The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1918-10-25
HOME CIRCLE


Home should be so truly home that
the weary, tempted heart could turn
10 II anywhere on the dusty highway
o. life and receive light and strength
What blessing it is when weary
with care and burdened with care
ard sorrow, to have home to ghich
we can go, and there in the midst Of
friends we love, forget our troubles
and dwell in peace and quietness.
Home is the chief school of human
virtue. Its responsibilities, joys,
sorrows. smiles. tears, hopes and sol
icitudes form the chief interest IN hui
mar life.
10
Home is the greatest school of life.
Few can receive the honors of IA col
lege education, but all are graduates
OF home. The learning of the uni
versity may fade, its knowledge, nay
moulder in the halls of memory hut
the simple lesson OF home imprcSge
upon the hearts Of childhood, defy
the rust OF years and outline the WV
i'd picture of life, Mild pleasures and
palaces may we roam. Be ii ever so
humble there's no place like home
o
There Is sweet music in every home
where the heart strings ar touched
by gentleness and courtesy. The mild
word, the gentle answer, tho tender
act the patient considerations. will
touch chords OF kindGness and make
sweet melody in the family as every
where, A desolate, dreary place is a
home devoid of these little courtesies
which are practiced in the best social
life.
o. 81.
great helper TO gladness il a
happy home. Many of us would new
er be able. day after day. to face life
with its struggles, It's duties, its an
tangonisms, We're II not for the re-
newal OF strngth, which we get in our
home.
true nome IS little fragment Of
heaven let down to earth to inspire
us with patience and strength for the
way
Tire real pleasures OF life are not
to he bought. Amusement is for
sale; but Joy comes without price
and without bargaining. There are
no figures get upon happiness: il
springs up In ~ - way liz flow
or the seed Of which has been watt
ed from some other world The quiet
deep Joys Of life benson like, fall
from heaven upon our hearts. None
can command them. You may pur-
chace assistance and interest, but af-
lection and love come unsought, I'M
solicited, unbought
o.
We do not care how poor young
man may be If he has good health
sound principles, is respectful of sa-
cred things, Is temperate in his hab-
IT'S, and is not afraid to work and
work hard, and face the world with
a determination TO succeed. That
young man is to be trusted with the
best and sweetest girl ever reared in
a home Marriage, and all that good
loving wife means. is the developing
power of such man.
o.
Kindness makes sunshine wherever
II goes; II is the real law of life: the
link that connects earth with heaven
Would you live in the remembrance
OF others after you are gone? Write
your name on the tablets of their
hearts by acts of kindness and love.
The noblest revenge we can make up
on our enemies is to do them kind
ness,
O.. .
II you wish your children to be
respectful to you, then you should be
respectful to them. The boys and
girls who are spoken to In harsh
tone of voice naturally fall into the
habit of responding in the same way
o.
Praise the work of your children,
no matter how trivial the act. 1t will
give them an honest desire to do bet
ter the next time.
o.
Do not think too much of your dig
nifty. Do anything to make the boys
think they are having good time
In short, live with your boys. A lit
tie run and good nature will go far
towards turning work into play. When
YOU get a boy so that he will love
his home and his parents and you win
have strong arm to rest on as you
go down the slope.
%
II is the person rather than the oc-
cupation that adds dignity to labor.
There are those who can beautify the
most mental occupation or service and
there are others who can degrade the
most honorable calling.