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Show What a Frown Can Do. A single bitter word may dlsqntet an entire famliyfor a whole day. One surly glance casts gloom over the household, whllea smile, like a gleam of sunshine, may light up tho darkest and weariest hours. Llko unexpected flowers which spring up along the path, full qf freshness and fragrance and beauty, do kind words and gentle acts and sweet dispositions make glad the home where peace and blessing dwell. No matter how humble the abode, it It bo sweetened with kindness and smiles, the heart will turn lovingly toward It from all the tumult of the world, and It will be the dearest spot beneath the sun. Bays an exchange. And the Influences of home perpetuate perpetu-ate theciselveB. The gentle grace of 1 the mother Uvea In the 'daughter, and tho fatherly kindness finds echo in the nobility and courtesy of sons; while, on the other hand, from an unhappy, misgoverned, and disordered home go forth persons who will make other homes miserable, and perpetuate the sourness and sadness, the contention! and strifes and railings which have mado their own lives so wretched and distorted, """ Toward the cheerful home tho children chil-dren gather as clouds and as doves to their windows, while from the home which is tho abode of discontent and strife and trouble they fly forth. |
