The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1914-05-22
HOLD ON. BOYs.

HOLD ON, BOYS.
Hold on to virtue-it IS above all
price to you, in all times and places.
Hold on to your character, for it is,
and ever will be, your best wealth
Hold on to your right hand when you
are about to strike, steal or do any inn
proper act.
Hold on to the truth, for it will serve
you well, and do you good throughout
eternity.
Hold on to your tongue when YOU are
just ready to swear, lie. or speak harshly
or use an improper word.
Hold on to your temper when you are
angry, excited or imposed on, or others
are angry about you.
Hold on 10 your heart when evil per
sons seek your company and invite you
to JON in their games, mirth and revelry.
Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is much more valuable to
you than god, high place or fashionable
attire.
A young woman should be in heart
what she seems TO be in life. Her words
should correspond with her heart. The
smile of her face should be the smile of
heI heart. The light of her eye should
be the light OF her soul. She should ab-
hot deception, she should loathe in
trigue, and she should have a deep dis
gust of duplcity. Her life should be the
outspoken language of her mind, the
eloquent poem of her soul, speaking
in rhythmic beauties the intrinsic merit
of inward purity. Purity antedates all
spiritual attainments and progress. 1t IS
the first and fundamental virtue in a good
character, it Is the letter A IN the moral
alphabet, it is the first step in the spirit
ual life, it is the Alpha of the eternal
state Of soul which has no Omega.
The terror that a mother feels lest she
may lose her baby often clings to her
through life, as it did TO the aged woman
of ninety-Seven years, who, when they
told her that her son of eighty was dy-
ing, said. "Ah, woe is mel | said that
we could never raise that child. " To
merely raise child is not much to boast
of but to send into the world honest.
true men and women, who are blessings
to the community in which they live, is
indeed an honor. To do this, something
more than food and clothing, or ar edu-
cation and amusement are required; they
must take in truth and honor and tender
ness for others at their mothers knee,
and acquire habits Of industry and econ
omy as they grow IN years.
The heart that is filled with bitterness
will give vent to it in words. 1t sees
nothing bright or beautiful because its
vision is clouded. Words are a good
test of temper and habit of thought. AS
'to the pure all things are pure, " so to
the malicious and ill-tempered all things
are black, unlovely. and OF i'll repute.
Words are also the signs of thought, and
if the thoughts be kind and good then
the words will be kind and gentle, free
from malice and uncharitableness. There
is nothing that so refines the face and
mind as the constant presence of good
thoughts.
Carpets and chairs are not so valuable
as are boys and girls. Dust is less to be
deplored than a blemsh on a child's
character. Open your doors and win
dows, make the home attractive to the
give them the pleasures due
them and thev will be far more con-
tented and industrious. and more than
that, they will be so much in love with
home that it will take strong attraction
to draw them hence.
1t is impossible to preserve good looks
with brood of bad passions feeding on
the blood, and selfish, disdainful spirit
in the WILL as to preserve
the beauty OF an elegant mansion with a
litter of swine in the basement, tribe of
gypsies in the parlor, and owls and vult-
ures in the upper part.
Learn to meet your friends with
smile. The good humored man or
woman is always welcome, but the dys-
peptic or hypochondriac is not wanted
and is a nuisance as well.
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