The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05

Il
A touch of the hand. look of love,
kindly deed a sympathetic smile are the
medicines for broken heart.
K x
Two men were disputing over their
respective churches. One was a Baptist
and one was Presbyterian. Finally one
of them called in neighbor who was
passing and asked his opinion as to
which was the better church. in which
to be saved. "Well, neighbour" he
said, 'son and have been hauling wheat
for nearly forty years. There are two
valley road and the other leads over the
hill, and never yet has the miller asked
me by which road | came, but he always
asks, Is the wheat good?" q,
There is a great deal of undeserved
censure passed on women on account of
their not making home more attractive
Most of this blame is fairly chargeable
on the men. With what heart can a
woman strive to make the Preside cheer
full when she knows, from her bitter ex-
perience, that the companion of her life
will come home to criticise her cooking,
to disregard her personal appearance,
and to let off upon her wounded but
patient ear, fretful language on account
of everything that has gone wrong out
Of doors? See to it that you do your
part, Mr.. Husband, to make your home
happy by cheerful encouragement to your
wife.
x <
Our home should be SO filled with
pleasant smiles, loving words and kind
acts, that the moment a member enters
it the sunshine of happiness will beam
from every countenance and thrill of
JOY fills every heart; in fact. the home
should be to its members, the most
pleasant spot on earth. If cross words
must be spoken let them be directed to
strangers, or better still, go into the
woods and direct them to the wild ami
mails, but still better way is to keep
the mind SO full of good thoughts, and
the hands so busy in performing kind,
Christian acts that there will be no room
for cross words to mature, and no time
| or disposition to utter them.
We estimate a mothers importance in
her family as high as any one can; and
yet we do not believe that she monop-
oizes all of the qualities needed in the
great work Of directing for good the
training up of human beings. Her ia.
miliarity with her children places her
in some respects, at disadvantage for
the exercise of wholesome authority
The wise father will not indeed take the
rens of the family government from his
wife, but he will make his children feel
and know that her gentle sway is sus-
aimed by firm and steady hand; that
behind their mothers tender heart stands
cool judgment and will stronger even
than their own, and that cannot impose
upon the one or resist the other
The great national question of the day
is not, ''What are we going to do with
the negro" or tariff" 1t is more vital,
more individual and more spiritual. 1t
is what are we going to do to vitalze
the minds of our boys and girls at home
and make it the mighty throne of inspi
ration. We hear some one say, you
are all theory, give us basis to work
upon" If you are looking for fixed
set of rules for making a home happy
and attractive, you are looking in vain
The government of no two homes is
likely to be the same. Homes are as
varied in disposition as the minds of
men. What makes one laugh might
cause tears for another. Have the max
ing of home place of joy, pleasure and
profit, as any other part of our daily
work Do not save the frowns of bust
ness worry fer your own Preside.
A bond of sympathy should, and in
most instances does connect mother and
daughter. What is more natural than
that young girl should seek her
Tother's sympathy, and advice when
trouble comes. Mothers voice has been
music to her ear since memory first
dawned. her hand has rocked the cradle.
rested upon her head as she lisped her
first PRAYER and smoothed her pillow
during the weary hours of sickness. She
can be trusted and into her ear is poured
the secret that no one else may know.
Whether it be an offer of marriage, or an
intimation of broken vow, mother will
know best how to advise.
The truest, best and the sweetest type
of the girl of today does not come from
the home of wealth, but she steps out
of the house where is comfort rather
than luxury. She belongs to the great
middle class-that class which has given
us the best wifehood, which has given
helpmates to the foremost men of oul
time; which teaches its daughters the
true meaning of the word love, which
teaches the manners of the drawing