The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-02-14

IN TIE HomE NEST
Cheerful Evening Revcries for Tired
Mothers

Young man, did you ever think that
1t is not manly or noble TO make your
self appear tough? II you are tough
people will find it out soon enough with.
out your trying to make it so promi.
ment. A gentleman is always respect.
ed by a gentleman, while tough Is
respected by toughs.
BE as careful to keep the weeds out
of the minds Of your children as you
are to keep them out Of your garden.
But remember something will grow
there. Ifyou don't plant them with
good grain, the tares will take root,
in spite Of you. Keep library Of
good, clean books, aud by all means
keep your home paper before them.
Do you know that boys are much
more particular who they GO with
than girls are? You may think this Is
q strange statement, but it is so. A
girl will go on the streets with a boy
that gets drunk, but II boy finds out
that the girl gets drunk he won't so
with her. We wish our girls would be
as particular about whom they go with
as the boys are.
Let us say to benedicts, young and
old, II you did but show an ordinary
civility toward those common articles
of housekeeping-your wives If you
would give them a hundred and six.
teenth part OF the compliments you al
most choked them with before you were
married, fewer women would seek for
other sources Of affection. Praise
your wife, then, for all the good quail.
ties she has and you may rest assured
that her deficiencies are counter bal.
anced by your own.
II young boys and girls could only
understand how happy IL makes their
parents when they are doing well and
conducting themselves like ladies and
gentlemen, II seems to lis they would
make greater effort than they do tc
avoid evil deeds and acts. A greater
part Of the pleasures in this life, L
parents, Is found 10 the SUCCESS and
welfare Of the children going out o.
their home. And much Of the misery
is caused by waywardness and mis-
deeds Of sons and daughters.
II there Is one thing above another ;
young man should be ashamed Of do
ing, it is loafng without aim, purpos,
or profit, on the streets or in stores
day after day, all week. IL you hav,
nothing to do, stay at home-a part U
the timo at any rate. No young ma
with any self respect will content him
self with aspiring TO no higher reputa
tion than that Of chronic loafer an
store box magnate. Nothing will 5
blunt the higher facilities Of the min
Us inactivity; and 10 inactivity is s
baneful and malevolent In its effect Il
that voluntary idleness termed l0aiinl
We have great respect iOr the w
man who knows how to spare hersel
for the one who knows whcu she hs
enough. We have respect for the or
who has the courage TO say, III am nj
stroug enough to sew for the heathe
and do my home duties also, and n
home Is first" and who daros sit
: her house and sec others conduct sc'
: ing societies. This is no plea for idl
, ness, or for seliishness that is like
canker u the soul-ouly plea for
knowledge Of ones own powers al
i, limitations, for II courage according
.. the convictions, for judgment th
Il Is enlightened and generous not on
+, towards Others but towards herself.
n. AN AGED COUPLE.
we recently spent pleasant cveDi
20 with an aged couple, and what added