The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
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/ all lIpaIn Mothers
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A man thinks that he knows it all,
until woman begins to enlighten HIM.

until woman begins to enlighten HIM.
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Consider that your visitors come to
see you and not your pantry.
Let the children have a good time
childhood does not last long. Age is in
capable of the fine enthusiasm of youth
A hovel is often more of a home than
palace. If the spirit of congenal
, friendship links not the hearts of dwell
Ing it is not home.
| There are too many fathers who will
tie up the dog at night and let the boy
run loose.
The woman who has home and keeps
it well, has no narrow sphere in life.
In the home is the hope of the nation and
OF the church.
This world is but tie stepping stone
OF an immortal life. Every action of our
life touches on some chord that will
vibrate into eternity.
Times are not near so hard with some
men when thew want a plug of tobacco
as when their wives ask for pair OF
shoes.
Better appreciate your mother before
your appreciation Of her will be no kind
ness to her, and the post mortem regrets
will be more and more of an agony as
the years pass on. Big headstones of
! polished Aberdeen and the best epitaphs
which the family put together could COM
pose and a garland of the whitest roses
from the conservatory are often an at
tempt to atone Tor the thanks that we
ought to have uttered into living ears,
and the kind words that would have done
more good than all of the Gala lilies
ever piled up on the silent mounds of
the cemeteries.
Let us all remember that the higher
and happier our home life, the more
wisely and better we may hope to do
the work that lies waiting for us beyond
it. A pleasant place to come home to-
is the greatest energizer that man can
have. Then let us strive with an earnest |
and constant purpose to make and keep |
the home cheerful, inviting and pleasant. |
We often find farmers who lose no |
chance of securing machinery for saving !
labor on the farm, but who don't think |
anything about the machines that save |
labor in the house That is out of their |
province, and they do not seem to care |
enough about it to give the matter any
serious attention whatever. Such treat
ment is calculated to discourage any
woman. 1t is the worst form of selfish
uess.
In the ideal home the ruling principle
will b. love. Love to the Supreme
Ruler OF the universe and love for each
and every member of the entire family.
Here the Golden Rule will be followed
in all intercourse of one with another.
Perfect harmony exists between parents
in regard to the management of the
household affairs and the training of the
children. The same rules OF courtesy
will be observed that we expect to find
in society.
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A girl who is gentle, brave and spir-
tied; who is unselfSh high-minded and
intelligent; who has sweetness and depth
of character; who does not think G her
self, but works for the happiness of
others, who is merry and dainty and
wholesome, as girl should be, will
never lack either lovers or friends. She
is the light of the home a good friend
to her sisters and brother, and the sun
shine of the old folks God bless her.
Home is a magic word, and we seldom !
try to analyze it. A little Polish girl in
a public school was asked recently to |
write definition of home" A home"
she wrote, sis where people live, and |
where man or somebody comes home |
and finds people there, and then eats!'
And then eats" To how many thou
sands of men that is the end and aim of
coming homel To how many thousands |
of women the preparation of the food
which is to be eaten is the chief business |
of home making?
There are two ways of spending A
dollar. You can spend it at home, gain
an easy conscience, make another friend,
and perhaps get the dollar back tomof'
row, or you send it away, and feel that
YOU have sinned, offend the home mer-
chant and forever lose the dollar and
the blessed influence for good to yourself
and to your neghbor.
When a man in search of home or
A business location goes to a town and
finds every body full of hope and enthu-
siasm over the prospects of the place he.
too. soon becomes imbued with the same
spirit, drives down his stakes and goes
to work with equal interest.
Every school boy knows tfat kite
would not fly unless it had string tying
it down. 1t is just so in life. The man
who IS tied down by half dozen bloom
ing responsibilities and their mother,
will make higher and stronger fight
than the bachelor. who having nothing
to keep him steady is always floundering
in the mud. If you want to ascend in
the world you must tie yourself to some
| body.