The Washington herald., 1909-08-01
The COmpenSatiOns of Lite Will Be Taken Up by
the OptimistS Next Week. "Compensa-
ton" to Be the Topic

shutters half closed 70 keep the sun from
fading the best carpet Next the village
church. the blacksmiths shop and the
little red schoolhouse. where the three RS
were taught. and the rod and Ounce cap
stiu used 70 threaten unruly ones. All
/ happy childhood's homel happy school
Gays! We may rove the world over. but
the old home will always seems the best
Mrs +. 4 BARRINGER.
It was the policy Of the good. old gen
tleman TO make his children feel that
nome was the happiest place in the
world; and / value the delicious home
Ieehng as one ef the choicest gifts a
parent can bestow. Irving.
Arlington. Va.
Our country is one large home, com
posed Of the many small homes that I'll
our land. II We would realize that we
are porn 70 do benefits. and each happy,
prosperous home would share with those
less fortunate, an era OF glorious prosper
ity ana oene1cence would dawn on the
world and happiness would reign su-
preme.
Have love Of home. Not love for one
alone,
But. man as man thy brother cali.
And scatter, like the clrcling sun,
Thy homes best blessings upon all.
no2 H street northwest L. '0OAi'
Home. the place OF rest and security.
the abode OF the domestic directions the
place where all our Joys and sorrows are
shareo' tae refuge TO which we joyfully
return from all cur wanderings.
The sacred place in our memory where
our hearts fondly turn Is our childhood's s
The place Of .nreside en,ovments
/ homeborn happiness" SAYS Cowper. and
Byron says, for without hearts there IS
no home"
Home is the sacred refuge OF our life.
says Dryden. Home IS a kingdom where
woman reigns; where mother is queen.
His home the spot OF earth supremely
blest,
A dearer. sweeter spot than all the rest.
is how 1t is worded by ]. Montgomery
and
Domestic happiness. thou only bliss
Of paradise that has survived the fall"
again says Cowper. Burns says:
TO make happy hreside cline
To weans and wife:
That's the true pathos and sublime
OF human life
The expectant wee things, toddlin'.
Staeher through TO meet their dad, WI
hichterin' noise and glee;
His wee bit ingle. blinkin bonniue:
HIS clean hearthstane. his thrifty wife's
smile.
The rfcrf-r~ TO-. ---...rt.
Does all his weary. carking cares beguIle
And makes him quite forget his labor and
his toll"
The first true symptom Of a mind IN
Is rest OF heart and pleasure felt at
home" e. young.
Housekeeping hearts are happiest-
LOngfellow.
Goldsmith has summed It all up in The
Traveller I think It is. where he says:
The shuddering tenant OF the frozen zone
Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his
own
Extols tho treasures OF his stormy seas
And his long nights OF revelry and ease;
The naked negro, painting at his line.
Boasts Of his golden sands and palmy
wine;
Basks in the glare. or stems the tspid
wave,
And thanks his gods for all the good
they gave.
Such is the patriots boast where'er we
roam.
His first best country ever Is at home"
Tl9 fifteenth street northwest.
Nor need we power or splendor,
Wide hall or lordly dome:
The good, the true. the tender,
These form the wealth Of home.
ANNIE ALLEN.
There is a spot Of earth supremely blest.
A dear, sweeter spot than all the rest:
o. thou shalt find. howe'er thy footsteps
roam
That land thy country. and that spot thy
home.
E C. DowDEN.
Love makes home beautiful. II takes
the Cnsightly things and transforms
them a common home. in which there is
no wealth 10 buy artistic things, where
all Is plain and frugal, Is. with love.
more handsome and sweet than all that
loveless money can provide. II IS a
blessed thing that love, which Is within
the capacity Of each one OF US, can bring
TO our homes more than all else can
possibly bring to them. and that. with
!oVe' We can dispense with things we
cannot afford. and still be supremely han
py ana blessing. s. +. ADKINS.
25l T street.
The sweetest and dearest spot on Gods
green earth when love IS enthroned there.
Where there is married love. there a
sweet home may be created, thrugh Il
be In one corner OF a stable with asses
and oxen sharing the roof. Love IS not
measurable IN linear terms. Home Is
the product OF pure love and can be
crested by nothing else. Architects do
not design homes, carpenters do not build
them. A home is a little heaven having
direct wireless connection with the throne
of infinite love. Angels delight 10 ascend
and descend and the atmosphere is that
which they breathe In the courts OF the
Living God. The home is a little heaven
Just as long as those who are within
allow 1t TO remain so. II home be
little heaven there will probably be child
ren within T. for II is told Of the heaven
ly Jerusalem that the streets Of the city
shall be full Of boys and girls playing
in the streets thereof" A home from
which child l!fe is deliberately excluded
Is one IN which the inhabitants are en-
gagged in demolishing the foundation upon
which home rests. When the structure
tumbles TO the ground no one need be
surprised-and homes that are not per-
to remain heavens are OF little
value Home takes on larger meaning
when some have been called beyond. and
then includes all that hidden waiting
AID 0PTIMIST CLUB.