The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-02-01
Home Circle Column.
A Column Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle.


mot. er sings cheerily, where chill
freh are happy. Joyous and gay; where
the family gathers around the even
Ing lamp. busy with books, the needle
the papers and the playthings and
oask in the sunshine Of each others
owe
Home Is not merely four square
walls
OF wood and brick and spacious
halls"
The carpenter is abroad in the
land and many new houses are going
up. Not few Of them are to be oc-
cupied by young people, who have
lately gone through the ordeal OF a
wedding march and marriage cere-
mopy. AS a matter Of course there
has been a great deal OF talking "un-
der the roses" about the location,
the style OF architecture, the quail
~ and quantity Of furniture TO be
purchased. and how they intend tol
live when they take possession Of
this modernized Eden. Oh, we wish
we could imp ess II on their minds
that II doesn'. matter 50 much wheth-
er the house be built after Gothic or
pioneer style OF architecture, wheth-
ct the furniture is OF fashionable
make or home manufacture; whether
the walls are hung with costly tapes
try or with family wardrobe; II love
and virtue cement the family circle:
It will be home in the truest sense
Of the word. The body Is but the
dwelling place OF the soul, SO, like
wise the house is but the tenement
; Of the home We cannot all have per-
feet forms, and classic features, but
we can have pure, beautiful spirits ;
we cannot all have elegant, richly
i. furnished houses, but we can have
sunny, pleasant homes
GIVE THEMiNow.
(One has said: DO not keep the
alabaster boxes Of your love and
tenderness sealed up al your friends
are dead. Pill their Lives witi
sweetness. speak approving, cheer
lins words while Shcir ears can heA
J them. and while their hearts car
be thrilled by them. The flower
you mean to send for their collins
send 20 brighten AMI sweeten thei
hores before they leave them. lie
us karn TO anoint our friends be
fore hand for their burial)
n II you have gentle words and look
/ my friends,
"A To spare for me-lf you have tear
"a TO shed.
That have suffered = give ther
IL rot pray,
a Ultil l hear not, see not, bein
dead.
II you hsv, flowers to give-fair III
Lpcs,
White roses. daises, meadow-sta
that be
ID Mine own dear namesakes let thel
L smile ana MN N
a The air, while yet / breath It,
d sweet for me.
he For loving looks. though fraugl
with tenderness,
OF Kindly tears, though they n
IT. thick and fast,
And words OF praise, alas! cs
d. naught avail
~ To lift the shadows from a Il
u that's past
and rarest blossoms, what C.
s, they suffice,
A Offered to one who can no long
N. gaze
Upon their beauty Flowers in &C
!. fins laid
m Irpart no sweetness to depart
~ days.
THO JOY OF HOME.
Home life is the source OF exqui
tic blessing. There is nothing mo
ey attractive, refining and upliftiI
4, than Its simple joys and firesi
IT. PLEASURES. The world has plea
a ures gay and bright. but nothil
rs. exceeds the Joy Of home and bli
u. OF our own firedde. Il is the pla
a Of g.adnessl where burns the fir
be light bright We cross the doc
,g sia and enter Its threshold TO iii
the garden Of paradise. We ca
We not be Indifferent TO the swe
" attractions, simple pleasures, plea
10 ant conversation and sweet songs
the family circle. None are mo
bright, more pure and none mo
life the love OF highest heaven.
L. II more like heavea than any sp
r en- earth.
Some one has said. 1T is a spe
ial creation OF christianity" The
Is no other spot on earth so dea
How men long for It's quiet al
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