The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-03-19
LET HOME RE MADE HOME.


They had been discussing business
affair of some magnitude and were about
TO separate.
I'm look up the papers at once" said
the little man with the gray mustache.
And theh--let me see. Will yOu be ut
home tO-night?h
YES" replied the stout man.
"We1, rlldrop around s o clock"
"I'll be glad to see you"
''rll bring the papers and we'll"
''No; leave the papers
leave theml Why, then, we can
discuss"
Exactly. l don't wish to. never
discuss business at home"
The little man looked surprised. Then
he said:
"Ahl wife?n -
Partly wife, but mostly home" re-
piled the stout man.
81 don't understand you"
"Well. ! make my house my home,
never my office. Do you see the distinc-
ton? used to take business home
with me and make business appoint
ments occasionally for my house, but
stopped it. IL got so that my house
wasn't my home; it was just place
where | slept when had no business to
attend to. 1 would go home to dinner,
my thoughts busy about that little con
ference | was going to have with Jones
about a mine in Colorado. After supper
| would go to the library and do little
| figuring. Then Jones would come and
we would be closeted until IL or II. BY
that time my wife and children would
be in bed, and | would follow them after
smoking a cigar. Dream of business.
OF course would.
81 noticed that my wife looked at me
rather reprOachfully as | retired to the
library night after night. Finally she
spoke abOutit
"'John." she said, why don't you
make you house your home?
II asked her what she meant.
"'Why don't you leave your business
at the Officer" she asked. 'rhe children
and | see hardly anything of you, and |
am sure that you can't feel as though
this were home
"Well, l began to think of the thing,
and it occurred to me that she was right.
| had an experimentation the next night,
but | changed the place. | made t fol
the office instead of the house.
"And when the time came | didn't
want to go; was too comfortable al
home. But kept it, and when / got
back assure you it did seem more like
home. | found that it was not much
fun to go out at night, but kept to my
resolve. By a little close figuring post
poned my next appointment to the fol
lowing morning.
Occasionally | staid at the Office Later
than | had formerly done in order t.
finish up the business of the day, bu
when | went home my mind wds free
and from that day to this | have nevel
allowed business to cross the threshold
of my home. | may have to break tina
rule some day-there are exceptions t.
every rule-but | shall only break i
when absolutely necessary My hOust
is my home, not my other office, and i
YOU will put the same rule in force III
guarantee that You'll find that most o.
the business you do at home can now b.
done Just as easily at the Office, and tia
your home will be so much more to yOl
that you will be amply repaid for tin
nights that you may have to go out OF
business.
81 should like to have you call tO.nigh
indeed. | should like to have you din
with me. | should like to have yOu NEE
my wife and children; but don't brini
the papers,
The little man was silent a moment
Then he said:
"Tll go with you and won't open m,
head about business. I'll bring tn
papers to the office tomorrow morn
ing"
"And if necessary" said the stou
man, 81 can come to the Office Garlic
than usual. "-ChicaJO Tribune