The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-03-11
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

I do really enjoy being confronted
with the other persons point of view.
The more logical and sensible it is,
the better 1 like it.
A few weeks ago I wrote about the
young couple who think they must
have everything about the home bet
ter and more expensive than that
which contented their parents, even
though said parents have much larg-
er income than the young folks. For
this tendency l rebuked the young
people and advised them to be con-
tent with what was good enough for
their fathers and mothers One OF
my readers has a different point of
view on this matter and presents 1T in
this interesting letter:
Don't you think" he or she writes,
possibly the extravaganza of many
young people in starting in a new
home of their own is a revolt against
the ugly, cheap things which they
have been all their lives Obliged to
live with, when in many cases small
expenditure catering to their growth
in taste and ideas of beauty could
have been made by parents without
any undue strain on the income.
double what the young man re-
ceives2 Parents have become accus-
toned by the time their children are
grown up to a certain way of living
in many cases the standard is much
lower than the income warrants
meals are as we have always done it,
therefore, don't let us change. The
young people grow tired of the Sordid,
unbeautiful way of doing things, and
when they do have a chance to start
out with fresh, new things, determine
to have the best possible for them
selves, and probably in many cases
overdo it. Instead of wanting, as one
would naturally suppose they would
desire, to have their children lead n
happier, easier life than theirs mas
benin many cases it has always
been good enough for me, why
shouldn't it be for my children seems
to be the feeling of fathers and
mothers.
Il realize perfectly that this is no
reason for people living beyond their
income and all young people ought to
start with an education in which they
are often deficient, but maybe it ac-
counts for some of the extra expendi-
ture. ONE OF YOUR READERS"
When I wrote about the words that
I liked, I concluded with the appeal:
What are your favorite words?" To
publish all the lists that were sent in
would take quite too much space, but
1 want to pass on the interesting fact
that in practically every case, home"
led the list They say that the &meri-
cans are coming to be a Sad-about,
undomestic people who chase the will
o -CnG-WlSp aInuSom6nIS everywhere,
instead of staying at home ami find
ing real happiness by the fireside
Surely this exaltation of the mere
word home" is pointer in the op-
posite direction.
One woman, who also loves my
favorite. peace" gives such a beau
tifu1 and inspiring reason for her
preferences that 1 want you to hear
it.
my two favorites," she writes, ARE
home and peace don't really
know which comes first in my mind
as one seems earthly and the other
not of this world. Happiness, chill
dren, joy laughter etc, are all sym
bolized by the word home at least
to me, and my chief aim in life is to
have it mean the same to my hus-
band and babies. Peace to me means
more the reward for human endeayor.
and the greatest sermon 70 me is the
look on the face of an earthly saint
VINO is OF those who having finished
their course in peace do now rest from
their labors.' -