The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-01-08
HOME, SWEETEST WORD IN TIE
LANGUAGE

Ire story Is TOLD Of perplsZed
Young man who wrote 10 the query
department Of = newspaper 10 know
whether the editor would advise him
10 buy an automobile or get mar
red He said he could not afford 10
DO both. and was in z quandary-
The editor cautioned the young
mn 10 deliberate earnestly and not
10 make 20 his MIND without Que
consideration He WAS reminded
that while Al automobile costs more
ii doesn't talk hack. and that sec
cnd-hand automobile could BE- traded
for z new one IL is not recorded
what mas the decision Of the ir-eso-
l1re young nan
There have been men. good men
whose lives. measured By ordinary
standards. were successful. who neTer
married: but those who hear Or read
Of them feel that such careers Eers
incomplete
To certain degree, z young mar
should look upon marriage from a
unitarian standpoint A good wife
is SO much capital She makes him
20 be. By kind OF grace, Z great
deal more than he is By nature She
contributes the qualities needed in
order 10 convert his vigor into safe
rs well as productive efficiency She
introduces, for instance. into his IN
teIlectQai nature that ingredient OF
sentiment which intellect requires in
order TO be able 10 do its best work
and makes home an Eden To Adam,
Paradise was home; 10 the good among
his descendants. home is paradise"
Most married men are saner, much
more normal and leTel-headed, eco
nomicsI and careful. on account OF
their wives. A model home is a great
corrective for man II keeps him up
/ TO standard and saves him from get
ting blue and discouraged II deye,-
OPS the afectionate side OF his na-
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 viii cali
4
woman like unselfish service The
very consciousness that one has 9th
crs depending upon him tends to call
out the best in him.
A happy marriage brings ~unshine
into the life and broadens. softens and
sweetens the character II is a great
educator. a perpetual influence for
| good.
Who could estimate what ciyiliza-
| ton owes to mans dream o. happy
home OF his own, What an incen-
tizs TO man in all ages has been this
vision OF home Of his own. II is
this picture which holds the youth 70
! his task. buoys him Up in times CT
hardship and disbursement. This
picture Of a home. this vision Of 2
little cottage and some fair niaite1
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
fly. There is DO spur on earth which
has hat anything Ike the influeD
over man that this home vision has
The thought OF his home and wife
and children. dearer TO him than life
keeps vast r1ultitudes Of men grind
!. ing away at their dreary tasks, wher
they see no other light in the distance
To .nultitudes Of people home is tbs
ONLY oasis IN their desert life.
Home is the sweetest word in th'
language. II has ever been the favor
: tie theme Of the poet. the author. AM
) the artist History IS packed witt
: the achievements OF men for tie SAX
c. the home. Thsy cross oceans. the,
D explore continents. .iey endure tn
4 heat OF the tropics and the cold o
s the arctics, they explore mines in tn
D wilderness. cut themselves of fror
: civilization for years for the sake O
= | wife and home
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