Show WRITE HOME OFTEN my boy writes a white haired j mother to her son a busy ma man in a distant state write home often you do not realize what your letters are to me and how long it Is between them no he has not realized I 1 it and unhappily there are many absent sons and daughters who need similar reminders they would be indignant at the suggestion of waning filial devotion but in the stress of 0 business in the society of new friends in the happiness of a new home circle how rarely they spare the hour for or a good long letter to the aging mother in the old home the loving mother whose heartache as the passing days fail all to bring the longed for letteris one of 0 the most pathetic tragedies of old age the decline 0 of the letter writing habit of an earlier generation has otten often been deplored but this feature ot of tile the decline can neither be excuse excused d or defended the postcard post card substitute for or letters is little less than amo a mo when the cards are arc sent to thema the mother who wants and should have so much more than that thai As youth lives in and tor for the future so does old age always look back over the slope as it nears the summit the parent is wrapped up in the son and daughter but as the son grows to manhood an and the daughter to womanhood they are absorbed in the plans and the pro cess 0 of building the structure 0 of tile the coming year such is the law ot of life and the basis ot of all progress but it is a pitiful thing when the son and daughter tall fail to keep in mind their obligation to the loyalty and love of 0 their parents blessed are the absent ones who write long and frequent letters to the old home soon they cannot know how soon the pre e his cius privilege will no longer be theirs 0 0 0 we are happy lust just in proportion as we are content 0 0 0 passing season fleeting days how time wings wing sIts its flight the aemmer seems scarcely blonn ere autumn lime me Is near its close low ilow I we should improte every opportunity to do good the blessings we intend to confer should not be delayed soon the giver or receiver may be barred the privilege work while it is day tor for the night cometh 0 0 0 9 an obliging disposition may keep your wash tub and flat irons floating around the neighborhood eleven months in the year but the same reason will bring tn in chicken broth and kind words in case you have ft a run ot of bilious bever ever 0 0 0 love at home not only helps make that place sweeter while you are there but helps pass away the hours of 0 absence 0 0 0 bitter experiences ex er lences are sometimes productive product iv ie of sweet results 0 0 said that ho he who has no enemies has no friends friend ii and this i is s especially true of the editor it if he takes no stand on a proposition he makes no ene enemies but he also makes no friends and his lias influence for right Is ia a minus quantity on the other hand it he be supports projects ot of which chic h he spI approves roves and helps to defeat actions which do not seem right to him lie makes enemies but he also makes firm lasting friends and he has the satisfaction of knowing that he has done his best many a man has thought it cheaper to move than to mayrent pay rent but what a mistaken idea he be had biad it if he pays his bis rent promptly he will build up credit which he will find amounts to many times his rent money in times of sudden illness and accidents the value oi of credit cannot be ba e estimated 6 sti |