The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1911-01-27
HOME Circle COLUMN.
COLUMN DEDICATED TO TIRED
MOTHERS As THEY JOIN
THE HOME CIRCLE.

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Many of us miss the joys that
might be ours by keeping our eyes
fixed on those of other people No
one can enjoy his own opportunities
for happiness while he is envious
of another's We lose a great deal
of the joy of living by not cheertully
accepting the small pleasures that
come to us every day
Ths man and woman who try to
make their home the most interest
ing spot on earth for each other
and for their friends and those who
are near and dear 70 them, have
but occasional use for the club. II
is to them, like the tReatro, a
pleasant place to enter now and
then but not a spot dwell In
The world is full OF women who
can amuse the ordinary man, Can
sing, dance or recite for him: can
paint, write or decorate in manner
most pleasing, but the poor man
often goes begging for a woman who
can sew on buttons or mend his
clothes; who can cook his food with
economy and flavor It to his taste.
The children whose horizon Is a
brick wall, who must play on cob
bic stones and go swimming In the
canal and be chased by the police.
If they do not grow up 10 be ideal
citizens, shall We Of holier memoir
les sit in judgment upon them2 Shall
we not remember the weight they
carry in the race Of life and be
thankful We live in this beautiful
country of ours?
Some courage Is needed to be nat
Iural ana a higher kind OF courage.
too, than that which marches behind
the safe end Of a gun. That NOR
al courage which Is not intimdiattl
BY appearance nor crowd by custom
is finer article than the daring Of
the Spectator, or the steady nerve
o. the soldier in physical peril It
takes bravery Of the best Ctamp
20 be true to oneself.
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Would that our charities could
strike deeper, seek to humanize as
well az feed, encourage and rean-
innate as well as clothe. We are
all OF us apt to gather our skirts
about us, hold our noses and avert
our eyes while we hand out our gar
ments and our bread. Blessed be
the soul that is inspired enough to
go down into the shadows and lend
a helping hand To be very por and
yet carry a clear life and keep alive
ambition and hope is like seeking
TO set white rose growing in the
bosom of a coal pit "
The school boy should really
learn the lesson that the ripcst, big
gest cherries are at the top and
that nine out OF ten of his fellows
will be crowding for places to pick
around the base Of the tree where
the small, wormy fruit grows. There
Is plenty of room at the top;thcre
are plenty Of cherries growing there.
The lucious fruit is ready for the
picking and ever smiles a welcome
to the hustler to climb up and
obtain possession. The best things
IN lie require considerable effort
to get, and that's why the strong
est men and women have them.
1t Is not pleasant to record the
truth that there are mothers, who
have sacrificed motherhood to world
ly ambition, and the most happy wo-
men on earth are those who have
set aside iilial ties ia order to live
lives Of social friyoIlty and the time
comes to all such, when the bloom
OF youth forsakes the cheek, and
the fire OF youth dies out OF the
eye. Such often turn to their
homes for sympathy and love, only
to find that they too have vanish
ed, and when it is too late the
sad truth dawns upon them that
they are unhonored and unloyed.
The path OF duty is the only safe
path, let It be ever so thorny.
and the only safe guide-board points
to tn Christian home.
There should live in the depths
of every human heart one warm
and sunny spot where nestle the
images of early love and the sweet
remembrances Of childhood home