The Big Sandy news., 1908-11-20
Home Circle Column.
Column Dedicated to Tired
Mothers as They Join the
Home Circle.


Show me the woman who some
times has supper at five o'clock and
sometimes not till eight; sometimes
dinner at noon and somtlmes no din
ner at all; sometimes having good
bread and cake and meat and some
times sour bread and meat TO match,
-and | will show you one who can
not raise family Of healthy chill
dIen. nor keep SO herself The hus-
band OF such a woman will, more
than likely lament that he ever marri
such "neer do we'll" and general
misery will be the outgrowth OF the
unstable management OF a foolish
Woman.
900
SOUR OR SWEET?
That's the question:, my brother,
and it's not mean one, either, for
many Of us had rather take dose
OF salts than walk with you long-as-a-
rail fence.
Your dyspeptic brain, torpid con-
science and sour disposition make
you anything but agreeable company
: You are called christian too.
Well, maybe. you are but the fact
~ not believed by many on earth.
Possibly you may console yourself
with the thought that they know II
in heaven. doubt It,
Why go through the world slwayi
n a fog? You dishearten many
give others the blues. and leeI
scores under clouds Of doubt Rnd
darkness You make out that th'
path 70 the just is not shining
light, that the way is one OF gloom
hard and difficult. The way Of IN,
transgresscr Is hard, but surely no
the path OF obedience in which yol
claim to be walking.
Swing around. my brother, an,
get your eye off Of SELF "Rejoic
eyermore." Give up your Eouness
quit looking like graveyard. TAX
the sunny side OF the street Laug
, once in a while. Get off your stilt
:, aud walk with humble folks. chee
up. tone up. wake up and see
. milk is not better than vinegar, Q
IN other words, II II is not better |
I, be sweet than sour.
!, 900
Don't find all your good people
mong the departed, but seek TO dii
cover few among the living.
viii make you and all the worl
happier to get into this habit
I, 900
20 A MODEL HOME.
We often wonder why there q
or no more homes that can be safe
n spoken OF as models. II would see
az those who pass their life in u
- ccuntry,-where daily occupsti'
y brings them in contact with 4
varied beauty OF the field. and 70
est, mountain and pIain,--who- are c
y stant witnesses OF Natures ere
" mysteries would, of necessity,
u filled with noble thoughts; th
their eyes would gather conunu
en- delight from the beauty arou
as them, and their whole lives sha
themselves in grander forms US
rt- natural result Of their turroundin,
ly Yet 1t is undenlably true that
nd gathering up riches for The futurt
which after all they may never
AZ hold-they forget the claims Of
present, and allow their sculs
A. grow less instead of greater.
~. II comes 20 pass that the cl
dren going out Of these houses. {
finding themselves, as they
=" ten may, in refined end polite fo'
~ " for time, become dissatisf
with home, and seek a life q
r. shall give them the advantages VIII
W. they suppose they cannot obtain
y the country 1t is not folly TO
~ so intent upon the things VIII
as' perish with the using, as to
get higher aims? Is It not an
cen when parents allow themselves
is he so absorbed by cares that I
neglect to instruct their children
ing the properties of every day life,
say nothing of the small s9
life courtesies, the little acts cf sr
ork SO fruitful Of good? A brief no
Of a Model Home points out
as. effects OF better way.
900
One of our young men asks
.e the following question?
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