The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-02-28
,eutralizing power in every discord.

realization of II perhaps less, yer ne
may suffer vicariously in noting the
subtle changes in his wife. either in
her struggle against the environment
or in her surrender to II. In the false
perspective OF their living. sources OF
misunderstanding multiply. and the
loving adjustment OF their views AMI
ideals may be disturbed as the needle
of compass is automatically DETECTED
in certain regions
Meals that in their own home might
be enjoyed In frank. genial, trusting
companionship and sympathy are now
taken under the fire Of many eyes that
make the sweetness OF instructive con-
fidence impossible In the artificial nt-
mosPhere of their living he may be
almost afraid 10 look across the table
for fear OF being accused OF flirting
with the new boarder from Kentucky.
who expects to be in town all sum-
mer
likely TO be charged with being dis
agreeable and sulky. II he does talk
he may be accused OF trying very hard
TO be fascinating to some one for
whom he really does not care two
straws. Caught between the horns OF
the dilemma. the husband thinks hard,
says under his breath something not
Tor publication and wishes-that he
had home. The wife may suffer, too.
the same mistranslation of her most
innocent actions.
The quiet social evenings with a few
friends have always to be considered
from the standpoint of some one elses
convenience. The lady on the third
door back is sick and cannot bear the
noise of piano. or walking on the
door disturbS the rest of the nervous
old gentleman in the rooms under
meath. or any of dozen other con
alterations may emphasize the limita-
tons of boarding. Where two are
forced by circumstances to live for
time in furnished rooms or in board
Ing houses. II makes special call on
their finest tact. patience and love to
ueutralize the effect of many condi-
lions that they would never voluntarily
choose,
Hotels give more independence, but
more isolation; more freedom, but also
more loneliness The unwelcome close
ness Of contact of boarding houses is
exchanged for an equally unwelcome
aloofness and GOODNESS. Hotels are
excellent institutions for travellers or
those desiring temporary quarters. but
they pail quickly on lovers Of home.
they have such an institutional at
mosphere as you walk two blocks after
| leaving the elevator, through heavy.
red carpeted corridors. carrying large
icv attached TO a brass numbered ar
rangemcnt the size of young plate,
and the only mark that differentiatcs
your rooms from the others rs YOU
approach it, is the number 1l92
II would be hard to imagine n wall
MOTTO God Bless Our Home hang.
| ing in hotel 1t would seem irrevCr-
nee. With an undertone of sarcasm.
The elaborate array of dishes on the
menu may attract for few days, but
You soon grow tired of the simplest
articles of food Incorporating under
French aliases and you long for simple
| meals and simpler surroundings You
would like TO see a boiled potato with
the courage to stand up boldly and de
tiantly. in spite Of its humble origin
md not trying to slip into your good
graces under the alibi of a foreign
title. You long for palmer food and
home cooking, for more genuine com
! fort and less gilt and glitter and dec
ration. where you can be truly your
aural self. where you can even lean
your elbows on the table il you feel
like IT, 1t is just an honest heart hun
| ger for home.
Eating in restaurants has drivcnmany
a good young man into matrmony
| Living in boarding houses and hotels
| later has driven many man out OF
| matrimony The vain display, the vul.
garity. the fictitious luxury. the con.
stantly enforced contrast between youl
| circumstances and those of others com
| bne TO create restless, uncertain
irritating living far from conducive tc
| happiness in marriage.
One vital note in the music OF life
Is the sense of possession. In mar
rage it transforms the lonely pronoun
! mine" into the one of larger, sweetel
meaning. ours" aud the alchemy OF
love makes mine and thine inter
changeable elements. 1t is the impel
ling spirit that makes homes. where
the sense of dual possession in unity
transforms new picture, new ring
Il few new books. new chair or new
curtains into n real event that brings
genuine pleasure 1t is not the petty
/ value OF the things themselves that
| counts, for all that is best in the home
would defy a tax assessor to discover,
for il is ever the intrinsic and the In.
tangible.
The advent of these new possessions
responds TO something deep in the hui
man heart-the joy of united owner
ship. Of building together for larger
future. is what counts in the sacredness
| OF making n home. 1t is this spirit
! that makes our simple geranium in the
window seems greater and more real
| than some one else's conservatory
| across the street, Home is the gather.