The Elbert County tribune., 1915-01-08
HOME, SWEETEST WORD IN THE
LANGUAGE.


young man who wrote to the query
department Of a newspaper to know
whether the editor would advise him
to buy an automobile or get mar.
ried. He said he could not afford tc
do both. and was in Quandary.
The editor cautioned the young
man to deliberate earnestly and not
to make up his mind without due
consideration. He was reminded
that while an automobile costs more
1t doesn't talk back, and that a sec
ond-hand automobile could be traded
for new one. 1t is not recorded
what was the decision of the irreso-
Lutte young man.
There have been men, good men,
whose lives. measured by ordinary
standards, were successful, who never
married; but those who Lear or read
of them feel that such careers were
| incomplete.
| To certain degree. a young man
should look upon marriage from
utilitarian standpoint. A good wife
is so much capital. She makes him
to be, by a kind of grace, a great
|
contributes the qualities needed in
order to convert his vigor into a safe
as well as productive efficiency. She
introduces. for instance, into his in
tellectual nature that ingredient Of
sentiment which intellect requires in
order to be able to do its best work
and makes home an Eden. ITO Adam
Paradise was home; to the good among
his descendants, home is paradise"
Most married men are saner, much
more normal and levelheaded, eco
nomical and careful. on account OF
their wives. model home is a great
corrective for man. 1t keeps him up
| to standard and saves him from get
ting blue and discouraged. 1t devel
ops the affectionate side of his ma.
ture and renders his character strong
er and more symmetrical. Men can
| produce very much more because of
harmony and affection In the home
| There is nothing else which will call
out the divinest qualities of a man or
woman like unselfish service. The
very consciousness that one has 9th
ers depending upon him tends to call
| out the best in him.
A happy marriage brings sunshine
into the life and broadens. softens and
sweetens the character 1t is a great
educator. a perpetual influence for
good.
| Who could estimate what civiliza
ton owes to mans dream o. happy
home of his own! What an incen-
fD in, oil hao hfc
vision of a home of his ownl 1t Is
this picture which holds the youth to
his task, buoys him up in times of
hardship and encouragement. This
picture of home, this vision of a
little cottage and some fair maiden
waiting at the door-this home vision
has ever been the great incentive OF
the struggler. the greatest incentive
OF mankind, 1t is the dream of "a
home of my own" that has lifted
multitudes of youths out of obscur
ity. There is no spur ON earth which
has hat anything like the influence
over man that this home vision has
The thought of his home and wife
and children dearer to him than life
keeps vast multitudes of men grind
ing away at their dreary tasks. when
they see no other light In the distance
To multitudes of people home is the
only oasis in tEeir desert life.
Home is the sweetest word in the
language 1t has ever been the favor
te theme OF the poet. the author, and
the artist. History is packed with
the achievements of men for the sake
of the home. They cross oceans. they
explore continents. They endure the
heat of the tropics and the cold OF
the arctics. they explore mines in the
wilderness. cut themselves off from
civilization for years for the sake OF
wife and home.