The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1908-10-09
Home Circle Column.
A Column Dedicated TO Tired
Mothers as They Join the
Home Bircle.


tc return to Il. The plainest old IA
miliar dish is better than the daint-
lest epieurean bill OF fare abroad.
Ones own little room, with its han
dy, compact belongings, is preferable
TO all the marble halls, swept through
ty silken clad danes. Home, One
is more than ever impressed by The
significance Of that word, when, even
in the toughest li,tle namle,. and
most dssolate looking hut, 1t may
mean so much 40 those who wert
born in 1t. 1t is beautiful trait,
this clinging to the very soil Of
ones birthplace, sterile and unat-
tractive as It may seem to those who
have no such associations.
900
How soon the children leave us. 1t
seems but step between childhood
and manhood. How soon the take
this step and how often the eternal
step from life to death. We little
realize what the future Of our little
ones may be. Heaven kadly hides
the book Of fac. One word Today
Idly spoken, may on the morrow,
stand like clouds of fire, staring Us
in the face. One kind act which
is left undoae. Tomorrow It may
might have gllddsned the little heart,
come back TO cur memory and causes
many hear aches, If we knew that
the little ones who are today annoying
us in their childish fashion. would
tomorrow lay sin in death, how
different our actions would be toward
them. Let US be more patient, we
know not what tomorrow has in
store for Us. IT,. ..
| My young lady reader, II you
' are looking for your prince, Just
I est his home conduci before you ae'
, oept him. Don't be guided in your
choice by what a young man may
be in your parlor; find out what nc
is In his mothers sitting-room. Dom
Judge him by how he can dance, CT
turn compliment, or tip his hat
or carry your small bundle; find
out how agile he Is to do service
: for his old maid aunt, or how h
speaks TO the women folks when hi
collars are not Numbered to sui
, him II he stands the test, catcf
} him quick. for he is rara-avis
I Together you may establish |
kingdom second to none but thu
; kingdom Of heaven-a happy home
! For the home where mutual consid
E Grafton rules, is bound to be hap
: py one, although It be the top fla
: In tenement, or an abode hut Of
/. the prairies.
The ques ion which seems to con
Germ this country particularly
how 10 obtain the most luxuries wit
the least work. Some Of the five
hours-a-day fellows have fifteer
hours-a-day wives, which help OF
good deal in family; and som'
times ten-hour-a-day man find
himself in possession Of no-houl
a-day wife which insures doug
cakes" for the family. Time wi
II a man and his wife and childre
all pegged away at some useful il
dustry, according to the early Sc
tiers, they would rise in important
as surely as cream rises on the t
Of pan of milk. Nor is the goC
old plan of industry and cconun
yet entirely untrus,wor,hy, thoug
5 growing more so as the years roll
a. Large house, fine furniture, rlega
1t uress and equipage with no busine
In or visible means to back it all |
are every day sights One is Oft,
tempted to think there is not nlu,
t. difference between hose who VOL
end those who play, This is a ma
" ural conclusion from a superfici
IN standpoint
CT ooo
IL TO MARRY WELL,
y, OF course 1t is the natural desi
u Of every mother that her hdaught
~ should marry well, to use cure
phrase. But much depends up,
how we interpret the word, "wel
Usually 1t is APPLIED to young MAJ
Income or financial possession
when this is the case, the standa
:, used is an unfortunate ole. Tna
~ is not more cruel standard
~ which to measure young man tn
y the position he is able TO offer {
:" girl of his choice. We do not adv
cate of the love in a cottage tneo
~ by any means, but We do believe
~ tho good old-fashioned theory of