The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1911-10-13
OUR HOME CIRCLE
DEPARTMENT.

only one head, and that be yours,
postpone your wedding indefinitely.
The woman whose life-book has
love written on every page; who
makes home for a man, home in
a house and in a heart, home that
he is sure of, home that is full of
love presided oyer by one whose price
IS above rubies. She is the model wife.
The rneanest men in the world are
those who have allowed themselves to
drift away from their mothers and
forget all about them. The best and
brayest men in the world are those
who have never been so proud as
when doing something pleasant for
the kind old mother.
There is an old saying to the effect
that an untidy mother has disobedient
children, and, while neither parents
or children may realize the why or
wherefore of it, yet there is always
lack of respect and an indifference to
the authority of mother who takes
no pride in her personal appearance.
Who does not feel more cheerful
and contented for receiving a polite
bow, a genial good morning." a
hearty shake of the hand? Who does
not make himself the happier by these
little expressions of fellow-feeling and
good will? Silence and stiff, un-
bending reserve are especially selfish
and essentially yulger.
Success is never obtained in coun-
try like this without effort. If you
fail once try again. If you fall down,
get up. If it is dark, strike light.
If you are in the shade move around;
if there is shade on one side there is
sure to be sunshine on the other. 1t
takes longer to skin an elephant than
a mouse, but then the skin is worth
something. Never be content with do
lug what another has done-excel him.
OF all the evils prevailing among
young men we know of none more
blighting in its moral effects than the
tendency to speak slightingly of the
virtue of women. Nor is there any
thing in which young men are so
thoroughly mistaken as the low esti-
mate they form of the integrity of
women-not of their own mothers and
sisters, thank God, but of others, who,
they forget. are somebody else's
mothers and sisters.
Don't wait till some cne is gone from
you to tell their virtues. Don't wait
until your sister is far away in another
land to tell her how helpful, how pret-
tY or how good she Isl and don't wait
until the weary hands are crossed and
the long sleep comes before you make
mother know what beautiful blue
are her eyes, how tender her heart,
and how you love her. Tell it now
when the walk through life is hard,
and the sunshine of praise is yearned
for to brighten it, and to warm and
encourage the pilgrim by the wayside.
There is certain species of reptile
found in all parts of the known world;
its home is not so much in the jun
giles and wilderness, as one might sup
pose. This serpent frequents the
haunts of men. showing by this that
it is of sociable character; cities.
villages, and the sparsely populated
neighborhood, each and all claim its
attention. The name of this serpent
is SANDER, We hope it has no abid-
ing place in the home of any of our
readers. The Home Circle depart
ment is the best antidote yet discov-
cred for this vile reptile, and seldom
fails to drive it from the home it
weekly visits.
Parents make their great mistakes
in their training of children, by not
recognizing their individuality. Each
child has peculiarities in mind, tenn
permanent, disposition and character
which makes it an individual prob
lem. Mothers in lamenting the fail
ure of home discipline sometimes say,
II am sure cannot understand it;
have always tried to do my duty by
them, and have always treated my
children exactly alike" Therein lies
the very secret of her failure; she has
not realized their individuality: she
has made the mistake of using the
same formula for different ploblems;
she has sought to move distinctly dl.
ferent locks by the same key. The
same sun melts wax and hardens clay.