The citizen., 1913-09-05
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k!s:'is'- Ss;s'"s ment Fls'
Homes are training schools for citi-
zens. and only as they teach patriotism
in the fullest sense of the word are they
doing their duty by the country in un-
stinted measure. The family table IS the
family rallying place, and it IS well,
therefore that meals should neither be
taken in silence, nor occupied with inv
olous gossip; they afford the parent and
the children a meeting around where
they may come into close sympathy, and
where they may receive stores of knowl-
edge while the bodily needs were at
tended 10.
Among all OF the elevating influences,
that OF a happy home is most permanent.
Every clean hCme is an influence for
good IN the community. Every ideal
home must possess beauty as well as
cleanliness and kiudliness. Every happy
home should shed its refining influences
abroad Every good home is al edu-
Gator and adds immeasurlbly TO the sum
OF human happiness. Every home should
be faithful guardian of public morality
the SureSt safeguard oi the pubUcs
future
Parents, we would say 10 YOU when
God has blessed you with good g.i,a
appreciate them To-day is the time 10
do IT, while they are lowering beneath
your wings. Do not wait until tlcy are
gone, perhaps forever perhaps forever
from the home nest. n vou love them
L.. INTO
es, in their welfare. lai them know
it. II your girls are ambitious and want
10 gain tor themselves a position in life,
help them for it it is your duty to do so.
II your girls want an education, give
them all Of the chance thai lies in your
power to acquire one.
1t is fine thing to stand in the midst
Of busy belts and whrling puleys, with
the knowledge of their governing laws
in your brain, and the quick control Of
them in your right hand; but it is finer
and grander to stand where any mother
may stand. if she WILL among the living
spirits which are to dominate the wheels;
ponderiug the laws of human agency,
directing the development OF human ac-
tivity, bearing the supreme weight OF
human responsibility; doing it all in utter
unconsctousuess Of self or of sacrifice,
strong in wondrous love which alone Of
earthly emolluments is all persuasive
and all powerful against the grind and
the wear and worry of the world.
In a world that is subject to mechanical
laws there can be no progress without
friction neither Can there be much with
an excess Of it. In the one case affairs
are too often allowed to slide; in the
other, life becomes dreadful, horrld
grind" A right judgment is royal
gift from heaven. Rub the baby's back by
all means; he will digest his food better,
and behave better; but remember that he
IS new as yet and unhardened; his skin
will get tougher later on. Stroke the
family cat; she likes it, but stroke in the
direction indicated by nature. There is
all the difference in the world between a
spit and a purr. Keep the carving knife
sharp, as you value peaceful meal but
incline it always at the proper angle TO
the steel. Sharpen the family wits also
by Judicious rubbing against each other;
but interpose occasionally and very dex-
terously a drop of oil. Keep the family
wheels whirrng but beware of hot
boxes. Put a polish upon the soft sur
faces, but use cottoh waste or soft flannel,
not emery paper.
Every ambitious girl has in view some
ideal work, and If they do not reach the
point OF perfection in that work they will
be dissatisfied. Do not think that be-
cause they do all Of the work set before
them willingly, that they are satisfied.
Don't YOU know that they are working
to be promoted higher? Do not think
that a profession will make your girl less
womanly no, never. Every womany
woman lihes to be independent, Par
ents. do you realize that your girls will
soon be women and have to fill womens
places. Have you done your duty by
trying TO fit them for their position? If
so, God bless you. If not, God help
you.
God bless the children! They are
world Of care and trouble; they bring pain
and WEAKNESS and sorrow. but they are
worth il ALL Do you remember after
that weary day when YOU were harsh and
irritable and they went to sleep with
sob what bright, fresh faces they brought
to you in the morning. How full of ten.
derness and forgiveness children are!
How quick to forget unkindness! How
fine is the intelligence with which they
look beneath the surface and know that
the irritable, nervous creature of the night
before is not the real mother, but the
serene, gentle woman of the morning
whom they love with deep devotion They
are the beautiful examples of the truth
that sorrow may endure for the night,
but JOY cometh in the morning By their
love and brightness they repay us hourly
Tor every struggle we may endure for
them