The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-11-28
THE HOME CIRCLE


FRANKNESS.
BE frank to the world. Frankness
is the child of honesty and courage.
Say just what you mean to do on ev-
cry occasion and take it for granted
that you mean to do just what is right
If a friend asks you a favor, you
it is not, tell him plainly why you can
not. You will wrong him and wrong
yourself by equivocation of any kind.
Never do wrong to make a friend
or keep one; the man who requires
you to do so is dearly purchased, and
at a sacrifice. Deal kindly and firm
ly with all men and you will find it
the policy which wears the best.
Above all, do not appear to otheSs
what you are not. If you have any
not others, Of what you complain.
There is no more dangerous expert
ment than that of undertaking to do
one thing to a mans face and another
to his back. We should live, act and
speak out of doors, as the phrase is,
and say and do what we are willing
should be known and read of all G
THE PROFESSION OF MOTHER
HOOD.
II is a difficult professionalism
profession of motherhood. In the an
inral kingdom, as the offspring grows
older, the parents withdraw their min
istrations, but in the human family
the older children grow. the more di-
plomacv and enthusiasm is needed by
the ruling spirit. When the boys be-
gin To get unruly and the girls begin
10 get silly-the husband gets less
willing to make an effort and more
ready to sit quietly by the fire in the
evening-then it is that many a fam
ilv drifts apart. But the mother can
have no holiday. She must always
be on tap. The only difference is
that as the children grow older, she
must pretend hat it is they and not
she who are managing affairs.
Some OF US, as we grow old become
so oppressed by the care 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
kaener. than anything we know in
adult life. We forget the exquisite
Joy that q new toy ave us, and the
~palpitatirg pleasures of a visit to
town. the ecstatic delight of a day in
the woods. And we forget. too. the
depth of anguish that came with each
disappointment.
If some good entertainment comes
along, ask the girls and boys if they
wish to go. Don't make them beg
for a holiday.
What is the good of dwelling upon
Sights or hostilities? Many of them
are fancied. If we have enemies let
us avoid them and refuse to think of
them, To consider the wrongs that
we think another has put upon us fills
us with anger and all uncharitable-
ness. Let us rather think of our
friends who are a source CT peace and
pleasure and encouragement. and OF
Chris who said, Father. forgive
them for they know OF what they
d." and Of Ills apa2-ls who wrote
to the Corinthians, Charity suffer
eth long and il kind, seekcth not her
own Is not easily provoked and
thinkcth no evil"
Mothers, be natient. Do not wound
q child; remember it has a tender
heart, and who can bear to see the
= CULVER of the baby lip, or hear the
sohs OF infant sorrow, even after
sleep has shut down the tear washed
lids? "If we knew the baby fingers,
Pressed against the window pane,
Would be cold and stiff tomorrow,
Never trouble us again,
Would the bright eyes of our darl-
ing
Catch the frown upon our brow,
Would the print of rosy fingers
Vex US then, as they do now?
melancholy cannot hold its own
with perennial good nature. Sum
shine is cortag Gus. Smiles are cpl
demic. One joyous nature will fill
an auditorium with good cheer. Des-
pondency is a poor DICTATOR. 1t can
brig no argument that sunbeams Will
not penetrate"
The thief who steals your peace of
mind is meanor than the n who
steals your property.
Memories of what we learn thru
bitterness and sorrow may not al
WAYS be held in regret.