The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-11-08
HOME TRUTHS.

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HOME TRUTHS.
The approach of winter draws us
near the fireside. Summer is a gre
garious season. The tender twilight
tempts to dalliance, the shady streets
invite companionship, all nature pro-
claims the comradeship of out-of-doors
But winter is the season of the home.
1t can be the happiest or the unhap-
piest time of year, just as the home is
flied with love and helpfulness or
with discord and pickering.
God pity the man who is compelled
to find his chief companionship in the
club or the lodge. There is something
wrong at home. We will not try to
place the blame, sometimes it is on
one side of the house and sometimes
on the other, but there is something
wrong. z
This is true, however, man is largely
a creature of habit. The man who is
dCCuSLOucu " SpCuuAu6 LID evenings
away from home often does not realize
what he is missing. He would like
4 those evenings at home if he just tried
them for a while Especially would
he enjoy them if the wife entered into
the spirit of the thing and planned the
work of the day so that the evening
hours nioht ho froo
A romp with the children, good
book, quiet talk over the work of the
day and the work of the morrow, per-
haps visit with old friends, candy
making, a dozen different kind of frol-
ics-the home program needs not be
sterotyped or monotonous-aN these
enjoyments make for happy life and
for good citizenship.
Physicians tell us that time should
be given for digestion. There should
also be time for mental digestion. The
painful one for some people, neverthe-
less it is highly beneficial habit, and
nowhere can it be better cultivated
than in the quiet of the home.
Some women are to blame that the
home is not more attractive. Some
women sacrifice all the comforts of
home life on the altar of good house
keeping. There is such thing as be-
ing such an everlastingly good house
keeper that one becomes a mighty
poor homekeeper. If your house is
too good to live in, to enjoy in every
nook and Granny, move out and get in
to some place where you can kick
about and enjoy yourself.
A dirty floor is better than dirty
temper and a clean conscience is
worth more than clean kitchen.
A nagless wife is the best recipe for
jagless husband
The "best room ought to be for
those you love best and not reserved
for critics and company and cats.
Nothing looks more comfy than
litter of papers on the floor beside the
rocking chair where "He" (and it
ought to be spelled with capitaD has
been enjoying quiet read.
In short the comfort of home ought
not to be sacrificed to the welfare of
a house.
A house is for home, not home
for house.
But much more often the man is to
blame for the lack of the home spirit.
1t will not do to deal too rudely with
the natural right of man to be as ugly
as he pleases in his own home. One
does not dare to speak ones mind dur
ing the day. 1t might hurt business.
If you are ugly and snappy and snarl-
ing people do not have to come again.
You are under constraint to smile and
omers and associates If you get too
ugly you might even invite black
eye. Yes, one has to be mighty care
full about what one says and does
when he is about town or with his
fellows But at home one has folks
just where he wants them. The wife
can't very well get away except
through the divorce court and the
children cannot get away at all until
they get big enough to leave home(?)
for good. A man can be natural in his
own home, and if he is naturally ugly a
good old orthodox hell would be a
pleasant relief and summer resort for
his afflicted loved ones. Do you know
some men whose company manners"
are excellent and whose home man.