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

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SsSs''S S:Ss'isSs ment Fiss' FFSS"''S
A touch of the hand, look of love, a
kindly deed, sympathetic smile are the
medicines for broken heart
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 'Wel, neighbor," he
said, ''son and have been hauling wheat
for nearly forty years. There are two
roads that lead to the mill. One is the
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?" a.
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 fireside 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.
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-
olzes 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 of
the exercise of wholesome authority.
The wise father will not indeed take the
reins 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
a 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 vitalize
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 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 busi-
ness worry fer your own fireside.
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
rother'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
intimaton 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
room and the practical life of the kitchen
as well as teaches its girls the response
bilities of wifehood and the greatness of
motherhood.
Ii is more pleasant to be invited to
take higher seat than to be deprived
of it. 1t is far more pleasant to be
king of cottage than a servant in
palace 1t is better to be a good five
cent piece than bogus quarter; in other
words, il is better to hold ourselves at
what we are honestly worth The world
is full of people who never know or
learn anything, because they think that
they know enough to begin with.
Do not be grumbler. Some people
contrive 10 get on the prickly side of
everything; to run up against the sharp
corners, and find out all of the disagree