The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1905-03-30

| Ieellng, anu nOLnlnB else In tne W0rlu
can take its place, for in IT lie in germ
all those fine and simple virtues which
assure the strength and duration of
social institutions. And the very base
Of family feeling is respect for the
past, for the best possessions of a
family are its common memories. An
intangible, indivislble and inalienable
capital, these souvenirs constitute a
| sacred fund that each member OF q
family ought to consider more pre-
cious than anything else he possesses.
They exist in dual form, In idea and
In fact. They show themselves in Ian
guage, habits Of thought, sentiments,
even instincts, and one sees them ma
teriallzed in portraits, furniture, build
ings, dress, songs. To profane eyes
they are nothing; to the eyes of those
who know how to appreciate the things
Of the family they are relics with
which one should not part at any price.
But what generally happens In our
day? Worldliness wars upon the SEN
timent Of family, and ! know Of no
strife more impassioned. BY great
means and small, by all sorts of new
customs, requirements and preten-
sions, the spirit Of the world breaks
into the domestic sanctuary. What are
this strangers rights, its titlesI Upon
what does 1t rest its peremptory
claimsI This is what people too often
neglect to inquire. They make a mis-
take We treat the invader Rs very
poor and simple people do a pompous
visitor For this lncommoding guest
OF day they pillagc their garden,
bully their children and servants and
neglect their work. Such conduct Is
not only wrong; 1t is impolitic. One
should have the courage to remain
what he is in the face Of all comers.
The worldly spirit is full of imperti-
nences. Here is home which has
formed characters of mark and Is form
ing them yet. The people, the furnish
ings, the customs are all in harmony.
By marriage or through relations Of
business or pleasure the worldly spirit
enters. 1t finds everything out Of
date, awkward, too simple, lacking the
modern touch. At first 1t restricts IT,
self to criticism and light raillery. But
this is the dangerous moment. Look
out for yourself-here is the enemyl
If you so much as listen to his reason
ings, tomorrow you will sacrifice a
piece Of furniture, the next day good
old tradition, and so one by one the
family heirlooms dear to the heart
will go to the brlc-a-brac dealer-and
filial plety with them.
In the midst of your new habits and
in the changed atmosphere your friends
Of other days, your old relatives, will
be expatrlated. Your next step will
be TO lay them aside in their turn. The
worldly spirit leaves the old out Of
consideration. At last, established In
an absolutely transformed setting, even
you will view yourself with amaze
ment. Nothing will be familiar, but
surely II will be correct-at least the
world will be satisfied. All, that is
where you are mistakenl After hav-
Ing made you cast out pure treasure as
30 much junk 1t will find that your bor-
rowed livery flts you Ill and will hasten
to make you sensible of the ridiculous
ness OF the situation. Much better
have had from the beginning the cour-
age of your convictions and have de-
Tended your home.
Many young people when they marry
listen to this voice OF the world. ThsiI
parents have given them the example
of a modest life, but the new genera
ton thinks II afiirms its rights to ex
stence and liberty by repudiating ways
N Its eyes too patriarchal. SO these
Toung folks make efforts to set them
selves up lavlshly In the latest fashion
Ind rid themselves of useless property
It dirt cheap Prices. Instead Of filling
their houses with objects which say,
"RememberT" they garnish them with
quite new furnishings that as yet have
no meaning. Wait am wrong: these
things are often symbols, as It were, of
facile and superficial existence. In
their midst one breathes certain
keady vapor Of mundanity. They re-
FALL the life outside, the turmoil, the
rush. And were one sometimes dis
posed to forget this life they would
rail- back his wandering thought and
say, "Rememberw In another sense,
do not forget your appointment at the
club, the play, the races. The home
then becomes sort Of halfway house
where one comes to rest a little be-
tween two prolonged absences. 1t isn't
good place to stay. As 1t has no
soul, 1t does not speak to yours, Time
10 eat and sleep, and then OF agalnl
Otherwise you become as dull as a
hermit.
! We are all acquainted with people
who have rage for being abroad, who
think the world would no longer SC
round II they didn't figure on all sides
Of 1t. To stay at home Is penal, There
they cease to be In view. A horrol
Of home life possesses them to such
degree that they would rather pay I,
be bored outside than be amused gratu
ltously within.
In this way society slowly gravitate
toward life in herds, which must no
be confounded with public life. TIL
life In herds Is somewhat like that o
swarms Of flies in the sun. Nothing 8
much resembles the worldly life of
man as the worldly life of anothe
man. And this universal banality d.
stroys the very essence Of public spil
1t. one need not journey far to di'
cover the ravages made in modern 81
ciety by the spirit Of worldllness, an
If we have so little foundation, so II
tie equilibrium, calm good sense an
initiative, one Of the chief reasons lie
in the undermining of the home If
The masses have timed their pace b
that of people Of fashion. They, to-
have become worldly. Nothing can b
more so than to quit ones own heart
for the life of saloons. The squalc
and misery Of the homes are not enoug