Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-05-20
THE CITIZ I'm
The Home

Youth and child hood linger yet
/ With their skies SO brightly clear,
And we bless, where'e we roam
All that speaks of hours at home.
When the thought Of home or child
| hood hours come there is n feeling of
| emotion that swells the heart bringing
forth aspirations pure and noble There
is that bond which binds together indi-
viduals in the home which is different
from any other binding together of peo-
| pie. Every heart vibrates to this
thoughto Of home That bond. love which
unites heart TO heart is stronger there
than could be possible in any other body
of persons, united in whatever cause
for church or state.
In our country at the present time
money is regarded as king almost every
thing else is regarded as of secondary i'm
portance. And yet while money is ON
nipotent in its sway there is one thing
at least that it can not dot cannot
make a home. A man of wealth may
build a house of grandeur, the inmates
may be gifted with beauty and learning
and after all it may not have one of the
! elements of a real home The true
ideal home is a quiet place where low
ing hearts dwell. The home life must
be made up of gentle words, kind looks,
little tendernesses. cheerfulness and low
ing counsels If these characteristics
are not there it is not home, kind words
and loving attentions are the circulat
ing medium between ladies and gentle
men at home, and no polish exhibited
outside can atone for harsh speech and
disrespectful treatment in the home
That the power of a nation is welded
| by the hand of its home-makers, is
| truthfully said How true it is that all
good men and women are home made.
From these good homes are sent forth
many beams of light into a dark world
| What we are we owe to our mothers
"A mothers love-how sweet the
name, noble pure and tender fame, en-
| kindled from above There is nothing
on earth for w hich one should be more
thankful than for having been brought
up in the atmosphere of pure home.
Each true home, whether hup,ble or
grand, in high life or in low life adds
one more strand to the strong cord
which is needed to bind our nation to
all that is high and noble and good.
The fact that the home is true index
| of the intelligence, virtue and morality of
any people or nation plainly shows the
duty of every patriot to build up every
| thing that will conserve to the best good
| of its homes and to destroy all that is
menace to this home
So often do we hear this expression
| he is a kind husband and father when
he is not under the influence of drink
and his home would be happy one
were it not for this Yet we regard it
with Indifference. Is not this the one
great blight in thousands of our homes
to day? But We the great mass of peo-
pie regard it with the coolies. indiffer-
| ence, nevertheless we consider our
selves such good temperance people
1 ~I~s tiN Dltootd tlilIC oOOu COIIIt NHCu
the home will be protected from this
cause.
If economy were practiced in this di-
rection no further economy in the home
would be necessary. But until the
money that is thrown away in the
drink traffic is put to another use and
received into the home as the price
paid for the bread, meat and clothing
that would be consumed in the drunk
ards home, the house wife mnst man
age her home using the strictest econ
omy in order that the many wants may
be supplied with as little time, labor
and money as possible. Our Savior
teaches us economy in his word He
says, gather up the fragments that
iremain that nothing be lost No per
son has any right to waste, lose or de
stroy anything valuable
Time, strength and resources are all q
prime value and should be sedulously
cared for in the home Strength is a
source of profit, if rightly used it should
never be abused. Every housekeeper
lacks time to get through with the
numberless tasks to be done in a day.
| would say economize your work so
that there will be time for all that is
necessary and have some time for rec
reation too.
Some might say we can get along
with less books and newspapers in our
homes. Let us not try to practice
economy here. A library is not lux
ury but necessity. A home without
books is like a room without windows
and no one would enjoy living in total
darkness. No man has right to bring
Iup his family without surrounding
them with good books. Henry Ward
Beecher says: Books are not made for
furniture but there is nothing that so
beautifully furnishes a home. Chill
dren learn to read by being in the pres
lence Of books. The love of reading
comes with reading and grows by read
ing. And the love of knowledge is al
most sure warrant against vices Let
us congratulate the poor that in our
day, books are so cheap that a man
may every year add several good books
to his library for the price which his
tobacco costs him. Just here / cannot
refrain from saying, if we could Just
economize by doing away with tobacco
and the work it makes and put the
money into articles that would be
benefit in the home what cheer it would
bring Let us try it,
Many Of us are 50 anxious to keep
the colors bright in our carpets and
other furnishings that we are willing to
sacrifice the sunlight by keeping the
blinds drawn low, even in rooms that
are occupied daily Don't let us econo-
mize in this way but let little sun
shine III. Every home should have
that brightness and cheer that make
the children cling to it as the dearest
spot on earth. God means the home
should be a.sunny, CHEEKY place from
where can be reflected somewhat of
that brightness that attracts us to the