The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1906-11-24
Home Circle


Many a person goes down in defeat
under LIES burden, unhe,ped, I'M
cheered, and when the eyes are closed
and the hands folded, then comes too
late, love enough to have turned the
battle and given victory.
One day at a time cOnScientiOuSly
lived up to will keep the eyes bright
and the cheeks round and rosy. Don't
begin to worry about things days be-
fOrehand. 1t will be time enough
when they happen. 1t is the dread
Of what may come, not what it is,
that makes one old before the time.
If you lie awake half the night wOr-
rying about something that is going
to occur the next morning you will be
far less able to face bravely and work
out the problem than if you had
made an effort and thought of some
thing else till sleep came. 1t is not
half as hard as it sounds and will
grow easier every time you try it..
Perhaps after all, the disaster will not
befall you or will be less awful than
you anticipated and just think what
a lot of unnecessary wrinkles you have
worried into your face.
There are more young men in the
penitentiarieS in this country learning
trades than there are outside Of them
learning trades. The principal cause
of this is that we are educating our
young men for idle gentlemen, trying
TO make lawyers, preachers, doctors
and clerks out of material that is
needed for blackSmiths, carpenters,
merchants and other honest ''hewerS
Of wood and drawers of water" 1t is
a mistake, and a big one. to teach
boys and girls to believe that labor is
~diSgraceful, and to do nothing for a
living is more becoming to society.
Hang such society. 1t is rotten to the
core and is running our country today:
and there are sons and daughters who
are o being educated to play the
leading lady" and walking gentle
man" in the great drama Of life, who
will light out for the poor house or
the penitentiary before the curtain
drops on the last sad act OF the play
to which they have been educated by
their too indulgent parents.
Don't forget that the SunShiny side
of a woman'S nature cannot Outlive |
GOODNESS, Indifference and neglect. !
Don't growl about wonlanly ex-
travaganceS SO long as you are keeping |
your own personal bills in good run
ming order.
Don't NEEDLE with the affairs of
the house. The man who must know
every little detail, and counts the
cost of every household move is an
unmitigated nuisance.
Don't expectSmileS and kisses from
the being who laborS from early morn |
till night for the comfort and happi-
ness of a mar who has not soul enough
to appreciate her.
Don't forget that the patient little
you call your wife was once
your sweetheart. A careSS now and
then, or a tender word costs so little
and means SO much to the woman of
your choice.
One cannot be wholly Indifferent to
birthday. 1t is a yearly mile
stone on life's journey. Christmas
has a tradition, New Years is an al
manac day. Decoration Day of sad
memories and the Fourth of July a
hubbub, but THANKSGIVING is a recOg-
milton of the goodness Of God, as man
Tested in the kindly returns of Old
Mother Earth, an inspiration from
contemplating the mysteries of the
iced time and harvest. While preSi-
prOclamationS and guberna-
jOrial applications fix Thanksgiving
Day as an annual festival for us it is
that the day should be ObServ-
ID in the way they indicate, but we
LlSO remember, after our devOtiOnS
md we return to enjoy the blessings
prOfuSely laviShed upon us this
ear. There will be many places, oc-
upied by dear mes n year ago, that
will be vacant today and a tinge of
adnesS must pervade the heart. Their
memories are precious and we would
lot forget them; o should we forget
O thank the benefcent Giver Of all
God for the muniticent provisions he
as made, that, though this is a land
f sad farewellS and fearful adieuS,
here is a land IF joyous meetings and
reetings, where partings are I'M
nOwn and ever amid earth'S tears
nd weepingS may we not rejoice in
hankfulneSS, g~ratefulneSS and hope
illness.
Many people seem to forget that
.haracter grows: that it is not some
hing to put on, ready made, with
'omanhood or manhood: but day by
ay, here a little, therea little, grows
18th the growth and strengthens with
be strength, until good or bad, it be-
Omes almost a coat of mail. Look at
man of businesS-prompt, reliable,
OnscientiOus, yet clearheaded and en-
When do you. suppose he de-
all these admirable qualitieS?
When he was a boy? Let us see the