The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-11-30
Home Circle Column.

T. ~"iuiHt USIiNntSu W lHG
Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle.
Discomfort is the peg in your shoe
that hurts.
A woman's smile is the little poem
we find in the prose of life.
II everyone was as good as they
think their neighbors ought to be,
what a splendid world this would be.
Isn't 1t better 10 say TO the boy
when you want him TO do something,
Il wish you would" and not, "You
must?'
When at eve, ,attha bounding Of
the landscape, the heavens appear
DO recline so slowly on the earth,
imagination pictures beyondthei hor-
lion and asylum Of hope, native
land Of love; and nature seems ST.
emily TO repeat that man is i'm
mortal
Toward the cheerful home the chill
dren gather "as clouds and as
doves TO their windows" while from
the home whichis the abode Of dis
content, strife and trouble, they fly
forth as yultures to rend their prey.
The class II men who disturb and
distress the world, are not those
born and nurtu ed amid ttd hallow.
ed influence Of christian homes, but
rather those whose earthly life has
been scene OF trouble and yexa-
tion-who have started wrong in
the pilgrimage, and whose course is
one of disaster to themselves and
those around them.
A single bitter word may disquiet
an entire family for a whole day
One surly glance casts a gloom over
the household. while smile. like
a gem Of sunshine, may light up
the darkest and weariest hours. Like
unexpected flowers, which spring w
along our path, full OF freshness, frag-
rance and beauty. do kind words and
gentle acts and swest dispositions
make glad the home where peace and
blessing dwell No matter how hum.
BILE the abode, II it be thus garnish.
ed with grace and sweetened with
kindness and smiles, the heart will
turn lovingly toward it from all the
tumult OF the world, and 1t will be
the dearest spot beneath the circuit
Of the sun. And the influences Of
home perpetuhte themselves.
For a good, every day household
angel give US woman who laughs
.-er biscuit may not always be jusi
right, and she may occasionally bur
her bread and forget TO replace dis
located buttons, but for old com
Fort all day and every day she Is
a very paragon. Home is not a
battle field, not life one long unend-
ing row The trick OF always see
ing the bright side, Of shining up the
dark one, is very important facul.
ty. one Of the things no woman
should be without We are not all
born with sunshine in our heart Is, a
the Irish prettily phrase It, but W,
can cultivate a cheerful sense of hu,
NOR II We only try.
A home that is not home is Q
school Of wee. Domestic love lelds
to all noble virtues, but discard o.
coldness is the home genders selfish
ness and badness. DespJtism Ii
the family is the most common ant
worst in all the earth. Family gov
eminent rs not parental tyranny Gov
eminent is good, loving. cordial. help
full. jlycus; It's yoke easy and burd
en- light; but parental tyranny Il
harsh, exciting, cruel, dlscouragins
and gendereih meanness. We hay,
fairs to improve mechaniclsm, stool
farming and fine arts; measures L
improve homes are a thousand times
more important Here is where th'
right kind II men are made,
BORROWING TROUBLE.
IL Is uncomfortahly true III
there is almost as much distress o
mind in the anticipation as in IN,
realization. About half OF our un
happy days are occasional by GU