The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-12-28
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN.
THE CLOSE OF THEYEAR.

tlLlc lor seTlous InOuSHL anu reHeC-
Jion. The past crowds upon US at
such time with far more than usu-
al intensity and especially forces upon
our attention our faults, failures and
mistakes. Let us look them squarely
in the face and profit by them. The
wise man always does this, but the
fool never. The latter goes on COM
hitting the same follies and making
the same mistakes, never protitiEg 10y
his experience, to say nothing of the
experience of others. Every man
makes mistakes. 1t may not be his
fault the first time, but it is if he
makes the same mistake second
time. We believe that the secret of
success with those who succeed, and
the cause Of allure with those who
fail, will be found largely in the abili
ty and disposition to study the causes
of both success and failure, not only
in ones own experience, but in that of
others. The farmer now has leisure
to review the operations OF the year
and he should do it candidly and crit
ically. Make complete analysis OF
every important operation. Find the
weak places in it and trace them to
their origin. Nothing will prepare one
so thoroughly for the operations of the
year to come as this kind of searching
investigation.
And while we are about this bust,
ness we should look just as carefully
into our record Of moral responsible
ty. We should be far more anxious
to improve character and morals than
to improve our farms. Serious study
of our weak points and of means
to strengthen them is very Profitable
business at any time, and if pursued
assiduously will strengthen and deyel-
OPP all that is good and admirable in
our natures, and make us better,
stronger, nobler men and women as
the years go by. And the time will
come in the life of every one when
such a record of honest, earnest, per
sistent effort to improve will afford
far greater satisfaction than anything
else in his account with this world.
We can wish no better thing for all
our readers than that they begin the
new year animated by firm resolve
to turn all its experience into profit
for themselves, mentally, morally, Sc
cially and materially, and then to
faithfully carry out the resolution.
WRITTEN BY A MOTHERLESS GIRL.
Many times girl could be saved
untold suffering, sometimes life Itself
if some good Christian woman. with
her best interest at heart, would but
give her the advice she SO much needs.
We do not accuse you mothers of not
feeling a warm sympathy for US, or of
intentional neglect, but if you keep it
hid away in your hearts, how can it
benefit US? We want your sympathy
and love. We know you have your
own troubles, your own life to live.
but could you not sometimes spare
few of your precious moments to the
motherless girls at your door, who
crave your sympathy and love? 1t
will surely be bread cast upon the
waters" and an added star TO your
diadem. You may think from her sur
roundings and outward appearance
she would not appreciate your inter
est. Try anyway. Learn something
of her inner life. Outward appear
ances do not always bespeak inward
happiness.
The heart yearning for mother love
is never satisfied Do not think there
are anymore deserving Of pity for try
as we will the world is hard on us.
Much is expected of us, often more
than we can give. We are more closely
watched, more severely criticised thar
anyone else. The world is ever ready
to pull us down. Many for some slight
improperly, which was thong htlessly
committed, must endure the fiery darts
of Islander, which is by far the most
uncomfortable anguish human heart
ever had to bear, and SO our character,
dearer than life itself to pure hearted
girls, mercilessly shattered, often by
mothers OF daughters, who themselves
are not equals IN moral worth, by the
ones whose God given privilege is to
help shield and protect girls.
Mothers, will you not hold out a
hand to those who are struggling on
discouraged, in some cases unappre.
ciated, who sometimes feel they have
no friend save Him who "tempers
the wind to the shorn lamb A kind
word, rightly spoken, will go long
way and be immortaized in the mem
DRY Of the one for whom 1t was In.
tended.
Home is where the heart is, place
our feet may leave but not our hearts.
Home Is where peace, JOY, comfort
and happiness reign. Where father
whistles merrily, where mother sings
cheerily, where children are happy,
joyous and gay; where the family
gathers around the evening lamp, busy
with books, the needle, the papers and