The citizen., 1912-02-09

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Do not complain Of your wlle's eXtrav-
agance with a cigar in your mouth
Good manners are not taught in the
school books. They are found in the
home lessons.
The daughter who is the flower Of the
family is always the one who knows how
! to best use the flour of the family.
Whatever happens don't become
sour old man or woman. Old age should
be cheerful period of life, when the
heightened shadows are softened by the
setting sun-when quiet twilight steals
on apace, soon to be followed bv the
i long night of rest which remains to all
living.
We have few young men who seem
to think it makes them manly and noble
to make themselves appear tough II
you are tough people will find it out
without any effort on your part. 1t is
just as easy to be gentleman and hold
the respect of the community in which
you live. Try it during the year 1912 and
you will never change back.
How many wasted flowers are strewn
over the graves. lust one bud from
these flowers, pink with life and hope
and fragrant with sympathy, would have
eased the pain of some aching heart had
it been given while the loved one WAS
with us. Just try it during the wear 1912
and see to how many sick neighbors and
friends YOU can carry a flower aud the
year will prove one of your happiest and
best
We have Just few women in our com
munitv who talk SO much about heaven
at church, and much about their neigh
bors on the streets. Just give your
neighbor a rest during 1912, and see if
you do not enjoy the year much better.
Do not choose a vocation for your
daughter-do not insist that she becomes
only a lady, when she might be a genius.
Who knows but that the talent that you
repressed and strangled might have cleo
tried the world. Give it free scope
aud hearty welcome
Every woman who reads our Home
Circle and has home, should thank
God for it and also be thankful that she
NAV be a queen in it. Better be in your
own coy home than TO wear a ViCtoria's S
coronet. Better be queen there than to
carry the purse Of princess. Your
home NAV be humble. but you can. by
your cheeriuness, gild it with Spendors
t such as an upholsterer's hand had never
kindled.
r Our Young men who wish to succeed
in business must not spend their time
and money in simply having a good
time. They must not be dlScOntened
) with our little city and think that they
are too big for it. The light way to get
, into larger place is to outgrow The one
that you are in at present. Grow until
it becomes too small to hold YOU any
, longer Some of the Young men who
now think that they have outgroWn this
pace WOulu liz DtlteI III d uldIl 9lld''Sl
one
There are a few homes, even in our
beautiful little city. in which is heard
only fault finding instead Of loving com
mendation; chickering's and strife instead
of sweet, happy Companionshlp. Re
member like produces like in this life
as well as elsewhere. Nav this be borne
in mind by every reader of this depart
ment during the New Year and The result
will be purer, aud brighter homes.
You m v set it down as a fact that
there is not a twelve year-old boy in
the neighDorhood who has not got his
opinion of vou-and he would not be
slow about expressing it either, if a
stranger should ask him for 1t Every
man is always making character whether
he is dorng ANYTHING else or not. Why
not then build character during the year
1912 that you may ever look back upon
it with pride.
When a woman puts down what days
she is at home to callers in one corner
| of her card. il is a sure sign that her hus-
band is making money, and that YOU are
no longer TO wrap a white apron and
! your sewing up in a paper, and 60 over
early in the afternoon. leaving word for
your husband TO come at six and STAY TO
tea with her It may be that she likes
YOU as well as ever. but society" de
mands too much OF her time to let her
give an entire afternoon to YOU. Let us
return 10 the good old DAYS as we found