The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1889-05-02
TRUE HOME LIFE.
Tire Kind of Family Government Which
Leads to Happiness.

Tire Kind of Family Government Which
Leads to Happiness.
What is the central point OF true
holne lifep Is not this the question
which we should each, as home=build
ers, ask ourselvesp What are the
things OF all that we do, daily, week
ly, or returning in their appointed
time, which are not only not neces-
sary but are harmful to the true home
life? Itmay be that the only reason
zfer~doing certain Things is -because'
the preceding generation has done the
same things, and that, too, in very
mechanical. ways mother holds
her first child while it sleeps upon her
lap; it becomes accustomed to it.
When she grows stronger she must
Hay itz.dewns to- do neressary work. It
frets and cries and refuses to take its
maps. The mother is worn out in her
efforts to do the work and quiet tho
cries; so she carries the child about in
her arms. 1t is slow to walk. She
becomes nervous and irritable, toward
her baby, even. Her second child is
cross aud restless. She bears and
rears several children. All through
these years the mistake pursues and
wears her out. The children are not
taught to depend upon themselves and
be helpful.
This mother does non-essential
things and leaves the essential undone.-
Her mental growth stopped long ago;
alas for the time when The little chill
-dren find that mother can not help
them in their little studios, and alas
for the mother who has let the knowl-
edge OF her girlhood slip from her, and
has not added to it both for herself
and family! What is ffore beautiful
to see than great sons and daughters
asking mothers opinion of some
point which they are in doubt about,
which they bring to her to have set
tied before they return to school? To
have them hasten eagerly to tell her
upon their return that their work was
right?
Sometimes it is through suffering
only that woman learns that there
are many things which need not be
done. 1t is often in these times of
forced qsiet that she secs most clearly
that real living is not part of hcr
home life. After her experience is
gained and she has but little strength,
she can then think what she should do
with the strength which still is left to
her.
Temporal wants and pleasures must
be considered, and indeed planned for,
but there are many things done in
the way OF cooking food unwhole-
some through its richness, which
should be made rarely, il at all
Sacrifices which take away. rest and
sleep to keep UP pride in. dress or
some adornment, should never be
made.
Let children be taught .5tthat they
may have fussy clothes when they can
make, iron and keep them, in order
In home where the work is done by
the mother and daughters, this plan
is pursued. She found that when her
daughters were old enough to iron
unidentified white dresses they pre-
ferred plain ones.
Nothing can take the place OF neat
ness and order. These depend much
upon good management, for one can
always be cleaning. yet never clean,
always arranging, yet never in order.
Sometimes ones own spirit. is rest
Il. 4. AZ
lack in the divine part of a true home
life. Pauline. Adelaide Hardy, in
Good Housekeeping.