Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-07-22
PRIZE FOR MONTPELIER CLUB
Mrs. William ]. Tindall Defines
Word Home" Successfully.
Her Letter Receives Award of S25 for
Being the Fourth Best in Contest
Conducted by the Pictorial Review
MANY Clubs Entered.

Last February at the suggestion Of the
chairmen of the home economics depart
metn Of the General Federation of Wo-
mems clubs, the Pictorial Review offered
$500 in prizes for the seven best deiini-
lions of the word Home sent in by
any federated woman's club. The editor
OF the Review states that the response
was rema rkable both in the quantity
and quality OF the letters received. The
fourth prize of SIS was won by the Wo-
mans club of Montpelier with the fol-
lowing letter which was submitted by
Mrs William J. Tindall:
The home exists and has been evolved
to meet the varied and vital needs of
human nature and 1t satisfies them so
amply that, though various makeshiftS
and substitutes have been tried. nothing
has ever been found to take its place.
The precise meaning. however. that an
individual attaches to home is determin-
cd by the particular needs 1t actually
satisfies. Generally speaking, 1t Is what
you need want, expect and get from the
home that constitutes its value in your
eyes
Home may mean merely a boarding
and lodging place, or a bit of heaven
tucked away between dusty bricks. 1t
may mean carpet slippers. shirt sleeves
and frTyed manners, or the training
place of an imperishable soul. 1t may
mean merely a certain mode of life, GER
tain fixed routine. certain duties and
obligations. 1t may mean an atmosphere
of peace restfulness, happiness inspir
alton, all shot through with love, where
the mask drops, the harness falls, where
one may be himself and at ease, relax
ing physically and mentally, confident OF
loves sympathy, understanding and min
istrations. Home may also mean the
person that exhales this kind of atmos-
phere, the spot where such an atpos-
phere prevails.
To the average normal man, home
means n mate and offspring to love, pro-
tect and labor for-great primal needs
The average woman sees in home hus
band and little ones, and place to keep
sweet and wholesome for them To the
child, home * the warm, snug nest
! where father and mother love ministers
| to its callow helplcssness, and trains it
| for the coming glorious days of full
edged fight in the wide spaces OF the
O., world The race as whole needs per-
petuation. The home is its multitudinous
| cradle and nursery.
Where we love is home" writes Oliver
Wendell Holmes Home that our feet
may leave. but not our hearts" And
| Payne adds: There is no place like
| home"
What then, is home?-to you to me-
to all?
Home is the place Of minstrations to
! all the various. vital needs Of our bodies
| minds and souls, devised by love, work
| Ing through love and perpetuating love.
| To me the purpose of the home appears
| to be 10 maintain the efficiency in body
| mind and soul Of the man and woman OF
| to-day in order that they may lead
| happy, useful lives in the service of
God and man, and to prepare for such
| efficiency the man and woman Of to-
morrow
And It's aim?-the development of man
| to his fullest and best, in body mind and
soul, thus, by uplifting and improving
him, to uplift and improve humanity.
| To run a home efficiently requires the
right personal equation intelligent CO.
| operation and conscientious discharge of
their respective duties on the part of the
| two home-builders and last, knowledge
| Of the true values of life the high aims
and purpose Of home and also-notable
on the part of the woman-of those vital.
practical matters which form the foun-
dalton of the soaring pyramid of human
needs health, food, household equip
ment and management sanitation by
gtene, child-trnining. and 50 forth
The business of the wife, wothcr. and
| home economist is indeed one of the
most strenuous Of our day. And the
| most worth while. For the homo min
listers not only to the life, but to the
eternal needs Of man. And in the last
| glorious analysis
| Home is Heaven.
And Heaven is Home