Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1901-02-10

stand there under the sun and moon Ia
ends analogous, and not less noble
than theirs 1t is not for festivity. IL
is not for sleep: but the pine and the
oak shall gladly descend from the
mountains to uphold the roof of men
as faithful and necessary as them
selves; to be the shelter always open
to good and true persons; a hall which
shines with sincerity, brows ever tran
quill, and demeanor impossible to dis
concert; whose inmates know what
they want; who do not ask your house
how theirs should be kept. They have
aims, they cannot pause for trifles.
TIE d!et of the house does not create
its order, but knowledge, character.
action, absorb so much life and yield
so much entertainment that the refec-
tory has not to be so curiously studied
-. Let a man then say, My house Is
here in the county, an eating house,
a sleeping house for travellers it shall
Bt, DuJ IL shall Dt L DTdY
you, o excellent wife, not to cumber
yourself and me to get a rich dinner
for this man or this woman who has
just alighted at our gate, nor bed
chamber made ready at too great a
cost. These things If they are curious
in, they can get for a dollar at any
tr;11 p,tt LOT thic CIR l.
will, in your looks, in your accent and
behavior, read your thought and will,
which he cannot buy at any price in
any village or city, and which he may
we'll travel fifty miles, and dine sparely
and sleep hard, in order to behold
Certainly, let the board be spread and
let the bed be dressed for the traveller,
but let not the emphasis of hospitalit-
lie in these things. Honor to the
house where they are simple to the
verge of hardship, so that there the in
tellect is awake and reads the laws of
the universe, the soul worshics truth
and love, honor and courtesy flow int
all deeds
Simplicity and sincerity are twin sis
ters. Simplicity may be affected.
though it is usually true, but sincerity
is always simple. Very much of what
has been said of simple living has i'm
piled simple living as well, but there
yet remains something to be said of
this. the second note in our chord.
Sincerity" says Ruskin, sis char
acteristic and element of all great art. )"
1t is characteristic Of all great and no.
bic living 1t should be a principle
element in every home life. The home
maker ought to be as Crystal-without
a flaw, clear as sunlight, and not only
in speech but in intention and act Do
you say, THAT is impossible; we can
never attain unto that" At least we
can and must strive for it for the sake
of those who come after us. We be-
lieve in the ascent of man. how then
shall he reach the ladders top If we
climb not the lowest round? Though |
we touch not the ideal. We must reach
cut for it. AS Goethe says: &s.S
Nothing may perish beneath the sky:
All things have their issues
That mortals try
We are here for p day
To stamp on the clay,
4 piece of ourselves
That may never die"
Absolute sincerity must be the aim
If home life. If truth is not learned
here it will not be found elsewhere.
'alschood learned there Is not unlearn-
ID later. How came that boy to be a
orger a thief? Was not his father
he very soul of honor, his mother one
# the most active women in the
hurch? Yes. but if you could read
he impressions printed on the boys
ensitive mind and heart you might
nd such an one as this,-a picture of
day when his mother had a seam
tress at work, and sufficient money to
ay her for her days labor, but in pas
ing florists shop she happened TO
ee such a lovely fern that she could
OF resist the temptation to purchase
, and once inside added some other
'ifling thing, little bunch of violets
erhaps, At six o'clock the boy heard
is mother say. I'm so sorry, Miss
rCwn, but l find that have not quite
nough money for your pay tonight,
ut | will send it to you next week"
'ow the boy knew of his mothers
urchases and the next week he heard
er say, There, quite forgot to send
Hiss Brown her money, but never
lind, she can trust me and she will get
some time" Or you might find i'm
rinted on those delicate tissues photo
raphic representations of the many
mes that some mother took him in
ne street cars without paying a fare
or him when he was two, three, or
our years over age, and he could tell ,
ou that she used to laugh. and saw. s