Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-24
THE LOVE OF HOME
STE 9NCLY IMPLANTED IN THE
HUMAN HEART.
Writer in The Ladies World Pleads
for Interesting Associations for the
FamiIy--Ther Value in After Life
the Reward

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aog !I.;- :. ia..;t.1 examples of II
thoHs = :. ',ou5 :. IN strongest III the
cat. iE&--@ gtA as f,,ine felicity is
never c1upl@,c + ev5n toIorable
away from toH@. while tho dog goes
with h, naetcf f"r away from hon
apparcEt3,' utterly lurgetful Of home
While the dos loves home, yet he FIRE
qnently acts as If TO say, What is
homo without a master?'
Even in the vegetable world we find
evidences of homo characteristics.
shown by certain plants selecting con
genial locations. and they sicken and
, lie thomcS;ClueSs?l when placed in
/ quit" diesimilar spots. says A. T..
Reed NJ. H.. IL the Ladies' World
How much man enters into the
homo idea need not I've dWelt upon.
the Importance Of home to him being
! automatic: Yet the relation of home
ihf1u' nee To human character does not
burden the human heart sufficiently
TO secure that intense. universal 10y
! atty to hOale so ncodful to the gen,
oral acquisition Of the salutary and
sOftening effects of this benign in
f1uence. which is the most precious
OF human cndow mcnts.
What, then, is the safeguard of 10y
! ally to home-that place so freighted
with either cd or i'll? My answer
| in hrio l. IDOL. "A
! of interesting associations that shall
/ grow more valuable with added years.
Begin early to instil into life the
feelings derived from these assOcia-
lions, not least among which is the
identifying of home.
Let him who beauties home see
that the child within it's walls shall
get the full effect of its beautiful en-
vironments. Acute pOetical percep-
| tions and fine sensibilities arising
from the development Of the creative
faculties, are much assisted by the or
namental; comelness in nature finds
its counterpart in human nature. other
culiarly susceptible to such nfiu-
| ences
From the brook that runs through
the picturesque meadow, from the
messy dell, from the grassy green hill
side. from the cheerful dooryard of
lawn beneath the henignant shade of
beautiful trees, childhood gathers its
leal-giving romance; lasting impress
sions that. with the passing of time
and people, serve to sWeeten the
"stern realities, of later life. These
!. things are fashioners OF character,
driving out the cold coarse part of ma,
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 in
home. Teach them to realize the ne
cessity of having homes and of ado
ing comforts to them, and that each
member has duties to this end; and
once the far-reaching results of these
duties are realized, their performance
will be a pleasure, just from the fact
of feeling that one has added Sonic
/ thing substantial to the place that is
most to him.
Inculcate the idea that homo is a
bu]wark We are building against the
entertainments of the worlds perpleX-
ities, 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, inasmuch
as this deepened interest will extend
I, ard It's beneficial effects go down the
ages like as ripple started in the
water goes circling 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
ny the masses!
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