The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-04-14
OId-Tin1e LONELINESS.
From the Cordele Dispatch.


In an article on the "Old-Fash-
toned Back Yard and It's Use" a
correspondent of the Atlanta Con-
stitution says:
ooh, for the old-fashioned back
yard for our children to play in,
that they might be kept off the
Streets"
A writer says home lies most
ly in the kitchen and the back
yard" And one knows immediate
Iy the type OF home which he has
in mind, and there is something
refreshing just in the thought OF
ia place where the primary in
terests of life are not too deeply
obscured by the things which we
have put about them-a house
where one sees glimpses of the
cooking ocesses-Where one
knows by actual eyewitness what
is going to be had for dinner.
It was this style of home, says
the author, which lay at the bot
tom of our fundamental American
strength. 1t was the pioneer habit
of associations with rude actuali-
ties which bred a wholesome stur-
diness and simplicity we can i'll af-.
ford to lose. Something of the
charm of an old fashioned kitchen
with warmth and sunshine and
open Notwithstanding of the
democracy of an intimate touch
with production and consump-
tion-something OF the homely life
that radiates genuine comfort, is
needed in our present somewhat
jumbled scheme of things
Not that we arc without kitchens
and back yards, but we are inclined
overmuch in the direction of
cramped and elegant apartments
beyond our grasp and extravagant
tastes which are out of accord with
our power of production. We need
to return to some of the simplicity
of the old-fashioned kitchen and
the neighborly, sunshiny back
yard.-Dawson News.
The above appeals to us so strong
Iy that we thought it worth produc-
ing. 1t might also be added that it
is one of the most important things
Of this age that the girls and young
ladies' be taught kitchen work and
now to keep house as it should be.
This is more important and necessary
o. their happiness than music or art,
IS it touches the foundation of life
md happiness. The education of no
girl is complete until she knows how
% cook and sew and keep house
is it should be Kept. 1t means more
o them in the beginning, in the mid
lie and all through life than any of
he other accomplishments.
We hear a great deal about the
divorce evil and it seems at timo>.
hat the courts are Over-run with a.
yorces, and it is also true that t. :
ire on the increase. They have the''
origin mainly from two sources,
which are first and most likely the
Jack of stability, dislike for work
coupled with the drinking habit on
he part of the man, which the wife
stands as long as she can, and then
ne separation, after the household
goods and the baby cart have been
avied on a few times. The other
,ause is largely owing to the fact that
he girl he has married does not
know anything about housekeeping,
cooking, sewing or making the home
When she has failed to
10 this all the music or art she has
,ver learned is worthless, and unless
here is plenty and a mighty lasting
,ase of love they are in danger of
and the possibility of
he divorce court. Teach the girls
he rare accomplishments of cook
ng, sewing and housekeeping.
After observing such matters in
he courts for twenty years and Of
.en seeing young couples buffeted
about and unhappy, and in debt, W!
nave located the main cause which
S stated above. Our highest test of
civilization is in the home, and we
nope that everything which detracts
rom it's happiness or makes for tear
ng it up will be removed, and the
divorce evil forever destroyed.
One, of the most important steps
for bringing this about is to teach
the girls cooking, sewing and house,
keeping along with other accom-
plishments.
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