The Big Sandy news., 1908-07-31
Home Circle Column.
A OIrmn Dedicated TO Tired
Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle.

We are not made to fret and sigh,
And when grief sleeps to wake 1t,
Bright happiness is standing by
This life is what We make It.
Let's find the sunny side of men,
Or be believers in it;
4 light there Is in every soul,
That takes the pains to win It.
Oh! there's a slumbering good in all,
And we perchance may wake it;
Our hands contain the magic wand;
This life Is what we make II.
Then, here's TO those whose loving
hearts
Shed light and Joy about them;
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We neer had known about them.
Oh, this should be happy world
To all who may partake II;
The faults our own II it's not
This life is what We make it.
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People wonder why the boys want
to leave the farm and try their for
tune In the city. There is little won
der when the matter is looked into.
Too little effort is made to make the
homes from which the boys want to
run away, attractive. The almighty
dollar too often gets in the way.
Boys are not wild animals; they do
not need pounding because they do
not do their work as we'll as older
persons. They have not had the ex-
perience, One trouble is that many
farmers have too much to say about
big l. in talking to their boys. Why
not say we or ours, in talking about
the stock or farm, and encourage the
boys to say the same ?They will learn
to take an interest. Subscribe for a
paper in their name, and II there is
something extra in vegetables or
stock, let him take 1t to the fair,
make the entries in their own name,
and II they chance to get a premium,
let them have It 10 do as they please
with It; It will stimulate desire to
the details of the farm, and what Is
lost by letting them have the money,
will be made up by the extra care
Ihey will take in preparing for the
next fair, and 1t will also increase
the value Of both farm and stock.
Boys ike little fun now and tnen.
When work crowds and they try 10
huve little sport don't scold or
g.owl, put In a word yourself; the
work will go off the easier. DO not
think too much Of your dignity. DO
anything 10 make the boys think they
aIe having a good tme. In short,
live with your boys. A httle Iun
and good nature will so far towards
turning work into play. When You
get a boy SO tnat he loves his work
he will love his home and mis- par
ents, and you will nave a srong arm
to rest ON as you go down the slope
Home life is sure test Of home
character. Let The husband grow
Gloss and surly, and the wife grow
cold and unamiable. Tne children
|, grow cross and savage as young bears
The father becomes callous, peevish
hard, kind of two-legged-brute Will
clothes on. The wife bristles In self
defence, They develop an unnatural
! growth ad sharpness Of teeth and
the house is haunted by ugliness anC
. domestic brawls. This is not what
) the family circle should be. II one
7 must be rude 10 any, let it be some
, one he does not lOye-not his wife
, brother or parents. Let one Of the
loved ones be taken away, and mem
) cry recalls thousand sayings Of re-
= gret. Death quickeas recollecdons
painfully. The grave cannot hide tn,
white faces Of those who sleep. The
coffin and the green ground are cru
Ell magnets. They draw us furth'
er than we could go. They force u
to remember A man never sees 81
far into human life as when he lOok
: over wife's or mothers grave
His eyes grow wondrous clear ther
and he sees as he never saw before
! what it is to love and be loved. /
IA a pitiable picture of human weak
| ness when those we love best are
treated worst,
Encouragement is something "
naturally look for. A little praise, ;
word Of hope or a cheerful smile
something for the hungry soul to gra,
and the weary mind to rest upon, a.
we climb the toilsome mountain
of life, How many hearts have
sunken into dependency, when littl,
encouragement has reassured them
The soldier looks for 1t on the fielt
OF battle; it is the encouraging voic,
OF his leader that urges him OF
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