The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1904-07-28
THOUGHTS OF The HOME CIRCLE,
Dedicated Tired Mothers They Join the Home Circle at Even
ing Tide-Peasant Reveries

| ing Tide Pie
Do not moan or tepine over lost op-
portunitier. Nothing will bring them
back. But you live, and life means
other opportunities, and hence rather
press forward with full purpose to
Lose no more Jewels than should be-
deck your crown.
J A merry heart brings sunshine, dis
perses gloom, lightens labor, cheers
the weary, lessons burdens. brightens
life, inspires hope, increases faith
encourages, lifts up, buoys the spiri,
and so happifies life there is continut
al praise and thanksgiving in living
it.
Nothing is easier to form than q
habit The first action breaks a path
through an untrodden wilderness, the
next widens it, the third makes q
trodden highway. When q young
man or girl drops into slang for fun
or, still worse uses word which bor-
ders on profanity-there is q feeling
OF recoil the first time; but habit re-.
moves restraint, and presently nnfor-
tunate or improper mode Of speech is
used without conscious protest. To
beware of an evil habit is as impor.
tant as to form good one.
Man was made to protect, love and
cherish, not to undervalue, neglect or
abuse woman. Treated, educated and
esteemed as she merits, she rises in
dignity, becomes the refiner, and i'm
parts milder. softer tone to man.
No community has ever exhibited the
refinements Of civilization and social
order where woman was held in con-
tempt and their rights not properly
respected and preserved. Degrade wo-
man and you degrade man more. She
is the fluid of the thermometer Of so.
ciety, placed there by the hand Of the
great Creator.
You. can make the clock strike be-
fore the hour by putting your hands
on it, but it will strike wrong. You
can tear the rosebud open before its
time, but you may mar the beauty Of
the rose. So we may spoil many =
gift or blessing which God is prepar-
ing for us by our own eager haste.
He is weaving our lives into patterns
of beauty and strength. He has
perfect plan for each. Don't pull at
the threads of life. Don't hurry the
Almighty plan. We must live by
prayer in ignorance if life. Gods
love is the motive Of all delay-to
give us unexpected and surprising
blessings.
Let the young mothers at the fami.
ly fireside endeavor to instill in the
tender minds intrusted to her care thu
gospel Of peace and the evil of war.
Better mothering would help to res
store this country that is Fastening
away from its first honered princi-
pies. Our Pilgrim mothers did not
spend their time in idle decoration
Of themselves and their homes, but
helped their husbands to develop
new country and establish homes on
the rock of solid worth. It is just
as important today for the wives to
stand loyalty by their husbands, and
encourage and help them to earn and
save and rise above the hindering
things that bring bankruptcy and dis
grace in their train. It has been said
that thousands of men would today
be in the poor house were it not for
their wives. And that other thous-
ands are there because of their wives
Which horn of this dilemma would
you choose? Will yon train your.
selves into intelligent, managing
capable women, Of will ypp choose
those lighter accomplishments that
add nothing to your stature az wom-
an, and in no love that will last when
your pilgrim here is over? There il
no kind Of pleasure SO enduring as
that we find in doing our duty.
In all ages woman has been the
source Of all that is pure, unselAsh
and heroic in the spirit and life Of
man. + was for love that Anthony
lost . world. I was for love that ia
cob worked seven l0ng years, and for
seven uore. What mqst have been
his emotions when on the morning Of