The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-09-04


ly lives. and when the young clay had
hardened it would not respond to u
larger environment.
Can anything be more incongruous
on this glorious, glad earth. than the
picture of worrying child, Il child
with Il sad face, Il human rosebud
blighted before it has chacc to open
up its petals, and fling out its beauty
and fragranccl
Somebody has Sinncd and is res
ponsible for this blight, this blasting
Of promise, this chilling Of hope, this
strangling of possibility.
Childhood should be sunny. Clouds
do not belong TO childhood. JOY, bcau-
ty, cNubcrancc, enthusiasm. bouvancv,
belong to chilhood a sad, Worrying
cll'ld. child who has no childhood, is
Disgrace to civilization.
What has Il child to do with the
past or the future? Tt should live in
the glad, joyous now. TO fill the
hour with happiness, with gladncss,
tnlS Is the clnlu : life.
Enemies of Dyspepsia and Blues" 4"
| know Il family with whom it is a
perfect JOY TO dine. The members of
this family vie with one another in
seeing who can say the brightest, wit, =
test, funniest things and tell the best
stories during dinner. Dyspepsia and
|
The announcement Of dinner should
be the signal for Il jolly good time.
Make the dinner hour the brightest
chcerfulcst. most sunshiny hour of
the whole day. Fine all "knockcrs"
and every one who appears with a
long Face. Laughter and fun arc the
enemies Of dyspepsia and the 'blucs. -
The home ought to be a sort Of
thcatcr for fun and all sorts of
Sports-a place where The children
should take the active parts. ol-
though the parents should come in
For share too. Don't Mr.. Business
or Mr.. Professional Man, east Il GLOOM
over your home just because things
have gone wron" during the dav
Your wife and children have troubles
OF their own. They have Il RIGHT ia
expect that YOU will contribute some
thing besides vinegar to the dinner
hour and the evening.
Did not Lycurgus sci up the god Of
laughter in the Spartan cating-halls
because he thought there was no
sauce like laughter at meals?
The constantly increasing success
OF the vaudeville playhouscs and 9th
cr places OF amusement all over this
country shows The tremendous de-
mand IN the human economy for fun.
Most people do not appreciate that
tins demand must be met in some
form or the character will be warned
and Detective
Laugh until T come back" was a
noted clergyman "good-by" saluta-
ton. 1t is a good one for us ALL
Many people make anything like
JOY or happiness impossible by dwell
ing upon the disaGrccablc. or the sad
and the gloomy things of life. They
always see the ugly, the crooked. tho
wrong side Of things.
once lived in clergyman fam
llH where | scarcely heard person
laugh in months. II seemed to be q
part of the inmates religion to wear
long faces, and to be sobcr-mindcd
and solemn. They did not have much
use for this world they seemed to be
living for the world to come, and
laugh. he would GOTTEN remind me that
had better be thinking of my "lat-
ter cnd' preparing for death which
might come at any moment. Laughter
was considered frivolous, worldly
and. as for playing in the house, it
would not be tolerated for an instant.
The Religion of Cheerfulness.
The time has gone by when long
faced. too-sobcr. too-serious people
shall dominate the world. Mclancho-
lv. solemnity used to be regarded as a
sign of spirituality. but it is now
looked upon as the imprint of NOR
bid mind. There is no religion in it.
Truc religion is full OF hope, sun
shine, optimism, and chccrfulncss. Tt
is joyous and glad and beautiful.
There is no Christianity in the ugly.
the discordant, the sad The religion
which Christ taught was bright,
cheerful, and beautiful. The sun