The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1913-04-25
Home Circle Column.


OI WdTIbre Oh us IOreStS. we dEe
planting an acre of trees annually,
while fifty acres are laid bare by. the
ak and fire. With th~oughtless free
bootery or sheer ignorance, We have
destroyed our forests with a reckless
ness that if continued a century more
will turn the land into a desert waste.
atoms two of the greatest calamities
fuel and want of water? Let q halt be
called upon this wanton devastation.
Let Arbor Day be something more
than an observance that begins at sun
rise and ends at the close of day.
Patriotism that exhausts itself in
Fourth of July powder, bell ringing and
eloquence, is not worth much. Let the
spirit of Arbor Day exteid through the
year. Make the day so joyous and SO
full of interest and pleasure that the
children will look forward to it as they
do to Christmas or the Fourth. sTree
planting and tree cultivation should be
considered a matter of pride. Let the
reward be generous for those who ex-
eel in things whereby the greatest pos
sible good can be accomplished with the
least possible effort.
Children love flowers and trees natu-
rally. If their love does not strengthen
as they grow older, it is because they
have no means of fostering and exer-
cising it.
But the children of a larger growth
do not always understand the import
nee of forest preservation and tree
planting. 1t is not for shade and beauty
alone that trees should be preserved
and increased. The planting of a sim
gle row of trees has often had a per-
ceptibly favorable effect upon the
he~aithfulness of the community. Belts
of trees planted in the community of
pestilential marshes have rendered
them no longer n~oxious to those living
ear them.
. There is nothing in this world more
beautiful than a happy home, a home
ruled by the spirit of love; and it is
woman's noblest, highest mission to
preside oyer her home, and make it a
perfect haven of love, peace and rest
to those who dwell therein. 1t is not
necessary to be rich and live in a state
ly mansion, with gilded walls and car
peted floors, to be happy, for happiness
depends on the mind, and it is better
to live quietly in a little three-room
cottage than in the finest mansion, with
worry and strife to contend with. We
i should strive our utmost to make our
home as bright and attractive as posi-
| BILE, and by so doing we will make it
the dearest spot on earth for our loved
ones.
We all fret and fuss and scold too
much. If things go wrong they can
never be righted by u sour face and a
cross word. Let us confront every ca
lamity, great and small, with sweet
ness and calmness, with ~untroubled Sc
renity, and age will find US with faces
| good to look at and voices sweet to
hear and a presence that is attractive
because we have substituted for the
freshness and color of youth and sweet
ness and gentle wisdom of age, and
| when death claims US, our children and
neighbors will feel that some of the
light has gone out of their lives and
that this world is less dear because we
have gone before.
Don't be a growler. Some people
contrive to get hold of the prickly side
of everything; to run against sharp
corners and disagreeable things. Halt
the strength spent in growing would
often set things right. You may as
well make up your mind to begin with,
that no one ever found the world quite
as he would like it; but you are to take
your part of the trouble and bear il
bravely. You will be sure to have bur
dens laid upon you that belong to Other
people, unless you are u shirker your
self, but don't grumble. If the worl
needs doing, you can do it, mine
about that other who ought to have
done it and didn't. Those workers whit
fill up the gaps and smooth away the
rough spots, and finish up the jobs tina
others leave undone, they are the tru,
peace makers and are worth a Who'll,
regiment of GROWERS.
No family can afford to do withou
music. 1t is a luxury and al economy
an alleviator of sorrow and a spring o
enjoyment, a protection against VIC
and an Indictment to virtue. Whel
rightly used, its effects, physical, intel
lectual and more, are good, very good
and only good. Make home attractive
music affords a way of doing this
CO1stitute d hiluiy leeiiIS, ;OVe. MI
sic will help in this work. Keep GU
angry feeling. "Music hath charms t
soothe the savage breast Show US
family where good music is cultivated
where the parents and children are &C
customed to mingle their voices to
gether in song, and we will show 20
one where peace, love and harmon
prevail, and where the angry voice
have no abiding place.
Most people care nothing for you
sorrow and misfortunes; they are ir
terested solely in your prosperity an
success.
The recovery of nearly all sick pee
Pile is retarded by much company
Some flowers will be better evidenc
than your presence of your love an
sympathy.
Notice of Trustees Sale.