The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-05-08
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SOME CRUDE THOUGHTS FROM
AN OLD EDITORS BRAIN.
Who Gives His Ideas for the Benefit
of the Many Readers Of The Times
and Democrat.
and Democrat.

of the Many Readers Of The Times
and Democrat.
II all the members OF family
were as courteous and kind to each
other as they are to strangers, what
a difference it would make in the
home atmosphere.
All the elegance in the world will
not make a home, and spoonful Of
love exceeds whole snip loads OF fur
niture and all the gorgeousness the
world can gather.
Many women are martyrs, and yet
they do do not know it. They shut
the sunshine out of their houses and
their hearts, they wear wells, they
carry parasols, they do all possible
to keep Off the subtlest and yet most
potent influence which is intended to
give them strength, beauty and cheer.
fulneSS.
No matter how your mothers may
speak, their hearts are in the right
place; If their attire Is old-fashion.
ed and their manners not up to the
frills of the twentieth century stand
ard, they have had experience o.
more value than all the schooling
and extra accomplishments that yot
may think Of shining excellence
Heed your mother-you will never
regret it
It is the mother Of a household
whose life is chiefly threatened b!
monotony. She stays at home. Sht
is always in the house seeing tht
same things, hearing the same voices
doing the same work day after day
with endless regularity. The de
mands upon her time and strength
and love and patience are increasing
and the wonder Is that she does no
break down more frequently than il
actually the case.
Girls, listen to your mothers; the,
are your wisest teachers, your bes
counselors. Zen though you hay
received a college education, and tn
dear one who in all probability Ia
denied herself to give it to you ha
never gone beyond the third reader
you can rest assured that it is no
book learning that will keep you
feet away from many pitfalls tha
she can warn you from IN tender
loving fashion that you will do vel
to heed.
We never knew man who wa
faithful to his early and adopte
home who was given over at the sam
time to any gross forms Of wicked
ness. If you find more enjoymen
in the club-room, in the literary SO
ciety, in the art saloon, than you d
in these unpretending home pleas
ures, you are on the road to ruin.
One reason why sot1e men do no
get along better in this world is be
cause they have not the proper slim
ulant in their homes. Their home
lack those little touches Of refine
nient which bring the best out 0
them. Neatness and taste are possj
Bile in the poorest homes. Let a VIC
man make the atmosphere as daint
as her means allow, and she wi
raise her husband to the same stan
dard. And as she elevates him tn
effort is felt upon herself, her chill
dren, her home, and her future.
When you want to get your grand
est idea of a queen, you do not thin
of Catherine of Russia, or Of Ami
of England, or Marie Theresa Of GEL
many, but when you want to get you
grandest idea Of queen you thin
of the plain woman who sat oppo
site your father at the table o
walked with him arm in arm dow,
life's pathway; sometimes to tn
Thanks giving banquet sometimes t
the grave but always together
soothing your petty griefs, correctin
your childish waywardness, joinin
in your infantile sports, listening t
your evening prayers, toiling for yo
with needle or at the spinning whee
and on cold nights wrapping you u
snug and warm. Mother! Mother!'
All, she was queen!
Do not distrust your friend. Yo1
may not always understand his &C
tions and consequently you may no
interpret them Alright. If he is ~
pulsive he may not always act in &C
cordance with your ideas, he vii
make mistakes and perhaps stumble
by the wayside. But il he is you
friend, stand up for him and believ'
in his goodness and virtue and hi
desire for your welfare. Remembe
that you cannot see his heart ant
there is more of nobility and good
ness than appears on the surface
You cannot afford to distrust him