Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1909-11-05

thought of his life, will make {. bet
ter man, moral citizen, more con-
siderate husband, more loving father
He will find his family ties strength
ened, so that as his children grow to
manhood and womanhood, no place
will be so attractive to them as the
freside at home. These are the
pleasures that remain, that do not
wlther with time, that do not grow
bitter with the years.
The home is for happiness. What
ever brings the highest happiness is
right and best Take a broom and
sweep your floor, but before you get
down on your hands and knees to
scrub think a minute, Is it the floor
or the children that need you most?
Is it best to make a scrubbing brush
of yourself with q scowl for the dirty
boots when husband and children
come in, or is it best to be the loving
wife and mother, to take your scrub
Ding time for reading time and have
CHEEKY welcome and helpful thought
for your own when they come to you?
| know there are some big boned wo-
men who can scrub all day without
feeling exhausted, but for one of
these are a. hundred fraii. delicate
women, who are so constantly and
unutterably weary that they know
nothing of the joy of living. The wo-
man is the heart of the home. If she
is cross, miserable and disspirited,
there will be little life and true hap
pinesS within. Let her do her part,
but LET her refuse to labor beyond
her strength. A wise. tender mother
is of more Importance than anything
else in the world to young children.
Let every mother train herself to a
wise neglect of unimportant things
that she may be to her own the en-
bodiment of sympathy, hope, gentle
ness, charity. wisdom and love.
The perception of beauty, dormant
in the babe, is easily awakened with
the other growing faculties. The
Kindergarten teachers efforts in this
direction are constantly bearing fruit
but let word be given to mothers
who have not had kindergarten
training.
Gather about your children a few
beautiful objects: talk about them;
let the children come. as they will
unconsciously, under their influence;
let beautiful ideas and images grow
into their lives. Perhaps you have a
dainty head in Marble; put it on a
low table to be admired, on the win
.dow-seat to cast shadow, in the
child's hands while he looks into the
beautifully modelled face, at the smil-
ing mouth, the wavy hair
Take time to read and reread a
gem Of poetry, or to sing d, sweet
song to your children. Above all
take time to study with your chill
dren the shading of the leaf, the bird
the bee, the stone. the pearls of dew
on grass blades, the frost glitter, the
snow crystal; take time 10 watch the
trees in their grandeur. the stretch
of meadow, the sparkling stream, the
cloud mountains, the sunset glory.
will be revealed to you you
dream not of.
Even from our crowded city streets
to the eye that is opened and the
heart that is awakened, beauty has
not fed The Pickering light and
shade weave themselves into exquis-
lite patterns on our walls and pave
ments, the trees throw their long,
dark shadows, the mists rise soft and
gray, the sun pours it's flood of gold
en- light down the long dusty streets;
to the ear that is attuned, harmonyl
rises from the discord of sounds. He
who loves beauty and is looking for
it will find it everywhere. And the
mother who keeps her enthusiasm
alive by working with her children, |
developing their perception of beau
ty and love for the beautiful works
Of nature and art, and reverence for
the beautiful truths divine, will give
them blessed inheritance which
will tighten their burden as they
grow beyond her sheltering care,
and bring more of cheerfulLess, and
and yOuthfulness into