The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-01-11
HOME CIRCLE COLUMN
What crankiness costs.

What crankiness Costs.
The following from one of oui mosT
valuable exchanges certainly contains
more ruth Than poetry ard is deserv-
ing OF a rlacs IL our Home Circle De-
artmer [:
IN io-yelr-o;d girl in New York |
back from IN odventuresomc 1oy-ride |
with lad OF IS in g stolen auto to Il
woman reporter who visited her in the
loci III
lit Was iust a picnic. We never
thought VI ii as anything else. / under
stand my father says he IS going To
hayc me sent away. ! don't care, |
don't want to 70 home. The old man Is
50 crGr;,y he gets on my nerves
THIS girl was once a pretty, smiling
promising baby fathers pet and moth
er's Joy a baby not fredoomed 70 he
!. loving and Maynard Something be
tween the ages Of 10 IS happened to
explain .ier change Of character.
without knowing in detail the fun
lily history coUldr't you pretty safely
llazard a. guess On the basis OF that
one asserticn: The old man Is so cross
land cranky"
The proner influence in a home Is
lIOvF-ratiert. tender, long suffering
1--we, 1t is ch.ld's right. The child who
lis d ,nicd IL is defrauded. just as II
.akes the warm sunshine TO bring out
the beauty OF he flower. so the soul OF
a child. END especially .he soul OF the
lwcman- child must have the warmth
OF affection continuous and never
falling. to develop the graces which
| mike n clean and sweet
We know not what cares. what sor-
I rows what aygravations, made this
'oid man cross and cranky" 1t may be
we'd forgive MN If we knew him IL.
any event he's profoundly to be p.tiee,
for clearly his crossness and his crank
mess. robbinP the daughter of the home
toys which were her due sent her To
4 The bad. a
|, Amidst the worries, the stress, th"
disappointment OF life II is often hard
to preserve a, sweetened temper at
home. Eut it is what the parent must
do or at least try to The limit to do, il
the children are TO nave a fair chance.
49,
Books And Newspapers.
Books are wonderful, not only IL
} their multiplicity, pnt in their parsya-
) siye power. The books and papers o:
. today mould the minds OF men. They
, are not only an intellectual but NOR
nj focce. II all books and papers wer'
correct in principle aud lndament, tnerf
would be n rapid decline in crime
: crime is due to ignorance. and ignor
y ance - due to faise preaching or n
i, tea, hing Much of the viciousness. an
: archy and rrstlessness of modern time
: Is due to the perniciops influence o
a newspapers and books written by mel
7 who are either purposely deluding ~
, people or lacking in understanding
. III we would purify our people we mus
n Jput our newspapers into the hands
o men who will not sacrifice truth afi'
g morality to political and financial ENDS
a we must have a literary censorship
n that books may be examined and thos
!, of evil influence condemned before the
reach the people. We all have niue
to learn and 4 is economy OF time I
read only the old and well tried book:
IT Books end papers teach us to know LII
l. the present and the past. They stin
v iulate and train the mind. They inspir
q us by example and precept They teac
= us morality They help us 70 distin
= guls'l between tn, good and the falls
y They Quicken the Imagination. The
n give us worthy and beautiful things
lie think and talk about. They are the be:
e and most accessible means of educa
ID tlon.
lie The Glory Of Old Age.
r There Is glory In old age when II
rs the sunset time of christian LII
1T There are springs Of daily refreshii
N of which the world does not kno'
~ There are still opportunities tor kind
I'd service. God leads our dear old frienc
g all the way. They have Travelled fartf
Oh err than most of us along the road tn;
n leads heayenward and in many IL
III stances have reached that point whel
he with the spiritually quickened vislo
n they can almost penetrate the thin We
10 which hides what lies beyond. 10 the
heaven Is a very close thing, and Jes,
IS a real savior and friend. is the opir
ion OF the Christian Herald. So the
ts, look forward not with doubt or mil
". giving, but with JOY. to the reunion
ID the good land hereafter, With tho
"a who have already passed over. Let
- not hold lightly the counsel OF the
y veterans who can look hack over mar
er a struggle and temptation which th'
ld have conquered. but which we ha'
as vet to meet Let us love and hon
nd them while they are with US and con
he tort them in every way. We hold the
with us little while as hostages fro
heaven, where they belong.
enI No boy goes ont from the Home 81