Milford chronicle., 1929-05-03
Glendale
Home. Home. Sweet. Sweet Home

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that such a poem as the above would
have issued from his lips?
How different was the time and
how different was the home life
when Payne wrote the immortal
poem.
The new women had not been
born. The taint of suffrage had not
inflicted itself on the womanhood of
that day; nor the entering the poll
tical avenue with it's corrupting in
fiuence even entered their minds.
Home to them was a place of rest.
No thought of the things that are so
tempting to the women living in this
advanced age ever entered them. 1t
was a domicile of purity where only
those things that SAVIOR of purity
was taught, and if children graced
such a home they were also influen-
ced in those things which would
prove for their future good.
Mother was the queen and ruler
of the home and nothing of an i'm
pure nature could possibly come
from her.
The very name of Mother meant
all that was good, kind, tender, and
true, and to those who have known
the love of Mother the very name
Mother" brings to the human heart
those tender expressions which can
only come from being saturated
with the fullness of love.
A happy home is one where the
voice of the father is heard in his
early morning petitions, when he
calls to his aid that Supreme Power
from above and asks from Him for
himself and family guidance through
the day, and the last thing heard at
night in such home is the tender
care as the Mother listens to her
dear ones whisper their evening
prayer. A kiss of good night, and
all is still.
Mr.. Payne must have had in his
mind a home like that depicted
above when he wrote his beautiful
poem.
Do you imagine for one instant
that he thought the time would ever
come when the world would change
so rapidly, that woman who in his
day stood for the very best that the
human family could produce, who
occupied such lofty position which
belonged to her and her alone, that
the unique social standing which
she was pre- eminently fitted was one
which could not be taken from her?
Yet who, in a moment lost that ten
der respect, when she lowered her
standard and entered those walks
which formerly belonged to men
alone.
No! No! If John Howard Payne
had thought for a moment such
things would ever have happened,
that poem with so much sweetness,
would have remained unsaid.
What is the condition of thous-
ands of American homes today?
Are they ones of happiness, where
peace and quietness reigns supreme,
where love is the domineering force
always present, or are they homes
where the name of Mother is scar
cely heard, where children are rear
ed without the attention, care and
love. which only a true Mother can
give? Is,it any wonder that so many
of our young people go to the bad.
Is there a remedy? We might inn
prove some of the conditions sur
rounding our women of today, but
to relegate them back to their for
mer condition, could not be done.
They have had a taste from the
spring that bubbles over with world
ly pleasures, and are longing to see
more of the ways of the world,
which heretofore have been hidden
from them, but with the coming to
them of the right of suffrage, the
looseness of the marriage laws IN
which a divorce is granted for the
asking. The clubs and orders to
which they belong takes the time
rightly belonging to the homes. Say
nothing about the dances in vogue
today. the card table, and the pet
ting parties, and sometimes, we are
sorry to say, they engage in drink
ing wine or spirituous liquors.
This class are not only OF those
who do not make any religious pro-
fession whatever, but is composed
partly of those who claim to be OF
the household of faith j
AS the years come and go we see
one Innovation after another taken
place and has been since the great
World War left it's stains on our
Country. Unless there is found some
remedy to stay the progress OF the
incoming transgressions Of the pub
lie at large, this country of ours
must become a wreck and all those
things which we love will become
thing of the past.
We are glad to say that there yet
remains thousands of homes in this
land of ours, where the old stand
ard of home life still remains,
where Mothers still hold sway, ana
counsels the young, where fathers
still offer their morning prayer ana
where the Sabbath is sacredly kept.
In a home like the above there Will
ALWAYS be found reverence for the
old. and gentleness toward each
other. but you will find the tie that
binds home folks together is love.
John Howard Payne must have
been thinking of a home ike the
above when that beautiful stanza
was written, "Be it ever so humble,
there is no place like home"
improvements Being Made
The Diamond State Telephone
Company has been busy the past
week. Quite a few of the residents OF
Glendale have put in new tele-
phones. This compelled the company
to run new wires to take care OF |
their new customers.
Some of our citizens have had
their trees trimmed the past week.
While the trees at first look rather
forlorn and out of shape, they Will
soon put out again, as soon as tney
get their new foliage, and will look
fine.
TlAse are many more trees still
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