The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-08-12

her days in quietude. It's wo-
mans nature to want a home; she
dreams of the journeys end and
the time when, no matter how
much of gadabout she may be.
she has her little house.
Some men dream the same
dream, others don't. But when it
comes to the home, men are uSu-
ally generous enough. spiritually
that is. to bow to the woman's
wishes. That's why it is such JOY
to me to tell today the story OF
couple who for nearly 20 years
have scrimped and struggled and
denied themselves. but what's even
more important. always had faith
and hope that they would reach
the place where the four-leaved
clover grew for them.
A Home at Last
During all that time. there were
no lucky cloverS in their path. Lady
Luck seemed to have forgotten all
about them. unless. of course. she
wisely figured that as long as they
had each other nothing else mat
tered. which was true.
Now we find this couple as happy
as If they were newlywedS and the
husband was carrying his bride
across the threshold. Everything
about the great adventure Of get
ting from where they are to where
they soon will be is source of ex-
element and untold delight. The
long years Of waiting and aching
for their own home are forgotten:
the house of their dreams has come
true and in setting At for king.
be the house ever so humble.
Perhaps you are one who has al
ways had home. If so, 1t is prob
ably difficult for you to understand
the ecstasy Of one who has
dreamed for years of owning one,
who has hungered and thirsted for
her own rooftree. 1t is q terrible
hunger and terrible thirst-noth-
ing else can satisfy (which Is
why those who have endured the
torment know what 1t Is to come
at last to journeys end and the
house one has longed for most, II
not all. of ones life.
Moderns are supposedly indiffer-
ent to things that used to make up
the warp and wool of the fabric of,
living; they are supposed to be able
to take homes, as they take every
thing. in their stride, in the take
-leave-it manner. But Is it
true? ! wonder. Isn't 1t Just the
high polish civilization requires?
Doesn't 1t often hide a soft and
sensitive surface. so easily Scared
by the sharp edges of daily living
that the polish Is necessary pro-
lection?
Power Of Prayer
A home is q responsibility. even.
a burden at times, but can you,
think of any one thing that giveas
such a generous return on one 81
money, or can take such abuse and
still receive us with welcoming
arms? s
Never to have known the solaces
and enveloping warmth and pro-
lection Of home Is to have missed
one Of life's greatest boons. It Is.
altogether possible that those who,
have been denied 1t. until middlei
life. are in the long run to be en-.
We'd since they are in position to.
appreciate its value.
Unfortunately, there are many
people who never appreciate what.
they have until they lose it. or IL
they are spared that tragedy, never
appreciate 1t anyhow because they,
have never known what it was to
be without 1t. In days such as these.
when 1t Is so easy to doubt the wis
dom OF what we once accepted.
without question. as truth, to find a
dream come true is like a confirma-
ton OF the power of prayer.