The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-17
HOW TO MAKE HOME LIFE
HAPPIER AND BETTER

but if Sidney kohn is not an example
of something like this l would be
glad for some one just to say what
he is like.
When l was a young man loved
to read novels and just anything that
was calculated to make fellow
laugh. l remember having an old
book about so years ago, written un-
der the title of the Carpet Bag OF
Fun. That old book got away and i
never did know just what had become
of it. But l have just been wonder
ing if it were possible that the old
book got buried in the ground IN some
way and finally sprouted, came up
and made Sidney kohn. For a>cer-
tain fact South Carolina sure hasn't
got but one Sidney kohn.
have been think a good deal about
our social conditions in the country
home. For some cause our country
people are loosing sight Of the social
side of life. a man Of my age can
see it palmer than the present young
er generation. There is no cause
why the country family should not
have as we'll developed social life
within itself as the town and city
homes. If we are not having this
pleasant social life in our country
homes, let's see what stands in the
way.
First, the average country man and
woman are kept so busy at work and
very often from the standpoint Of
greed they work to the limit Of ply
sical endurance and in such homes So
ciability dies out. They become too
tired to talk. Words become few and
hard. Sympathy, affection and kind
ness can't live in the midst Of such
conditions.
1t is true that after man became a
victim to sin God said that he must
eat his bread by the sweat of his
face, and the farmer has this consola-
ton in life, that he is living in obe-
dience to his Masters command
Moderate work is essential to good
health but over work is grievous
sin and will finally end in slow sui
eide.
Another thing that makes home
unhappy is the husbands cruelty to
his wife and children. Many poor
farmers wives die or go insane from
bitter words, hard toll and loneliness.
Their unsympathetic, greedy and
hard hearted husbands send them
down to their graves with their hearts
full of desolation, sorrow and pain,
Too late to say then, l wish we had
ouru lives to live again.
In the right kind of country home
the husband and wife are living part
ners, both work but neither over
works, their interests and joys arc
shared with each other. They miss
each other when separated, they love
each others society. There are no
secrets between them. Their every
day conduct is an open book to the
world. In their spare hours from
home duties they talk and reason
with one another over their common
interests. Each is helper to the
other. They consult the needs and
desires of one another. Each tries to
make the other brighter and happier
and they rejoice in one another's
joys. Such a life as this
is what you may call model life in
the country home. Are you living
such a life? Can you live it? Take
these thoughts to bed with you, pom
der over them when everything is
still and quiet, and when you awake
each day say to one another if God
be our helper. we are going to make
our country home life happier,
brighter, prosperous and loving life.
Yes, real life, life worth living.
Don't take up any more of your
time talking about your neighbor's
faults, misfortunes and peculiarities.
Don't look upon your neighbor's mis-
fortune, sickness, suffering and death
of man or beast with any degree of
delight
When l think of how conditions
have changed since l was a boy in
the way of modern Improvements, l
wonder if it has had tendency to
corrupt or improve the spiritual con-
ditions Of man. God only is the
judge. But we must bear in mind
that where there is much there IS
much required.
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