The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-05-08
PRETTY EULOGY ON THE HOME
Woman's Sceptre has Made it Haven Of Peace Rest
and Love
specially OF he
Written specially for the Ocala Banner.

| enlighten the ignorant, also strength
en- the weak. Her influence is going
out into society like a sweet perfume
upon the breeze to bless all with
ThOm she comes in contact. Without
woman this world would be a dreary
| desert. and home would be a mere
| den or cave. Oh, woman, great is
your sphere; every man should apprc-
ciate and be glad that you are here,
and rejoice that you have come to
stay. To woman, home is and ever
will be her stronghold, her theater of
action. Not alone as the place wherc
| duty calls, but the loved spot above
all others that she wishes to beauty
and gladden.. To accomplish this she
must bring into active exercise all the
varied possibilities of her nature. Pa
| thence, prudence and piety must be
/ the browning attributes of every wO-
mans character Into the home
| comes, sooner or later, the great need
Of self government, of self pOise, OF
self restraint. Into such moments are
crowded the wide possibilities of the
woman nature-the power to quiet,
to control to forgive, and by the act
of forgiving, to govern. In order that
a woman may be qualified to act well
her part in the home, she should ac-
Quire a thorough knowledge of all do
nestle and culinary affairs, so that
even if she should never be required
| by circumstances to go into the
kitchen to cook a dinner she viii
know when it is properly prepared,
and be able to give directions how &c
! do it, Order is the essential prere-
| quisite of every truly efficient action.
Without it nothing can be done we'll;
with, it there is no duty in life that
cannot be rightly performed. Neat
order; the one is nearly inseparable
! from the other. WOman's influence
is the sheet anchor of society. Is felt
rather than seen, not claiming the
| hands, but restraining action by Gid
! ms into the heart. To feel, to love,
| to suffer, to devote herself, will al
ways be the text of woman Lowell
ness of spirit is a wOmans sceptre
! and sword in the home, for it is bOtn
| the emblem and the instrument of her
| conquest Her influence flows from
her sensibiliities, her gentleness, her
! tenderness. 1t is this which disaTms
prejudice and awakens confidence and
affection in all who come within ber
| sphere. which makes her more pow
| eTful to accomplish what her will re-
solves than if nature had endowed
her with the strength of a giant If
| her heart is lacking in high-minded.
self devotion, in self control, in sin
cerity, in genuine meekness, her love
illness is like a coating of gold upon
a counterfeit CONT will disappear
before all who behold her in contact
with the realities Of life. She must
daily cultivate genuine loneliness; it
is the fresh ripple from deep fOun-
tains of Unborn love In the home We
must have industry, sympathy, also
government, but love must be the d.
rector. Kind words, gentle acts, and
kindly disposition make glad the
home where peace and blessing
dwell. No matter how humble the
abode, if it be thus garnished with
grace, and sweetened with kindness
and cheerful smiles, the heart viii
turn lovingly toward it, from all the
/. tumult OF the Id. 1t will prove
the dearest spot beneath the circuit
of the sun. 1t is each bringing to the
other something interesting and anus
; ing. like "Yap-a-hOO-tee' to the Ban
ner readers last week That writer
certainly deserves a premium. H
excels Mark Twain as a humOrist
Husband. wife and the children mus
bring Joyous life to make a cheerful
happy nome. EdCu must uO MS Ol
her part to make genial conversation
: 1t is just what prevents many peOpl,
r from relapsing into utter selfshnes}
at homes. 1t should not simply occU
, by the older members of the family
/ but extend itself to the younger ones
| Enter into their lives to share thei
: troubles. to meet them in the though
and feelings of their childhood. lie
the love of childhood find a return
never repulsing the cOnhding tender
ness every child displays when sur
rounded by kindly influences. Their,
cannot be any ingrained gentilit,
i which does not exhibit itself first a
home. There of all places in th,
world it will be able to demonstrat,
r how much genuine pOliteness there i
in the heart, in the homes. wher.
r true courtesy preyails-it seems I,