The citizen., 1911-06-30
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| Never suspect a friend of doing vol
wrong until the proof of it is as clear
and as plain as the 'snn at noon on a
| cloudless day, and then-yes, even then
do not accuse or censure until you have
heard from his own lips his version o.
the supposed wrong. If you ever were
friend to him he is certainly entitled tc
that much forbearance and consideration
If this rule was practiced, many a mis-.
understanding would be averted, anc
many heart ache spared.
Boys, you have but one mother, care
for her and spare her. She is not beast
of burden to drive along the highway oI
life. There is no love like a mother
love; you may not know it now, but you
will some day.
The need of some place. to drop down
for moment and forget things is a cry
ing need in most homes There ought
to be enough sofas around to accommo.
date all of the family. Five minutes rest
will prevent MANY family row, and how
can you get rest if you have to pull the
shams off of the bed and roll up the
coverlid? A shabby old lounge is worth
its weight in gold; and you will not want
to die half SO many times if YOU make
use of it.
Teach children to be polite Teach
them that there is nothing but goodness
Of heart of SO much durability as pleas
ing department They will lose the idea
after while that it is smart to be pert
and boisterous, aud take pride in being
little ladies and gentlemen. Teach them
to say, How do you do?' or Good
morning" to every body with whom you
are acquainted; never to contradict,
whisper, hum, beat a tattoo with the
fingers on the furniture or loll around in
lounging attitudes in company; to say
Eyes, ma am, and mo sir" "What
ma amp IF you please" and Excuse
me, I" if it is necessary for them to pass
before any one, or to leave the table
before the rest, and never to do any OF
the things for which it is necessary to
ask to be excused unless it is absolutely
unavoidable; not to toss things instead oi
handing them; not to listen to ANYTHING
that is not intended for their ears; not to
refuse to give the whole to visitor when
the half will not do. A polite child is
the best of companions, but a rude one
is troublesome nuisance and will find
himself learning at eighteen or twenty
things which he should have learned
when he was child.
Girls of manageable age do not like
to tell how old they are but you can find
out by following the subjoined instruc-
tions, the young lady herself doing the
figuring: Tell her to put down the num-
Der of the month in which she was born,
then to multiply it by 2, then to add S,
then to multiply it by so, then to add her
age, then to subtract 365, then to add us.
then tell her to tell you the amount that
she has left The two figures to the
right will tell you her age and the re-
mainder the month of her birth. For
example, il the amount is 822. she is
twenty-five years old and was born in
the eighth month, august Try it.
A happy home. whether it consists of
two or twelve members is one where love
presides at the board and watches over
the couches; where each person loves
himself last and considers the others first;
where the irritable word is restrained and
the affectionate thought given utterance,
and where.each is glad in laboring for
the others comfort and relieving the
others cares.
If there is one thing above another
that young man should be ashamed of
doing, it is loafing without aim or pur-
pose or profit on the streets or in
the stores, or in the stores day after day,
all week. If you have nothing to do
stay at home-a part of the time at any
rate. No young man with any self
respect will content himself with aspiring
to no higher reputation than that of a
chronic loafer and store box magnate
Nothing will SO blunt the higher facul-
ties Of the mind as inactivity; and no
inactivity is SO baneful and malevolent
in its effect as that voluntary idleness
termed loafing.
Troubles come to all of us. The past
is streWn with broken ,eXpectatiOnS and