The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-06-26
Home Circle Column,
OIumn Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle.
STERLING ADVICE.

STERLING ADVICE,
To a great extent the celibacy of
our young men is owiag to the way
in which girls are brought up Throug
mistaken kindness, mothers often
/ themselves do what they ought %
make their daughters do Let them
teach housekeeping on a fixed me-
I thodical plan, and they will then
/ learn their history, French and mu-
sic all the better IL is natural and
right that a mother should wish to
see her daughter we'll educated and
even highly accomplished; and it is
a mistake that good and careful edu-
cation should unfit a girl for the
homly duties of cooking, busting and
general housework. On the contrary
those duties would be better parfor
ed if mothers would att hesame time
that they seek talented instructors
for their daughters, impart to them
some Of their own culinary talent;
there would be more good wives aud
marriages Little girls should be
taught, as early as possible, to per-
form simple household duties neatly;
and as they grow older, let them
become gradually acquainted with the
theory of housekeeping in such a
manner that when they are married
they will be able to adapt them
selves to their circumstances, and
be useful as well as pleasing COM
panions to their husbands.
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Gratitude for mercies, patience I'M
der trials, congenial society and the
hope Of heaven, will bring us all the
happiness this life can bear. Abso-
lutely, there is nothing beyond this
but the life eternal. Accept this view,
and waste no more time and labor in
seeking for happiness where 1t is not
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THE FATHERS DUTY.
We estimate a mothers importance
in her family as high as anyone thing
and We we do not believe she monopo-
Lies all the qualities needed in the
great work of training human be-
ings. Her familiarity with her chill
dren places her in some respects at
q disadvantage for the exercise OF
wholesome authority The wise
father will not indeed take the reins
q fthe family government from his
wife; but he will make his children
know and feel that her gentle sway
is sustained by a firm and steady ma l.
that behind their mothers heart stan s
cool Judgment and a will stronger
even than their own, and that they
cannot impose upon the one or re-
sist the other But If he would be
truly the father Of his family, he
must not be a stranger 10 them. Ii
will answer no purpose for him to
come in once in awhile 10 meet some
great emergency, and awe down -.
bellion by hard authority. lie must
be the companion, the frieudo fhls
children. Strong, natural love mus,
be the basis Of the beneficial discip-
lime But this Is also, We had almost
said, equally necessary for the father
himself Nothing keeps 'ba heart
50 fresh and young, savas i, from Bit
terness and corrosin through The
cares and conflicts and d.sappyia'-
meats, OF life, as the daily Enjoyment
Of a happy home. A man NJ business,
or a sch0lar. who thus alloys himself
time for relaxation, for the play Of
Lhe domestic affections. will in he
course Of years hava accomplished
more, with less Wear Of mind and bod
than one who has been all the time
on the stretch, seeking TO catch the
nearest way TO wealth or any other
object Of personal or public good.
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