The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-09-06
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Woman was made out of the rib,
which was taken from the side OF man,
and not out of his head to rule him, but
out of his side to be his equal, under his
arm to be protected, and near to his
heart to be loved.
Girls, listen to your mothers. and you
will never regret it. No matter what
your advantages are above what hers
were, you are no better You can rest
assured that it is not book learning or a
knowledge of fashion that will keep your
feet away from the many pitfalls that she
can warn you from, in a tender loving
fashion, that you would do we'll to heed.
No matter how mothers may rest as
sured that their hearts are in the right
place. and that they want their daughters
to be innocent and good, rather than
fashionable.
If you would gather up all tender
memories. all of the lights and shades of
the heart, all banquetings and reunions,
all tilial, fraternal paternal and conjugal
affection and you had only Just four
letters with which TO spell out that
height and depth and length and breadth
and magnitude and eternity of meaning,
you would with streaming eyes, and
| trembling voice, and agitated hand,
write ii out in those four living capitals,
H-O-M r.
What a different world this would be
if only all of us would cultivate the
| grace Of good nature. 1t is the best
! tonic in the world for nervous disorders,
the surest preServative of home happi
ness and the most effective remedy for
the divorce disease now unfortunately so
prevalent. He who has learned how TO
! take even the most GiSagreeable things
and grevous disappoinments good
| naturedly, may never be a millionaire,
| but he will be what Is much better both
! happy and source of happiness, and
| the atmosphere that he carries with him
will be like bit of sunshine in the Nam
moth Cave.
There is no earthly need of so much
poverty and grumbling, as one hears on
all sides today. There is plenty of food
| in this great and glorious world for all
OF the people. 1t is in the full education
of our children; for a great many of
them have been brought up wrong. The
| children should be broken into some
| useful labor and taught to respect and
| honor the useful rather than the Orna-
mental. Every boy and girl should be
made to work at something that would
| be of profit, until the second nature
| forms with them. A man or woman so
| educated becomes actually fond of labor
or at least pleased with the results, and
then it becomes a pleasure to perform
it. All children at on early age should
! have a bank and be taught to save their
money, or at least a part of it. They
| should not be allowed to waste anything,
clothing. or any article of value 1t is
the early impressions formed on the
mind that are enduring. Very few chill
| dren trained in the right direction will
| become paupers, unless caused by sick
ness or some unavoidable accident.
| One reason why some men do not get
| along better in this world is because
they have not the proper stimulant at
their homes. Their homes lack those
! little touches of refinement which brings
| the best out of them Neatness and
| taste are possible in the poorest homes.
| Let woman make the atmosphere as
! dainty as her means allow. and she will
raise her husband to the same standard.
| And as she elevates him the effect is
also felt upon herself her children, her
home, and her future. Some men re.
spond more slowly to the touch oi a
woman's hand displayed in their homes
and upon their surroundings. The task
may seem hopeless 10 the wife at times.
But sooner or later the effect will show
itself There is something in every man
which responds to a higher and CENTER
influence. Let his home be rough and
he will be rough. But nfuse into that
home Softening touch. be it ever so
simple. and the man feels it even though
he may not directly notice it. He inn
bibes it unconsciously. and its effect is
sure upon him.