The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-03-21
SIDE OBSERVATIONS.

SIDE ORGANIZATIONS
Remember, girls, you ought to-be
the sunbeams in your homes. You
should be your mothers helper and
comfort, your fathers pride and your
brothers and sisters adviser and con-
ident. Don't keep your smiles and
winning ways and acts Of kindness
for the friends outside, for they need
them more in the home circle and it
is the place for them. It is the first
place in all the world you want to
make bright and pleasant. You want
to make ii SO attractive to your broth
ers that they will not have to find
pleasure by going out at night to
mingle with the boys on the street.
Going out at night because there is no
place for them at home is the FIRST
downward step for many bright,
promising boy. You don't realize
what a power you are in the home
circle. A girl who is seen at her.
best at home, always bright and
cheerful, is pretty sure to be favor
tie on the outside. Another word
for you girls who have the unfortunate
habit of appearing untidy at home
and the pink of perfection when you
go out. If you are guilty of this
habit turn over new leaf and break
yourself of it. The girl who appears
on the street, looking as if she had
just stepped out of band-box and
who goes around home with the but
tons off her shoes, her sleeves ripped
out, her dress soiled, her hair half
combed and her finger nails in mourn
ing, can never be sun beam in the
house. Her untidy appearance frets
her in spite of her apparent indiffer-
ence and the disconnected look hides
the sunny smile that she resurrects
for the benefit of her friends, when
she dons her neat and dainty attire
and goes forth to join them.
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Fretting invites more wrinkles than
age. It is true fretting leaves more
hard lines in the face than anything
else. Take person of middle age
whose life has been serene and hap
ply and who has not allowed herself
to fret, and make herself miserable
over trif1es and things she could not
help, and you will find that time is 1
dealing very gentl j with her and not
leading any burrows 81 care On the
smooth face and placid brow to show
to the world the disappointment and
worry that is making life weary by
day and her dreams a hoodoo at
night. Take young person who
frets and compare her with the one
who takes life easy. Their faces are
lined with hard lines and wrinkles
and it is not the work of old Father
Time, but by the spirit OF unrest and
the evil genius-fretting. It doesn't
pay. Father Time will get your good
looks soon enough and without any
assistance from yourself in inviting or
encouraging habits that aid in the
work of destruction.
TIT
There is one subject the Observer
wishes to mention this week, and on
which he will have more to say in the
future, and that is tree planting. In
thirty EIGHT of our states tree plant
ing day has been established. It is a
good idea and if it was adopted and
carried out by all the cities and towns
in the states, there would be no dan
ger of time when there would be
dearth in woods. Every now and
then we find an article deploring the
rapid destruction of the forests and
of nothing being done to replace
them. The native trees are rapidly
disappearing under the woodlands
Ak and the numerous forest fires that
occur every year from the careless
1ess of hunters and others. The
rec planting should be encouraged.
CASUAL OBSERVER.