The citizen., 1912-08-02


ated, where good deeds have place, anc
from whence 60 out good lives.
| n
A happy home is the brightest spot on
earth that the eye of God looks down
upon. Love and peace in his home
sends sunshine around the man wher-
ever he goes; disorder and trouble there
is misery everywhere.
Let the ungrateful world sneer at the
maiden aunt, but God has a throne bur-
nished for her on her arrival, and on one
side OF that throne in heaven there is
vase containing two Jewels, the one
brighter than the Kohinoor of London
Tower, and the other larger than any
diamond ever found in the districts OF
Golconda-the one jewel by the lapidary
of the palace cut with the words, 'Inas-
much as ye did it to father" the other
jewel by the lapidary of the palace cut
with the words, "Inasmuch as ye did it
to mother"
To guard our sons and daughters from
evil, or at least to maintain at the very
core of their being an ally against all
COUNSEL
let US win their confidence when they are
little, cultivate it as they grow up, and
then we can preserve it always. There
is no taliSman more magical, no better
means of overcoming the difficulties of
education that arise from the changing
age of our children. AS time goes on,
authority is modified perforce. If you
desire to educate your children in free
dom, your authority must be felt less
and less, and at last efface itself alto
gether. Confidence on the contrary,
must persist. How many parents do
not comprehend this! Excellent at ed
ucatlng nurseings and guiding childhood
they continue to guide and treat their
children the same at all ages; they steal
away their power Of initiative, stihe their
aspirations, and by the very act of cling
ing TO passing authority, let perish a
confidence which might have been con-
stant. Nor is it enough to be resigned
to seeing the will and the personal force
of our children establish themselves, and
we should welcome with JOY all of the
signs of budding character, and as far
as it can possibly be wise to do So give
free play to the spirit of independence
and enterprise. Do not hinder the mans
being formed in the child.
r. X
There are few worries of life which
a man cannot now and then shake of,
but who can shake himself free from the
skeleton in the closet, and from the
worry of the household, blister on the
heart? A day will tell how many man
carried that with him without wincing
down to the grave. When husband and
wife are help mates to each other in the
best sense; when order and love and
goodness prevail in the house. Then the
man who has hard battle in life to fight
can leave his struggles behind him when
he enters there. With all our faults we are
the most home loving of people and that
is the reason why we are the greatest of
people.
There is one very noticeable feature
about bows that has been gained by OBJ
servation, and in nine cases out Of ten,
these observations have proven correct.
Every town school has its bad boys"
generally not many, rarely less than
three, nor more than five. After their
first two years, or after they have passed
the primary age, this troublesome dispo-
become the chief annoyance, and though
they are but one or two, they keep things
in an uproar and almost ruin every good
intent of the school. And thus they
go on severely taxing teachers as to
know what course to pursue. They for
bear with them much, persuade not a
little and then try all means to win them
to course of right but it all seems in
vain. Thus these boys put in few years
of school life and then away, but their
course in the world was no better than
when they were at school. These few
bad boys" become the ANNOYANCE Of
the town, and now the authorities are
put to their wits end" to deal
with them. Parents, perhaps. highly
respectable, honorable and among the
best, for their sakes much is foreborne,
and much overlooked but these boys
60 right on despite the pleadings or
warnings and then the next day they are
before our courts-and the next would be
behind the bars, but for the influence
oil friends and money.
Why is it that we so easily forget that
the little things in life are what makes it
easy or hard? A few pleasant words, a
warm hand clasp. a cordial letter, are
simple things, but they are mighty in
their influence on the lives of those
who are about US, and adding a ray of
hope to many disconsolate hearts. giving
a bit of courage to disappointed weary
ones and helping to make our own lives
Sweeter at the same time.
What is needed. is that at home and
at school. our girls are taught that to
shine in social circles or to roll in wealth
is not the highest aim of womanhood.
But let them be taught to make home
joyful and happy. and yet be prepared,
if necessary for life's bItterest struggles.
Let them understand thoroughly the de-
tails of every day life, the value of all
kinds of commodities used daily, how to
make check. draft, note and receipt.
Let them be told that the truth about
themselves and about the world. They
should know something about the
snares and pitfalls that beset them.
When one is inclined to worry, the
remark of an old lady should be re
called: Eyes. dearies; | have had ar
awful heap of trouble in my time, ano
the most of it never happened"