The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1917-10-26
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
Where's Mother?

Where's Mother7
When father came from work at night.
Before he'd wash his hands and
face.
Or hang his hat upon the peg,
His glance would wander round the
place,
And II dear mothers sunny head
Was not within his vision keen,
He'd search for her from room to
room.
Upstairs and down and all, and then
He'd stop and ask,
where's mother?"
But If he found her in her chair
He'd potter off about the lot.
And pick mess of early green's.
Or fix chicken for the pct;
He'd mend a fence or SGT a hen.
Or do some other homely choice,
With only now and then glance
Toward the half open kitchen door
That seemed to ask.
''whereJ mother?"
When nlothdr left us sorrowing
He followed her within day;
And whil5 we laid white flowers
arobhd
His 81 Aooth brushed hair as white
We COZ IA not but think that when the
AM beauty OF that wondrous place
BUR- on mis- ncwly- quickened gaze,
must have raised an eager face,
And simply asked:
where's mother Z"
Marion Parks.
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Give the young aud struggling |
word If encouragement when you can.
Pou would not leave those plants in |
your window boxes without water nor
refuse 10 open the shutters that the
sunlight might fall upon them; but |
you would leave some human flower |
to suffer from want of APPRECIATION o..
the sunlight of encouragement. There |
are few hardy souls that can strug-
gle along on stony soil-shrubs that |
can wait for the dews and sunbeams, |
vines that climb without kindly train,
ing; but only a few utter the kind |
word when you can see that is de-
served. The thought that no one cares
and no one knows, bljgLts many a bud |
Of promise. Be it the young artist at |
his easel, the young preacher in his |
pulpit, the workman at his bench, the /
boy at his mathematical problems, or
your little girl at the piano, give what |
praise you can.
Christ Loved Home.
Though too poor to have a home OF |
His own. He went out to spend the
night at Bethany, two or three miles
walk from Jerusalem, and over 4 rough |
and billy road that made 1t equal to
six or seven ordinary mileS every |
morning and night going to and fro |
He loved the quietuds of home life, and
He was lovely in His domesticity.
How He enjoyed harding over the
resurrected boy to his mother and the
resurrected girl TO her father and re-
constructing homesteads which disease
or death WIS breaking upl AS the song, |
"Home, Sweet Home" was written by /
man who at that time had no no ne,
so we think the homelessness of Christ
added to his appreciation Of domesti
city.
Our Schools.
While this paper has always been =
warm friend TO the schools of our town II
it intends to take deeper interest in
them during the ensuing year. We be-
lieve it is the duty Of every citizen to
take live interest in our schools Dur
ing the wears that are past, scores of
diplomas have been handed out as
class after class of our young people
have steppet out OF schools life into
life's school. Would that we could in
this issue Of our paper place before its
readers the familiar face of each am,
every one. Our school home Whaf
words fall upon the ear with so much
music in their cadence as those which
numbered among the memories of the |
past, intervening years hay, not dim
med the vivid colorings with which |
memory has adored those joyous days
Our school life is indeed the golden /
link that binds youth to age, and he Is
still but child, however time may |
have furrowed his cheek or sIlvereti |
his brow who can yet recall, with 4 III
softening heart, the happy school days
passed in this city.
ssss III
Every wife should ne helprrate to III
her husband. For instance, if you have
the pleasure Of a large washing before Il
you and he has the laborious task of II
going TO the city, or taking trip thru. II
the country, change work with him, let
him help You wash in the forenoon and
help him ride in the afternoon. A coed II
wife will deny herself TO entertain her
husband. especially on wash day BIZ
some men will say, when come
down to that I'll hire it .lone.'' We find
no fault with hiring it done, but as 70
coming down % help a woman, INV
dear sir, who created you so lar above
a woman that you have tc condescend II
to come down? We know the Bible
says that THE wife shall be a crown to II
him." and you know the crown is Il II
little higher and just above the head
Such being the case come up, gentle
men, on a level with your wives ami
assist in the home whenever you can
DO SO w'thout infringing upon larger
and more important duties.
To the young man who has no taste
Ter reading, the evening hours become ii
loaded with temptation 1t is tiresome
10 sit moping by the stove. and a.