Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-07-05
Home Making
Some walls do not q prison make
Or iron barS,a Cage.

Or iron bars a Cage.
Upon this principle we under
stand four walls incluSlng furniture
do not make II home. Good house
Keeping is not necessarily home
making; i'll point or fact, it is some
times the greatest foe to the spirit
which is the rervading atmosphere
Of real home.
Children love the house which
has this home spirit, aud there
they can he found. whether 1t Is
where their parents STAY or not.
Ii ma, bea small cotrage oraprince,
IL mansion, in either ease You VIII
surely fintl hcmp-nakcr. whose
sunny unSeltistneSs brings harpI
ness To all he privileged inmates
Snch a one may hu the weaIied
hon>e-mulller, hurtleRed with many
cares, hut full of loving kindness,
or an elder sister who early has
learned le blessed eSson of bur.
den sharing, or even it may be u
suffering invalid, whose room 10
lie best loved at home, aud whose
INTEREST in the broader life ofo,hcrs
never fails.
The good housekeepcr, in the
cleanliness Of The ROOMS and the
wrll-or,l, red meals. provides the
comfort OF the family:S daily living
and so lays a broad foundation tor
its highest AMI best Developments.
She must mol, however br con,cll.-
I'd with The cl;al n.s NJ oder ther
rnouS tl.c daintiuc>S Of her table,
the mrtliness ST her children's
clio les. The life is more than
mel, The body Than raiment. Let
tn minds and hearts have food az
WILL; etlEere be good talk among
til elders, and The younger men,
be-. nft the family Will thrive there
on. The Zeal hews of the world,
discoveries in science, more inter
estiDg n,politiral changes which
are making history.sociaI questions
VIII ell are vital.
These materials are all with MS
AMI ale power for coed in the d.
reution they give To lhe thought OF
questioning minds. What Edison
is doingin his workshop will surely
Interest, Tom and Harry more than
what NeisIrhor Jones thinks of his
nt!glbur's tloineS. 1t is better Ia
tell the boys, and the girls, too, of
tile possibilities to Europe IN Bis
marks retirement, rather than 70
discuss before hem he dlssenSinES
in lie church and whether your mn
lister will withdraw. Let Sue and
Annie tell lie 90 yon) wcll-known
story Of some hook orpictnrc, rather
Than comment on then yonng
iritndS'.lll or well fitting gowns.
Soon cnougll they will find that in
his world gossip Is always current
con-; but il given better resources
and better standards they will exer-
ciSe in tier respective places an
uplifting tendency when they come
ll.tOiit life OF The work.
The man of HE house will prize
The ccmlianionShip found in III i'll
lelilgent Eume lar Inole than that
Of the club On ol h,s business asso-
clale.>. Ii will be a welcome change
lloni Ills daily avocalions to talk
II and so come into 10 touch with
tie wider life of the world.
These broader interests need III
70 way duil the sympathy tobe ex-
tended TO Tie variouS members OF
tie lcme circle. This VITAL houd
must nn1erlle all true home life.
Tie pride i'll we'll merited success.
lie recognition Of honest effort the
land-claSp OF Kiss llicll shedSfopc
into dcSrair-these make home life
v.iy stronghold for mind, heare
and soul I'icib such homes She
sOllS and daughters go out earnest
ll.tn and women. we'll fitted 10 car,
y Oh The work OF the world.