it is convenient designation.
n the homeless look is readily dis
armed. There are people with plenty
money, and influence, and friends,
no have no home. They have become
a.ustomed to the want of that which
hey cannot buy.
There are so-called homes where the
usband and father goes at night, look
10 sad and worn-out from the cares of
% day and where he energies twelve
fourteen hours afterward, looking
odler and more worn-out from the
ares of the evening and morning. This
the sort of home where the wife
ever comes to the door to smile and
ave her hand at parting, and where
he children, instead of running down
he street to "meet papa" are apt to
;ysterionsly disappear when he comes
sight. He is quite willing that they
hould disappear. He seldom speaks
them except to say: "Stop that
oise!" "Do as you're told this NOM
mt, sir!" or II wish that baby wasn't
lwavs kicking up row." If the chill
rem answer these remarks they are
punished; if the wife answers them an
ngry alteration may ensue. Every
ne is in an unpleasant frame Of mind
the older ones taciturn and morose,
he younger ones quarrelsome and dis
tontented. At the supper-table the
amily is like company of animals,
who feed noisily and hurriedly, and
cave tho moment they have had
enough. The father usually spends his
evenings out, and the boys envy him
hat privilege and longingly anticipate
he time when they will be allowed to
follow his example. "The grown-up
girls regard the place as a sort of COM
bined millinery, hairdressing, and dress
making establishment, where, besides
sleeping and eating, they do nothing
but fit themselves to make what they
believe to be an attractive appearance
in public halls and streets.
The true home in no way resembles
This. The true home is perfect place
bf refuge from all the storms OF life.
Above its portals should be written,
All care abandon ye who enter here. {"
Things may go wrong-indeed, it
at times as though that were the natural
tendency of things-but the evil con-
sequences of their wrong-doing, instead
of being talked about and aggravated,
and frettel over, are quietly modified,
|or avertea, or passed over in silence.
1t is place where children are happier
than anywhere else in the world be-
cause nowhere else do they have such
pleasant words, or see such blight
looks, or receive so much genuine kind
ness Not that they should be spoiled.
Why is it that people are afraid to treat
achild with decent consideration, for
fear of spelling him? One might as
we'll tell farmer that he must not
Keep his young animals comfortable, as
by that means he will certainly spoil
them In all probability lie would
reply that they would never thrive I'M
Jess they were Kept comfortable. 1t is
not so easy to make child happy as it
Ps an animal, for the reason that the
enid has mind, and much of his I'M
happiness rises from that source.
An old bachelor who talked good
zeal about wives and homes, was asked
why he did not have one of each instead
Of having so many ideas about them.
Ah," he said, IF I had not had some
lucas might have had them both. /"
10 make ones home approach as
nearly as possible to ones highest idea
VI what it should be is to have an ideal
nome There are many homes, ele-
gantly upholstered and richly adorned,
mat to the spiritual sense reveal moth
aS but barrenness and dreariness; but
ne true home is occupied by the spirit
~ love, and in its light the meanest
furnishings reflect beauty impossible
understand or to resist.
'B OLLrE THEORIES.
Inc old theory in regard to fires is
'ecomng obsolete. The idea was for
nerly that the fire should be confined
'ao smothered if possible, for lack OF
Pr, but tho modarn i1oo 10 RI rive want