Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1926-12-15

agriculture, University of MaineD
Mid pleasures and palaces though we
Be is ever so humble there's no place
like home"
These few words express better
than any others our deepest senti-
ments regarding the home. We
fully appreciate its worth and value
to each of us, but do We realize the
responsibility of our home to other
homes in the town, state and ma
ton? All our institutions from the
church and schools to the prison
and reformatory, are established,
managed, and occupied by men and
women from American homes. Thus
the home is the heart of the nation,
and whether the nation is strong or
weak depends upon the influence OF
its homes.
Many people say that the home OF
to-day is not doing its duty, that 1t
is becoming only place where peo-
Pile sleep and eat. That outside or
CARNATIONS, good and bad. furnish
the food, clothing, physical care,
moral training and amusement
which in our grandfather's day were
all supplied by the home. We gen
orally feel that the home of that
time was over worked, that the cot
ton factory can make better glng-
ham. and the shoe factory better
shoes than were made by our grand
fathers. But can the child learn to
UNFOLD honor, learn to respect the
rights of others, learn to have SYM
pathy. understanding and love LOT
his fellow men outside of the nome
Il is true that the churches ana
schools try to do all these Things
besides teaching the dignity OF labor,
and value of properly
and money, but without the back
inc and aid of the home these OF
carnations can make ll.tle nea
wav. A certain person mas Hau1
nine requirements for une uo
home which seem especlaIy sooI
,Thus the home should be: Ecohoan,-
callv sound. mechanically rai-
venient physically healthful' mora mora
W. who1esome, mentally stlmula'lnss'
~ responsible, artisticaiiy sas
;ssving spiritually Inspiring louhu-
90 mon mutual love and respe'' u
gu E %p Sound Home -
hat in order that the nonle
seem, Economically sound that tne.e
De I'D I'd he a minimum income mnner
snUui ~ suficient for savings prUpes
wiz e,othing and shelter as Meil 90
1000, ci 1., racreation. This ncoh!e
heaith ha snent wisely whether IL US 10
mus oo e1o 900 a year. ~
$1,000 OF ?1O, cannot own s1'5.0o
INV t lnt or the $4,000 famil s
auton as TON servants unless %
possess zen n,,e vital necessity as
nourishing food or sa''"e
age. ;or+ The cry
housekeeping is uiuu rs In
tha' hoon heard for many yea tbere
mas YEA home, however, time
the mu oasring many labor anu o.n ,
are app davices. as vacuum cleaH
saVlhs iuons and washing mach I'VE
electric 1--we I've to shorten the - in.
These 81 housework and MAKE e.r ~
spent at ho Women also are learning s
terestlns' ov kitchen furnltule ~
that tns viii make work haf .tens
arranged s.ance think of the stvp s
easy TOT an' The frying pan IS ht NE
saved when tnT rather than in inc
n nemtrv beneath the SINK u.nniness
physically Healthfa'' 70 very
5n Hsrosperity depend 10 Lit
ana pf AGREE upon good hea so easily,
grea .hines do not irrltat e,ams with
tie We we attack big prop aadache or
and v we there is no hea arld seem
indiges.i9"a reary. yearly phy cash
dark anu t;ous nourishing 1000 o,rtahle
examlhsa' sunshine, and comlo' 'd doc-
air and su SUMO work light and wv
clothing smau By the yearly n 20 Of
tor bills s the first Signs NO
steal EXAMINE" nav be detected, nc
tuberculosis which might or the
tooth tr eainful rheumatism, me
about pa'n which develops INTO 'n nv
Sideous cancer may oe wore iron
NV blood which neeos NV" euro
NAV, wa be built up before resi- ''' '
Is necessary ,,,,o moral
of tho home cannot be owe,
INV a sized While the church anu
e e may teach the value OF non.
s sstv LOYALTY, and charity, it is OF
49, beneft unless the home IN
sists upon the same standards
Mentally Stimulating, The nome
to be an inspiration to It's d members rs
must take an active lnteres. ~
things which are worth whlle. mus
good books, music, current eVehts'
interest in community social events
welfare work, give the family COM
mon interests outside of housenola
duties, and lessons the monotohy VI
housework The dinner dishes must
be washed, but how much quicker IS
this accomplished, If, afterward,
mother and sister are to listen TO a
radio speech or concert.
Socially Responsible. The soclai
responsibilities of the home are
many. Upon 1t depend the kind OF
schools, the influence exerted by the
church, the condition Of the poor,
sanitary conditions and what today
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