The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

1 times observe. but what sine does not do. This discouragament is not intend | ed to be weapon of censure; it is sim ply the lack of thoughtfuluess, one for the other, and really it Is pure selfish
 ness No matter how little We do We l want that little reco gnized by our loved ones. It is for them we labor, and
 when after a days work Is over, and l they open the door and find mother or | the job, no matter whether she Is
 primped or not, if she has done her best, she must be beautiful to her boys.
 If this is the case she needs to look
 in no other mirror than their faces to | be told there are no carewofn marks
 in her face. Nothing but what the l father and the boys want. the same
 natural mother. She need not be
 dressed for a dinner, she may have on | the cook apron but remember she Is wearing it for you and your comfort
 and these very sacrifices should keep | the fathers and sons in their home. We have been reading, with q pur- l pose. recently many social notices from
 other cities, as well as our own and | find frequently in announcing the suc-
 cess, or even the marriages, of our young men and young women, We are l told in q very few words they are both prominent in club life" Now to be l candid the happiness of the world is 1 dependent upon the social intercourse l with our friends. To know them and | enjoy the rest hours in pleasures, l games and an interchange of ideas but we do believe the best record our American man or woman can have is that of home maker, especially is this | a part of the souths past history and should be a legacy to be handed down from generation to generation. The man or woman who IS best at home has already filled their greatest mission. | IB.,-.g 1a.a. ] homes are sent out to the world the 1 type of characters to which the power
 for the general betterment of the com munity in which they reside.
 No man or woman need be a cipher in the affairs of the world. There is | always a service they can render and
 because they love their own home is
 the reason they can assist in making
 better somebody else's.
 We all love the beautiful home and like to see it. We like the well groomed animal, and the best preserved
 and neatly dressed individual-not be-
 cause they are best to look upon, but
 because we know they are made better within themselves for the chance to
 be at their best. When we see a poor,
 worn, shabby horse we know he is over work ed and under fed, and so it is with an individual when they lose interest
 in their personal care there is some thing lacking. They have lost heart. Then the father or son who runs from a careworn mother because she is not as pretty as she used to be, is the best type of real coward, or they would stop and think of what part they had to play in the making of that indifference
 Whenever these things are stated in cold facts we begin to wonder if it IS always best to write only the beautiful sentiments of life but IS it not best to go to the bottom of things and see the truth and profit each of us some times need to know that all lives are not always cone sweet song" and the home is the centre of the good or evil we possess?
 Then is it not natural that we ask united action in making good homes, in rearing men and women to realize that the greatest art is in home building not only with a view to the beautiful, but to the best in decoration, in com fort in character and in service to oth- CTS. We heard a man make a beautiful speech the other day-made 1t without thinking of how much of d message he was sending to the world--and what his message would mean if it were over heard by his family. He was extended an invitation to dinner, and he said with a face beaming with happiness
 T appreciate the invitation, but I have so little time with my wife and chill that can be avoided. l like to look in are all together" That very sentiment builds the best homes, and keeps moth- CT beautiful. 'frhe big reward is not for the man who will tighten our bur dens, but for him who will give us strength to carry them"