Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-09-17
WOMAN AND THE HOME
Fact, Fashion and Fancy Calculated to
Interest York County Women.

Why do some persons keep their
brightest side for friends and &C.
quaintances and show only their worst
natures to their families? 1t Is a
question without an answer Yet
there Is no doubt about it unfortunate
ly, that there are many such beings,
who are all sunshine and smiles to
outsiders and all frowns and gloom to
their own relatives. This is why it Is
so often said that you never know a
PERSONS real character until you have
lived under the same roof. Perhaps
we would look some Of our dearest
friends in quite q different light II we
could see them at home. The girl
with the brightest smile very often
drops 1t entirely when she enters her
own door. And in many cases the
man, who is known as the best Of fell
lows by his business acquaintances.
can scarcely find q decent word for his
wife. 1t Is such a pitable thing that
they should let fall on the heads of
those in their homes all the snappy
words and black looks which they
have kept back through the day. The
girl who fuses at her mother be-
cause the dinner Is late is taking out
on her all the a~nnoyances Of the day.
1t would have been far better to have
saved a few Of the smiles for her moth
er and a few Of the frowns for the
p,,toi1aro Tha roon nj unrnQn Whn in
a snapper at home knows very well
that no outsider would stand for such
surly treatment but that his or her
poor family cannot help themselves.
The girl with such a disposition Is
feared at home because of her uneven
temper and irritability, but her friends
only know her as the sunniest of
mortals. One would think that II she
can restrain her temper with outsiders
she could do so at home. The mis-
fortune is that she makes no attempt
at self-restraint when with her own
family, but allows her irritability full
rein. Girls, bring the bright side Of
your nature home with o for a
change. It really Is not fair to keep
your frowns and sharp words for your
family. They have no come back
and have to put up with you, however
you act. So you are taking an unfair
advantage. II you feel irritable hand
your sharp words to a friend and you
| will have some satisfaction in a sharp
er reply. Then your fit Of temper will
pass and you will feel better. But
there Is no satisfaction in this method
Of saving up your c%rossness for your
mother and sisters. Your mother will
not quarrel with you. She just listens
to your sharp words and grieves over
them after you have long forgotten
them. Don't save your best side for
show purposes alone. Put it to real
service in your home. 1t is far better
to be reserved and quiet in public and
demonstrative and sunny at home than
to be full Of laughter and gayety out
side and sullen and snarly at home.
Have a frank talk with yourself. girls,
and judge yourselves impartially. Do
you always bring a bright smile and
loving words into your home at night
or are you often quiet and sulky?
Question yourselves with unprejudiced
minds, and If you find that you have
been guilty Of being publicly gay but
irritable at home, condemn yourselves
to a complete revisal Of behavior.
Save your smiles and gayety for your
family. They certainly deserve the
best in you far more than outsiders.
For Dry Feet.
Wooden sandals to keep the feet
dry when working on a damp floor
are made Of a piece Of wood three
quarters Of an inch thick, shaped like
the shoe soles with straps to attach
them to the shoes. Two cleats, one
inch wide, are fastened to the bottom
Of the wood sole to raise the shoe
high enough to keep out Of the water.