Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-04-09
IN THE HOME.
Order, Punctuality and Beauty OIL
the WhnaIs of Life.

- ->eASAAAtS DA~
the Wheels of Life.
Home should be an oratorio of the mem
ory, singing to all our after life melodies
and harmones OF old remembered joy
Henry Ward & ,echer.
1t cannot BIZ denied that consciously
or uncOnsciously we absorb into our
nature the beauty or ugliness of the
outside objects with which we daily
come in contact, and that i'll process or
time the impression seeks an outlet by
way OF our features or words or ac-
tons. The result is scarcely surprising
if we give the question a moments
thought.
Order and punctuality are two great
rules to which every well ordered
household must of necessity submit.
They are of inestimable benefit in oil
ing the wheels of life, preventing as
they do the worry incurred by loss OF
time, which brings in it's train wrinkles
to the brow and harsh words to the
lips, even if it be fortunate enough to
bring nothing else.
The arrangement Of furniture, china,
books, etc., should be regarded from an
ethical point of view as we'll as from
the artistic one. Like the golden sun
light, artistic, cheerful surroundings
stimulate the mind besides pleasing the
eye For instance, a wall paper OF soft
est yellow involuntarily sheds it's COM
forting glow on the mind, while one of
deep gray or dingy brown hue de-
presses the spectator. Human nature
E(rh md r,Y,ofn
expression of it's desire may be subject
to variety of tints and degrees.
Crowded rooms seem to cramp minds
as well as limbs, and unmeaningly SOM
Der apartments would fain draw over
our eyes that blue veil ever ready to
fall as the years silently advance.
The good order of house is like con-
tentment on a placid face, but fairy fin
gers are required to endue it with the
beauty of attra ctiveness. 1t is not given
to every one to realize the truth OF
these two facts, judging from the many
homes in which one is struck by the
dust of neglect, the uncomfortable ar
rangements or inartistic colOrings. AS
we gaze we pity the inmates who are
so unmerciful to their own minds.
1t should be remembered as an i'm
portant item in the decoration of the
abode that cleanliness, purity and love,
| embodied IN the fragile forms of flow
| ers, visibly watt message from the
| paradisaical home of our first parents.
| The rooms are filled with beauty and
sweetness as they pour out their souls
| in odors." A woman i'll well APP
| pointed home has a much more attrac-
tive personality than woman who
| takes no care of the province chosen
of all others to be the setting of the
| jewel that may lose it's own luster
through the dimness of it's background.
1t is not necessary to go to unjusti-
fable expense by procuring the soft
| est carpets, the richest hangings or
''priceless'' pictures in order to have a
bower of delight. There must be.
| however, on the other side, an artistic
eye, skillful hand, an observing
mind and due appreciation of the
| beautiful.
Poverty and ill health are naturally
great deterrents to the energies of wO-
men who, imbued from their girl.
hoods days with the love of dainti.
ness, desire their homes to resemble
their early ideals. They feel at times
that they cannot strive and contend
with fate against that which is even
repellent and sordid. So many cares
have arisen that all the charms that
were never to be lost have been merged
into the up bringing Of numerous
family and the down bringing Of the
weekly accounts. Yet if courage fol
the effort can be summoned the achieve
ment helps to restore the strength t.
wearied limbs and the light to anXiou!
eyes.-LeSlie Desmond.