The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-04

1t docs not speak to a so,,l The
time 10 sleep, to eat, and. Quick, they
must 70 out again! ono would become
sleepy there; doinesticated.
we all Know these people who have
tho rage of going ot,t, who think the
world would stop X they did not show
themselves everywhere. TO remain at.
homo Is their heaviest load; they cans
not bear 10 look upon themselves as there
ina picture even! Thc horror Of home.
Ito holds them 10 such a point that they
would rather pay to be annoyed stupidity
outside than to amuse themselves gratu-
tlously at homo .
Little by little society drifts toward
founded with public life. The life In
troops is something like Of the swarms
OF flies In the sun. Nothing resembles
tho life Of a worldly man SO much Az
tho Ito Of another worldly man. And
this universal bannlty destroys even the
essence Of public spirit. One does not
need to take very long voyages to SEQ
tho ravnges which this worldly spirit has
made II, contemporary society, and i
we have so little foundation OF cuuill-
brlum, calm good sense, Initiative, ono
OF tho great reasons Is III the dlmlnutlon
Of the home life. The masses are limp
Ing along at ter. the iclasses.s The people
hava become worldly. & For 1t Is worldlt-
ness to quit ones home to 60 and live
In tho saloons. Misery and the wretched
state OF these habitations do not suffice
to explain tho current which sweeps each
one out from his home. Why does the
peasant desert the house where his father
ana his grandfather were so happy, for
the Inn? The house has remained the
same: y It Is the same fro In the Same
chimney. Why does It shine on al,
incomplete circle, instead OF the long
evenings Of olden times. when the young
and old elbowed before It's blazer Some
thing has been changed In the minds
eof men, Ccding to their unhealthy de.
sircs they have broken with simplicity.
Tho fathers have quilted their post Of
honor, the women ,vegetate by the soil.
&tary3 astre, and Il the children Quarrel
among themselves while awaiting the
time when each can go his own way. M
We must relearn u home-llfe and the
value of domestic traditions. A pious
5soicitude has consecrated certain snnon,li-
lncnts, the only remains OF the past
among us. And pious hands have gath
cred up old costumes provincial dialects.
old songs. before they have disappeared
from the world. How well they do. to
guard these crumbs OF e great past. these
Let us do the Same for. the traditions
Of the family; let us save and cause,
3 to last as long as possible all which still
exists Of the patriarchnl. no matter un.
der what form. IN
But everybody has not got traditions
to keep UP. All the more rea son to.
rodouble our efforts In the constitution
and the culture OF family life. One does
rs, hot To H1o y,JIvp
to DO grandly situa ted. To create a
home, one must have the home spirit.
The same as !, small Village can have
its history, its moral Imprint the small
est home can have Its soul Oh, the
spirit Of places, the atmosphere which
surrounds lis in dwelling -placesi What
world Of mysteries! Here, from the
very threshold. YOU are chilled BY. cold
ness; discomfort takes possession OF you.
Something invisible repuises YOU. There.
as soon as the door has closed, you
I feel the behevolen and good -hntnors sur
round you. f They say that walls have
ears. Il They have also their voices, their
mute eloqu fence. Around all that is con <
tanned ina home floats the spirit OF the
people. And SEQ proof Of the power
ofsthat spirit inf.the homes OF bachelors
and OF Won en- who live isolated lives.
What an abyss between one room and
another room! Here inertia, indiffer-i
. ence,, earth os,earthly. The device Of
the inhahitant Is 4 written II even II the
fashion OF arranging the books and the
pho tographs. III Is III al d. alike II to me.
IN that sis3 tl,e 10y Of living, The communl-}
Ecative ANNA tion:ss the visitor feels some 4,
thing say to him n a. thousa nd B ways!
Whoever, you be- guest OF an hourIs1
wish you well. NJ Peace be- tojsyou! g
We can never say too much q nome
life: tho Influence OF a, II oWer, loved and
cultivated IN a window, sthes charm OF
an old easy CHAIR, where the; gran father
sits offering Ills :wrihkled hands to the
kisses OF the chubby grand chill fen N r DOR
'moderns! Il Always moving or! In trans,
formation! we. 81 who after modifying
fthe face OF our cities, our hous cs, our
customs, our beliefs, ahaveEno longer the
Swheref'to reposc our heads. fSIs1 Do not
augment 1.-THE sadness, the emptiness Of
our uncertain existences In abandoning
the homelle. Relight the flame on, the
cold hearthstone. create. us inviolntet sliel
tiers, warm nests, where children may be-
come men, where love may hide. old age
3repose. prayer an altar and country a
cult! - fS. =, !. rs sf,5,y
Il, CHAPTER 4 r x1.
4 "a B. THE III SIMPLE $, I; BEAUTY.