The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-03-22
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How great beauty and blessing it
| to hold the royal gifts of the soul so thu
they shall be music to some and fraganc
| TO others. and life to all Some wome
cling to their homes like the honevsuckI
over the door, yet like it, sweetens all {
the region around it with the subtle fra
GRANGE OF their goodness.
A sunshiny husband makes a yer
merry, beautiful home. worth workin,
in and working for If the man is breez,
CHEEKY. considerate and sympathetic. tn
wife sings in her heart over her pudding
and mending basket, and then counts tn,
hours until he returns at night and re
news her youth in the security she feel
OF his appreciation and admiration.
Men give up great deal for thej
tamilles-their time, their strength. th|
knowledge that they have gained in life1
eXperlences-they spend everything fd
the homes sake. and the home shoul|
pay its debt in much outspoken love-
1t is wicked TO loaf. Every man
created for a purpose and he has n
right to shirk that responsibility If yc
have friends or money that simply i
creaseS your responsibility. No ms
has a right to loaf. Nothing can
more humiliating TO parent than
know that his son is a confirmed loaf
"a mere blank absorbing his livl
from the toll of other hands and creatiI
nothing.
Do not-mother at your housewor
or father in your study-do not be alws
too busy" The little heart wants
outlet, the upraised bud wants XII
the little hearts have something to
YOU, little grief to bring, a small low
game OF play expected now and TIL
All, beware. Those requirements
slaCken and will cease, if this be too
ten. Now, run away, dear, father
busy" Don't be troublesome, dc
mother must do her work "
Let us build our house on the hill
of cheerfulness, so high that no shade
may rest upon it, and where the morn
comes early and the evening tarries |;
She is to be pitied whose home is in sc
valley of grief, with the longest nj
and shortest day. God has put us
to make the world brighter and hap
by our lives and every one of us she
study how to be blessing to 9th
We must get the wrinkles out of
brow and we must have smiling ia
Let man go home at night worn
wearied bv the tolls OF the dav, and
soothing is a word dictated by chez
disposition. 1t is like sunshine IA
upon your heart. He is happy and
cares of his life are forgotten. SIN
kind words and looks characterized
children, and peace and love have
dwellings, there. Home should be
center of JOY.
Husbands and wives give expre
to every petty feeling of irritation
handy words back and forth until
mole hill assumes the proportions
mountain. A tendency to nag goe
checked among the children, and al
before the parents are aware of it.
is chronic condition of unpleasant
in the home. Young married pc
especially need to learn control in
direction. Another disagreeable tr
be guarded against is the habit, pc,
TO some people. OF always being
opposite side of question. Call
ton to the good points of book,
WNr,t t.lV
and what not, and this individual is
ready to interpose "Yes, but"
versation in such home gives on
chills.
Were we all good we should
be beautiful. We all feel this
are plain features that are so cha
with the sparkle of good humor, ii
cannot help but love them. Tht
blemished faces so sweet that the
much pleasanter 10 look upon than
which are the most perfect. After
is in the expression that the actual
lies. So that were there some
promise the secret of beauty for [
five cents and a postpaid envelc
would scarcely be an mpostor sho
return the golden rule with instrl
to learn and practice it, If W
could do this earnestly and truly f
generation, the next might
whether il were not a fable that
thing as ugliness was ever know
the earth.
Man has done wonders since he
before the public. He has navigai
ocean, he has penetrated the my
of the starry heavens, he has har
the lightning and made it pull the
cars, and light up the great cities
world. But he can't find a spool
thread in his wifes work basI
cannot discover her pocket in
hanging in a closet; he can't ha
clothes and get them on the Ii
right side up. He cannot hold
pins in his mouth while he is dc
either He cannot be polite to
body that he hates. He cannot
rocking chair without banging thd
ers into the baseboards. He canr
the tidy on the sofa pillow right 81
He cannot sew on a button. In
he cannot do a hundred thin
women do almost instinctively.
A man cannot do two things at
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