The Washington times., 1928-07-20
Is the Natural
elimination
of WOOing
By Beatrice Fairfax
An Authority on Problems Of
Love and Marriage

3 1AUVGs anu AAAoAh zoe
All roads Of romance lead to
home.
The birds no sooner mate than
they proceed to build their nests.
The Iove.nest is the natural ideal
elimination of successful wooing
and wedding
Home il much more than 4
place Of abode. 1.-THE word early
came to mean. says the die
tionary, ian endeared dwelling as
the scene of domestic love and
happiness and cherished family
life--a place of rest and peace.
Our own garden and home in
the country, roses and pinks,
iilacs and peonies. birds singing
In the trees, perhaps a pony TOR
the children won't it be too per-
fecfn,
That Is how Anne and George
dreamed during the days OF their
betrothaT Of the home they would
build. And when words failed to
express their joyful anticipat ion
they just sat there, hand in hand.
and gazed into the gas log IN the
living room Of Anne's mother.
.ilnaging how much more won
derfui their own country home
would be.
And il was. All came about
much as they had dreamed.
Dreams have a way of coming
true when we do our part. Seven
wears later found the two married
and steadily paying off their
debt for q lovely house in the
suburbs, with rock garden, =
pony for the twins, real fire
place and countless other beau
ties.
Their home survived. Today it
n stili growing, SELL progressing,
and the littlest baby IL sweetest
Of all. Anne has lived up to her
determination to remain more
nearly the slender, cunning sylph
that George wooed and we'd a
little clever attention to dress.
grooming, flattery and diet has
made this possible.
How can home be kept harmonic
0ils and joyful as the years pass?
There are SO many ways Of wis
dom that help Beautify it with.
The arts including music and pic
lures. classic and new. Bring
dancing and laughter and true
hospitality to your hearth. Let
there be democracy there, with
tolerance and respect Tor the
others opinion and privacy. There
must be cooperation In order, sys-
tsTn, handling of expenses through
budget to keep finances sound.
Plain, oId-fasl1ioned politeness and
good manners keep things running
smoothly Just little cunning
apple sauce and flattery where
flattery Is due. viii work wonders.
Keep Your home center radiating
service and good viii and alert
thinking helpful to the community
and the entire world, not mere
self -eentered abode.
Home means a woman. men tell
NJ. Equally true it IS that home
means man to the normal
woman.
There Is q masculine and fefni-
nine element In all knowledge, =
explains Harriet Beecher Stowe.
and 4 man and woman. put to
The same study extract only what
their natures fit them to see, so
that knowledge can be fully alb
sorbed only when the two unite in
the search and share the spoils.'
Perhaps that is why real, COM
piete home means man and won-
an who lovingly cooperate as help
mates. Home is never finished.
never complete. but progresses and
expands with the progress of the
two who found il. This keeps it
alive and interesting and adjust
able.
It is not well to live alone. Win
your man. And when you and he
dedicate your home. as Arthur
Guiterman expresses it, may love:
ssBIess the four corners OF your
house
And be the Intel blest:
And bless the hearth and bless the
board
And bless each place of rest:
And bless the door that opens wide
to stranger as to kin;
And bless each crystal window
pane
That lets the starlight in:
And bless the roof-tree overhead
And every sturdy wall.
The peace of man, the peace of God
The peace of love on all.
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