The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-05-28

/ Truer words were never spoken, They
apply with equal force TO the home. to
business avoca;ions, TO public enter>
prises. The great men and women OF
today had the seeds Of their founda>
ton sowed around the family fireside.
Pure thoughts eminating from kind
and deyoted mother and father. in
stilled into the youthful mind, sur
rounded with environments OF higher
and nobler ideas; reared in the highest
standard of manhood and womanhood;
taught to honor thy father and thy
mother; filial devotion to brother and
sister; love thy neighbor as thyself;
and that boy and girl win grow up an
honor to the nation, an example worthy
|of emulation. and the father and moth
|er win be blessed with the words. "weli
done. good and faithful servant" For
what man soweth, that shall he also
reap.
Dissension and strife at home. abuse
instead OF kindness; cuss words In
stead Of praise; kicking. beating and
cutting. Is productive Of loathing for
the home, and boys and ghls are only
too anxious to leave the parental root
and seek solace in the excitement OF
the busy world. often choosing asso-
ciates and companions from the very
element that the father has chosen.
Drunkenness and dissipation In the
fa.hsr is an excuse for the son. and II
is from this class principally that the
penitentiaries and asylums are re-
cruited, for whatsoever man sQweth.
that shall he also reap
The Astorian has called attention 10
the condition OF public burial places
public schools, and the conditions Of
the homes of the city. A home that Is
attractive; whose surroundings are
made beautiful, where roses and creep
ing vines supplant rubbish, impresses
upon the minds of the boy and girl In
after years. desire to have just such
a beautiful and attractive home. and
in this way the true ideals OF civic
is instilled In the minds
and hearts Of the rising generation.
Homes that are unkempt: the yards
strewn with rubbish. no flowers, no
trees, no shrubbery makes an impress
sion upon the children OF that home
that will not tend to a desire for the
acquisition OF homes OF refinement and
culture.
Beautiful school grounds. such as do
not exist in Astoria, have wonderful
effect upon the minds OF the children.
when they see the school grounds
beautiied with flowers and shrubbery
they evince desire to make their
homes more attractive and II is In
culcating knowledge of importance
that makes lasting impression upon
the young minds. What Is taught In
the youth, is almost always carried out
In manhood and womanhood.
The condition of Hillside cemetery
creates a bad impression upon the
youth of the city. Why should the last
resting place Of those once near and
dear be neglected? Are they so soon
forgotten? Go back to the day when |
death invaded the home, causing dsfO- |
lation and sorrow. Death is a bitter |
thing. even to those whose faith in i'm
teaches that earthly passing |
has no sting. that the grave can win no
victory. Even to such the pain of
eternal parting. the untranslatable sor
row and bitterness of bidding long.
last farewell to loved one is not |
eased. Such a faith ssrves but TO
make the pain transitory-brings In
time the healing balm OF religious phi
Iosophy to the heart bowed down.
Abstract theological dogma, biblical
philosophy Buddhism, spiritualism
none of these can
dry the tears shed at "a grave side.
Days, weeks, months, years afterward
when the vision Of white face star
Ing unseeingly toward heaven through |
the lid Of casket, has faded in the
memory and has given place to a dull |
heartache Of lonliness, when the be- |