Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-25
THE LOVE OF HOME
IMPLANTED IN THE
HUMAN HEART.
Writer in the Ladies World Pleads
for Interesting Associations for the
Faniiy--Their Value in After Life
the Reward.

All anirl"is as well as mar, eXhil
the home instinct The cat and the
dog furnish familiar examples Gf lt,
though it would seem strongest in the
cat, inasmuch as fCine felicity is
never complete or even tO1erable
away from home, while the dog goes
With his master far away from homs
apparently utterly tersctful of home.
While the dog loves home, yet he fre.
quently acts as if TO say. What is
home without master?'
Even In the vegetable world we find
evidences of homo characteristics,
shown by certain plants selecting con
genial locations. and they siclsen and
die (homes;clUess? whep placed III
quite dissimilar spots. says A. i.
Reed NJ. D.. III the Ladies' World.
How much man enters into the
home idea need nGt be dwelt upon
the importance Il hopl2 to him being
automatic; Yet. The relation Of home
influence to hum&n .isaractnr does nc,
burden the hHr4@H cart sufficiently
to secure that illt .aaa. universal 10y
atty to home so nendfnl to the gen
eral acquisition Of The sanitary ans
softeDine effects Of this benign III
hnence, which i the most precioa=
OF human endoWls onts.
What then, is the safeguard of 10y
atty TO home-that place SO freighted
with either 5 cd or i'll: My answer
in brief is. making home a stronghold
Of interesting associations that shall
grow more valuable with added years
Begin early to instil irto life the
feelings derived from these associ;,
tl0ns, not least among Which IS the
beautifyine Of home
Let him Who beauties home see
that the child within it's walls shall
get the full effect Of its beautiful en-
YironmeGts. Acute poetical percep
tions AMI fine Sen@ibili,ies ari sag
Ssom the development t.f ;he creative
faculties, are much assist ed by the Or.
nameatal. eolnelincss II nature finds
It's counterpart i'll human nature, Other
things being equal. Childhood is pe
culiarjy susceptible 10 such lnt1u
enceS.
From the brook that rur., through
the picturesque meadow. from The
messy deli. from the grassy green hill
side, from the cheerful aocryard OF
lawn beneath the benignant s4lade ct
beautiful trees, childhood gathers it's
leal-giving romance; lasting impress
sions that. with the passing OF time
ard people. serve to sWoeten the
"stern realities3 Of later life. These
things are fashioners OF character.
driving ont the cold, coarse part of na
ture and replacing with that tender
ness which, in every phase of life, IS
freighted with loyalty to the cause
from which it springs.
Teach the young. both by precept
and example, to take an interest ip
home. Teach them to realize the ne
cessity OF having homes and of add
ing comforts to them and that each
member has duties to this end; ard
once the far-reachino results of these
duties are realized. their performance
w
of feeling that one has added some
thing substantial TO the place that i
most to him.
lnculcate the idea that home l. a
brlwark we are building against tiie
encroachments CT the worlds perpley
6ties. anncyances and temptations.
and strive to have each member OF
the household rot on;y willing hut
eager to Fut brick in this structure
of conf Vt ana future security
Thus, ard only thus. may We Sc.
cure, not simDl> loyalty to home,
but the peI1ael!ity Of home, inasmuch
as this deepeuet. interest VII eXter1
ard It's bena:ic. al effects 90 down t;
ages like rs q ripple started in tie
water goes eifciing to the farther
shore OF the lake.
If the safeguard Of the rs ne Is the
safeguard CT the nation, how ve"E ino-
rortant th;s work SO much neglected
by the ns.r;es'