Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15
THE LOVE OF HOME
SIP oNGlY IMPLANTED IN THE
HUMAN HEART.
Writer in the Ladies' World Pleads
for Interesting Associations for the
Family-!heir Value in After Life
the Reward.

All animals, a, veil as man. exhif:'
the home instinct The cat and The
dog furnish familiar examples Of il,
though it would sem strongest in the
cat inasmuch as feline felicity is
never complete or even tolerablc
away from home while the dog goes
With his master far AVA from HON
apparently utterly forgctfnl Of home.
While the dog loves home yet he fire.
quently acts as if 10 say, What is
home without master9?''
Even in the vegetable world Va fnd
evidences Of home characteristics,
shown by certain plants selecting con
genial locations. and they sicken and
lie inconsistencies Wl.er placed in
quite aissim;1af spots sa>s \. T.
Reed N. D. il the Ladies' World.
How mGea 4aa enters into the
home a-a ueeG net be esWeit upon
the importance Il tome to him being
axjo1atic: yet 5ha relation of home
inference II hIra 81 character does not
burden the hrzlaa eart sufficiently
10 Secure that =. - universal 10y
atty to h3a4- - ns=alrs! to the gen
eral acquisition ii 81 salutarE and
softening effects O. this benign in
fuance, which i In most precious
Of human endoHin =.
What then. Is the 5asezHara If 10y.
ally To home that place ffej4htea
with either Oh OF III Ny answer
in brief Is making hone stronghold
of interesting associations tat snail
grow more valuable NTH added years.
Begin early to instil iato lie tho
feelings derived from thase assacia
lions, not least among Wh.ea Is H.
identifying Of home.
Let him Who beauties horne see
that the child within its walls shall
get the full effect Of its beautiful eu-
vironments. Acute poctical percep-
tons and fine scnsibiities arising
from the development Of the creative
faculties, are much assisted by the OF.
namental; comeliness in nature finds
its counterpart in human nature OTTER
things being equal Childhood is %
culiarly susceptible to such in
ences.
From the brook that runs f1raugh
the picturesque meadow, 4 III the
messy dell. from the grass eslscen hill
side, from the cheertu. .ioolNard Of
lawn beneath the beai-zant shade OF
beautiful trees, childhood gathers its
leal giving romance; lasting impress
sions that, With the passing of zine
and people, serve to sWeAten the
stern realities Of later life. These
things are fashioners Of character,
driving out the cold coarse part Of ma
ture aad replacing with shat tender
ness which, in every phase Of life, is
freighted with loyalty 70 the cause
from which it springs.
Teach the young. botli by precept
and example, 10 take an interest in
home Teach them 10 realize the ne
cessity of having homes and OF add
,ng comforts to them, and that each
member has duties to this end; and
once the far-reaehins results Of these
duties are realized, their performance
viii De pleasure, just from the fact
Of feeling that one has added some.
hing substantial to the piace that is
most to him.
InculcAte the idea that homo is
bulWark We are building against the
entertainments of the worlds perplex-
titles, annoyances and temptations,
and strive to have each member OF
the household not only willing, but
eager to put brick in this structure
of comfort and future security.
Thus, and only thus, may we Sc
cure, not simply a loyalty to home,
but the perpetuity of home inasmnch
as this deepenad interest vii! extend
ard its beneficial effects go down til
ages like as ripple started in the
water goes circlng to the farther
shore of the lake.
If the safeguard of the home is the
safeguard of the nation how very i'm
rortant this work so much neglected
by the masses