The Forrest City times., 1905-12-29
BY MAITiAIlET E. s4N1srI.T

BY MAiaiAtatT E. ssNesrER.
 Vopy right, 1su5, by Joseph F. Eaw.rsl
 Every day of the 5G5 da5s in the round year contains the sane aHn3. per oL hours -2t and no more Ye5. a summer day and winter day arc wholly unlike ore another and T summer evening is q very far-awau cousin of q winter evening summer evenings are made for happy peonle who have no sad memories and no aall regrets. They ar meant for loT. CTS, for lingering at the ea6e. for ! last kiss and hand clasp. while the moohlighj bathes lawn and garden in US Hood Of silyery sheen. Winter evening" are for the home. We assn- ciate lhem with the cheer of the hearth and the bright open fire.
 Darkness gathers early in winter. ana the evenings are long. They give opportunity for cultiyatiag every grace that belongs to family fife One win ter night, some years ago, q man came home after an absence and q iong ride over ihe hills and saw sit ting hy the fire hoy he did not know The farmhouse had so large a crowd or curly heads that q boz more or less made little impression. Neigh. borS' children were always dropping In, anu often some of them stayed over night. Bat this boy was stranger. The farmer made some Inquiries
 That boy said his wife. .came here just al dRsk last evening and asked the way to tue nearest town He Was thinly clad and very cold and seemed half starved, 50 I made him stay all night. lie offered of his own accord. to help milk the cows. and this morning he went out and brought in my kindling wood He seems a nlce iittie fellow, without home. and l think he would better stay here"
 lie dld stay there for the next seven years with place at the table. cloth. ing, food and schooling, just as the children of that home had The cold or the winter evening had awakened in the beginning the kindly hospitality of the household. Such virtues as gen. erosity and unselishne.s flourish in the country
 When the long evenings come one or tse vital needs is to make them agreeable and cheerful for all within doors. Nobody should be left out of the tender amenities of the home cir. cle. Boys from 15 to IS have often reached a restless stage in their de Nelopment. when they are very apt to slip away from home if it be gloomy or frigld or in any way wearisome. Of all mistaken economies that which is too frugal of lamp-light in the win. ter evenings is the most deplorable. Save somewhere else if you must. but have plenty of light. The living-room should be well-lighted and warm-light- ed, but the boy or girl who prefers to spend part of the evening in separate room should have the chance 10 do so with a shaded lamp and suf. flcicnt warmth to make the room pleasant
 Socl2billty among neighbors belongs to those long evenings and to promote sociahility there should be music and games and informal conversation. as well as something simple in the way of refreshmcnt. A chafiag-dish should be family convenience, and every home should have its well-flled cake box and a good store of nuts and ap- pies free to all.
 There are people who pride them selves on being unsociable ,who say that they have no fitness for life out. side their families. The narrowest woman 1 ever knew, the woman who was least sympathetic and least al. tractive. al hough beautiful in person and highly educated, had cultivated fin herself en indifference to other peo. pie and q reluctance to leave her own home, that made her in middle life pure petrif action. There is such thing as be ng too domestic. too exelu- Sive, and N nile the long evenings give great scope to domesticity they also give spleadid chance for sociabilty.
 
 suppos. everyone knows that we may form acy habit we choose, a habit or being Wall-mannered and hospita. ble. or a habit of beinc churlish and