Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1916-05-04

A COLUMN OF HOME CIRCLE
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death; to know others Is inspiration
and life. Pain and suffering are In
seperably connected with hate. Cul-
tivate gardens Of flowers and not
weeds in your heart.
To be beautiful we should be good.
As YOU open the window Of your house
To admit sunshine and fresh air, to
drive out malaria, so also, should you
open the windows Of your soul, drive
out the gloom and despair anl let in
the blessed sunshine Of Gods love and
joy.
A beautiful writer has said: IF
there be a pleasure on earth which
angels cannot enjoy and which they
might almost envy man the posses
sion OF, it is the power Of relieving
distress. Every kindly act we do but
inclines us more and more toward
such deeds, and we become reader to
do the same again and with more en-
jeyment. Every kindness done to
others in our daily walks advances us
nearer those great souls which make
the age they live in memorable.
Happiness is the inalienable right
of childhood. Give child half q
chance and it will make joy Of life.
God made it carefree. The sorrows
of life and death are like dream to
| it. Heaven lies about it" and it sees
visions beautiful. Its father is the
noblest and wisest Of men, its mother
the dearest and tenderest and best in
he world. Every pleasant man and
woman is its friend, and the world Is
fine and wonderful place that it
hopes later to explore. 1t lives the
life of the heart and Of the imagina-
ton and has no troubles except when
the tyrannical hand Of some adult
rudely deprives it of legitimate joy.
All possible charities Of life ought
to be cultivated, and when we can
neither be brethren or friends, let us
be kind neighbors and pleasant ac-
Quaintances. Our life is what we make
it. Most people will find difficulties
and hadships enough without seeking
their troubles as part Of the educa-
tional discipline necessary to, fit the
mind to arrive at the highest good.
Some of us, as We grow old, become
so oppressed by the cares and sorrows
of mature life that we quite forget
the days of our youth. The pains and
pleasures of childhood seem so trivial
that we fail to realize that a child's
sorrows are as keen and probably
Geener, than anything we know in
adult life. We forget the eXqhisite
joy that new toy gave cs, and the
palpitating pleasures Of visit to
town, the ecstatic delight of day in
he woods. And we forget too, the
depth of anguish that came with each
disappointment.
Ne have heard q great deal about
love in a cottage. 1t is a pretty SEN
timent, very poetical and captivating
to those who have been used to luxury
and refinement, but can you pay for
your cottage? The house first and
the bride after; the means first and
the wife to follow. This is the plain
est common sense. Great expectations
are often great disappointments.
Measure the stature Of a man, his
er to swim in the rough tides, his mas
terry over himself, his energy, self re-
spect, self-reliance anp self controh
Gifted with these, if he have but
enough to find you the humblest hut
he will lead you skyward, sunward
and never downward.
Let all our little kindness be from
a loving heart, and not formal acts
for the world to see. Let us not wear
two faceS-the one in company, the
other behind the scenes. But let us
be kind, loving and true at home,
when the world is not locking on. The
home in which love reigns supreme is
a heaven on earth. "The bosom which
does not feel love is cold; the mind
which does not conceive it is dull;
the philosophy which does not accept
it is false" And the only true re-
ligiOn has pure and reciprocal love
for its basis. Be kind and affection
ate to mother. Let it be the great
est pleasure to perform the little low
ing kindnesses that add SO much to
the brightness Of home. Meet father
with kiss Of love. Ba q ray Of sun
shine in your own home.
Happiness ought to be contagious and
to make it so the good things Of life
must be shared. Not merely with our
family but with our neighbOrs and
acquaintances, our townsmen, and
the strangers within our gates We
should use our blessings, not put them
up in lavender leaves, OF camphor
balls to keep-but scatter them broad
cast, share them with other. If we
ave blooming roses, share them; if
te have fine grapes en- our vines
,hare them; if we have beautiful pic
lures, invite people in to see them; If