The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-09-14

but few homes where the boys are MS
tenderly shielded as the girls.
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What tribute more wholesome. ef-
fective and lasting could be chiseled on |
a granite shaft erected to the honor OF
any man than 10 say that he was a
good neighbor' Do You, Mr.. Reader, so
live that whom your time shall come
that those who have known you may
join in slch token Of respect. esteem
and admiration?
$3.50
People of means aud good taste may
make their homes perfect dreams OF
beauty, but they cannot make tkem
toe beautiful as long as the comfort
and happiness OF the inmates arc
sought and promoted. Surely money
cannot be expended to better purpose
than in making and adjoining home
for ones self ana loved ones and fur
nishing 1t with all that is calt ulated
to foster in tho inhabitants thereof Of
love of home as well as love OF the
true and beautiful and the good; and
even poor people will best secure their
own happiness by toiling and saving
TO acquire and embelish homes fci
themselves. There is a pleasure that
is rare, rapturcus and absorbing, a;d
I love of home is as noble and ennobllni;
of feeling as can still the human soul.
Love and appreciation are to a wo.
man what dew and sunshine are 20 n
flower They freshen and brighten her
Whole life. They make her strong
hearted and keen sighted in everything
affecting the welfare of her home. They
make her 10 cherish her husband when
the cares of life rest heavily upon him;
and to be very providence TO her
children. To know that her husband
loves her and is proud OF her and be-
heves in her; that even her faults are
looked upcn with tenderness; that heI
face, to one ut least. Is the fairest IN
all the world; that the heart which &c
her Is the greatest and noblest, holds
her sacred in his innermost receases
above all other women. gives Q strength
and courage and energy and sweetness
and vivacity which all the wealth Of
( the world could rot bestow..
$500
Let the young people who weekly
read tis column never lose an oppci
tnuity to sly a kind word TO ;heir pa
rents Your parents have planned for
your best interests all these years.
They may sometimes (their nervous
system all used up by the cares, and
! losses, the disappointments. the wor-
iries OF lifc) be more irritable than they
ought TO be- and they probably have
faults which have become oppressive
as the years 90 b5.. But those eyes,
! long before they took on spectacles,
were watching for your welfare, and
their hands. not as smooth and more
deeply lined than once, have done fcr
you many a good DAVIS work Life has
been to them more Of a struggle than
You shall ever know about and much
of the struggle has been for YOU, ans
how much they are wrapped up n youl
welfare you Will never appreciate.
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How many Of our readers think MS
often as they should If their n'othef.
their dear old cushioned mother 9th
or faces may made away and be for
gotten, but hers will shine on forever.
When in the fitful pause OF life oul
feet wander back to the old homestead
and crossing The well Worn threshold,
stand once more in the room so hallow
ed by her presence, how the feelings
of childish innocence and independence
overcome us, and we kneel down in the
molten sunshine streaming thru ti.n
window Just where years ago we knelt
by ,our mothers knee lisping "Ou.
Father" How many times when tie
tcmpter hurried US on, has the memory
Of these sacred hours, that mothers
words, her faith and prayers saved us
from pluncing into the deep abyss Of
sin. Years have filled great drifts be-
tween her and us, but they have not |
hidden from our sight the memory of !
her pure unselfish love Dear oii-fash- |
Toned mother.
II is not in the sheltered garden or
in the hot house. but on the rugged Al |
pine cliffs where the storms heat more
Violently, that the toughest plants ore |
reared. The oak that stands alone To |
contend with the tempests blasts only |
takes deeper root and stands tirmer for
ensuing conflicts, while the forest tree, |
when the woodman's axe has spoiled |
its surroundings. sways and bends and |
trembles and perchance IS lprooted. so |
1t is with men. Those who are traine1
for self-re,iance are ready TO go out
and contend In the sternest conflicts Of
life; while men who have always leanf
ed for support ON those around them.
are never prepared to breast the storms |
of adversely that arise. Many young |
man, ard for that matter. many Of
those who are ulder-halts at his out
set upon l.fes battlefield and faltern
and faints for what he conceived TO be
the necessary capital for start. a
few thousand dollars or hundreds. or
something handsome in the way of
money in his purse, he fancies to he
..hnllt the only thing necessary to pro.