Show I I ALONG LIFES LIFE'S T R A I Li i I 1 By Dy THOMAS A. A CL CLARK CLRK RK I cun of ot Men 1 University of ot Illinois 0 B 1 Jl Q 1924 Western nIOn HOME COMIN 3 j HAVE liVE never been away from home I a great deal A week at nt ome me dh llant ll- ll taut ant relatives relative's or a zi i summer in n recreation or employment ment strangers strang strang- ers has hus made up the tale tule omY sep sop separation from m my family I In Inthe Inthe inthe the home of my mV childhood until I had bath made a It home home for myself But 3 it even these short separations tro from 1 home have given ghen me an appreciation of the jo Joy of getting back p I r rushed everywhere e In and out of the house to note the time Change had taken talen place during luring my absence I visited my old familiar haunts looked up my old companions and I down In my mJ s special corner with wit a book bookIn f In In r rn n- n nt nn t t 1 on nl o KT Hv u J u 0 J I both of us happy over the reunIon region It Iwas was iwas great to be home again agal How much more so to those who hare been I away away for a n longer time an and at nt a greater greater reater distance to return to the tie home fireside I Home coming Is ts for all of I US DS and nd should should be le more or less a sen sentimental m mental time We Ve appreciate the com comforts tl and the tle privileges and the time delights home the more by being separated from frost them for tor a n time It Is another ca cast of absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence making the time heart grow The Time absence and the hom homecoming too often gi give e one a clearer appreciation tion of ot the time obligations and responsibilities one should have toward home Home coming Is a n pleasure lecause It gives opportunity to talk mer flier er accomplIshments ac tic- to stimulate and to fire the Imagination at f the youn younger er and less experienced of the family We Ve have Inthe in inthe inthe the world e even en though It mafe for forso forso forso so short a time we have ha sob Beb new sights we have done wonderful wOnder deeds we have hn tried our wings a an have haveT V iiii ii n nI I f Vi Am c et f T r T Yo A V hn hn T A t tV b ence behind us ns arid we are eer er to confer conter Its benefits upon the ophis- ophis members member of the family J Sometimes there Is the son who sees In home-coming home only time for pleasure for self self for Intemperate Indulgence In aUng drinking and sleeping He g s out of ot the family ever everything that will give gie He contributes nothing o 0 Its happiness or to its progress h ii hout looks out only for what he can get to his selfish desires His return returns s not looked for with Joyous antic tion his going Is relief Home-coming Home for fot all of us sh sit Id be bea a time of renewing old acquah of visiting old scenes and old fiends ends of stimulating old ideals Th Thee The are the younger children to drink i the tales of adventure and acco lIsh- lIsh ments out In the real world hd d to he be stirred and stimulated by hem Those who come back may ge gel leasure leasure leas leas- ure they may Inay give help and cour- cour If their object how er la In only selfish gratification the Ing lag of old appetites then it w j better better bet bet- ter the they did not come at all |