The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-07-28
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Fss'%S F:Ss'i!S'- ment, FIss' FFISS"''F
| A young girl will be far safer in the
hands OF young man born of parents
IN moderate circumstances, honest in his
principles, the energetic and industrious
| young man. than she would with young
man who has known only the luxuries Of
| life, and to whom work is an incidental
matter rather than the aim and purpose
i of life.
There are many happy homes, thank
God, in every community, and when
they exist there goes out from blessed
influence which can hardly be over
estimated. "A real home with mother
in it, +" whose hospitable doors are ever
open to those not so blessed, is won
derful power for good.
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The boy who jumps into the first Job
that offers, whether it is agreeable or
not, is the boy who is chosen when the
boy hunter comes along. The boy who
is trundling wheelbarrow is taken,
while the boy playing marbles in the
shade is left; the boy cheerfully minding
the baby on the front step is invited to
put on boys suit, while the one play
ing hockey is refused place to drive a
dirt cart.
The sweetest wives are those who
possess the magic secret of being con-
tented under all and any circumstances.
Rich or poor, high or low, it makes no
difference; the bright little fountain of
| Joy bubbles up just as musically in their
hearts. Do they live in log cabin? The
fire on the humble hearth becomes much
brighter than the gilded chandelier in an
Aladdin palace.
Let the children have their pleasures.
Train them to be obedient. neat, and to
some extent orderly, and then let them
have all the fun that their busy brains
can devise, so long as it is harmless and
innocent. Long after they have grown
to manhood and womanhood, even aftel
they have families of their own, they
will look back to their childhood as the
brightest oasis of their lives. Mother
will be thought of as the dearest woman
and father as the best man.
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The great event in every young mans
| life is his awakening. There comes q
time when he is aroused from the
dreamy carelessness of boyhood by the
| opening possibilities of life. If he then
drops into Indifference and begins life in
an easy, shiftless wav, he fritters away
| his chances. If he comes to deep, ear
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best, he arrives early at the highest rank
among his equals in business, profession
| or trade.
The over-dressed child is always the
unhappy child. She is pert Miss
who has learned early to regard over
much the pomps and vanities of life, or
she is poor, little discontented victim,
who has never had chance for childish
play, and looks with envy at the ragged,
little tumbling urchins who make mud
pies on the roac side.
The most illustrious statesmen and elo-
quent ministers owe their greatness to
the fostering influences of home Napo-
leon knew and felt this when he said,
"What France wants is good mothers,
and then you may be sure that France
will have good sons"
An extensive library does not make a
lawyer; sanctimonious face minister;
an elaborate sign a doctor, or pair OF
wings an angel. The world Judges us
by what we are. and not by what we
seem.
Probably nineteen-twentieth of the
happiness that you will ever have, you
will get at home. The independence
that comes to man when his work is
over and he feels that he has run out of
the storm into the quiet harbor of home,
where he can rest in peace with his fam
lily, is something real. 1t does not make
much difference whether you own your
house or have but one little room in that
house, you can make that little room a
home to you.
There are a great many SO called
homes that do not deserve the name at
all. Home means comfort, but when
we have it fixed up SO elaborately that
we must sit in the garrett or in the back
yard to genuinely enjoy ourselves then
it is high time that we made change
and turned out the too-good-to-use ar
ticles and substitute for them real homely
things that we could enjoy every day of
the year and every moment of the day.
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The boy who looks upon his home as a
place for the display or nervous irritation
that comes from overwork where every
thing is sacrificed to the love of show
and no place is left for the angel of rest
and peace, will leave it at his first oppor-
tunity, and at the same time he is ill-htted
to meet the great temptations out
side.
Mother, young man. is the sweetest
name in the world and should be held
in reverence by every boy. The
time is fast coming when her feeble
hands will be folded, her wa tchful eyes
closed and the lips once warm with a
mothers love will be cold, and the fond
heart whose anxious beatings once fol-
lowed your wayward feet will be stilled
forever. So while you can, call her
mother.
Harvesters, riding plows and culti-
vators may be found on every farm, but
| the waehhoard is about the same kind Of