Show s l fe or o kisr ian STALE 11 TRUE HOLES we who live in the country should try gryto to inake up at it home for foci the social pleasures that are in the city young people must have pleasure and if ne e do not provide lor for it in our homos homes they will seek it in the city the true home will have garli games and music lot let the children be tree free to use all the house I 1 do not believe in shutting up tip the parlor and not allowing the children to go in not even letting the sun shine hine in until the moths eat up carpets pictures etc how muen better to let iet the children ho be free in the home and enjoy it for they aro arc not with us long until they go to make homes of their own I 1 believe in sunshine and fresh mr air and for this reason I 1 do not like too many shade trees it therome the home is sur surrounded rolli with too tod many trees they will keep out tho the sunshine that is needed for the health of the home for a home to be a home in the highest sense of the word and not merely a place to sleep and eat each member of the family must contribute their share each member must be taught to control their temper A good nature is like a sunbeam it sheds its brightness everywhere no trait ot of character Is more valuable than the possession of good temper home can never bo be made happy without it and what a 1 different world this would be 11 everyone would cultivate the grace of good nature it Is the best bonc for nervous disorder the surest preservative serva tive of home happiness there are some people who arl ari always looking for slights they are arc so sensitive that innocent dersom nho ft ho never dreamed of 0 f giving offense are astonished to find some word mistaken for an insult after life takes its lines in a great decree from the color of our own mind As a man thin lieth keth so he Is every parent should teach the children that life life is molded by their own thoughts that to entertain th rit of envy and hatred is to sow el e 1 of a baneful harvest hii i of good will and kindness hind nea ill ili produce their own kind th A a lesson we all need to learn and we cannot learn it too quickly or thoroughly we should realize the of a real home it is 16 here where hearts are made tc tender ader and where inhere minds are ennobled it it is also here that the sense of courage honor and self respect et or their absence it plainly dc declared earcil the cali e taught pa cleanliness lor for cean beah neat well fitting garments are marks of self respect C t it if we want to be respected we e must repert cair cure s v I 1 if T v lip T r 1 I ur ahti ir n to lo havoc haat h al we must be as careful of them as a tender lender plant we should teach them to love nature tor for tho the lovo love for fior the beautiful iu in nature leads to a discernment of the beautiful in the moral worlds world teach the children to JOYC to tg read reading is one thing that Is sadly neglected in some homes in the land in not devoting some time to this most improving and enjoyable pastime we are leaving aduey a duty unperformed there are some people on the farm who never find time tim e to 0 keep up with current events the plea is that there Is too much work devolving upon them it if they could only realize that good reading Is as necessary for purifying and ennobling the mind as good is for the pr prea e er of vitality Nita lItY and strength they would soon eoon find their wilds by indulging tor for a short while each day in reading we ivo should not read to seep up with other people but read to obtain personal good in ili the true home the children should love music tor for music will appeal to hearts when nothing else nill P I 1 I 1 many hard hearts have all mr ell ed cd while listening to sweet the true home is not necessarily a rich and luxurious home it if the horre home bo be poor poverty need not lessen the refinement and neatness may be everywhere the things worth ort 11 while are love friendship and kindness howard in the home john payne the author of 0 that and popular song home S voit home had practically no home yet lie he wrote in language that lias touch ed a chord in the breast of the whole nation and rendered render jed hla his name immortal ni many children go astray because the homo home lacks sunshine A child needs smiles as much as lowers flowers need sunbeams sun beans it if home is the place where faces are sour and words harsh the children will spend as many hours as possible elsewhere the true home Is where mends are ever welcome it lb nt ait wacie the inmates hold themselves aloof those who shut themselves from the world because selfish and narrow minded it it quires interchange inter changa of if thought to expand the mind and what is more delightful than the happy interchange ter change hauge ot of thought between friends it is not only delightful but intellectual as well we gain m much u ell knowledge from each other I 1 have been bean told that the aged live mor mo in the past than the present their reveries are principally 0 01 their childhood how necessary necess arr then that these days be made happy that their reveries may give them pleasure parents should try to make the home pleasant so the children wild love it but at the same time teach them self reliance so that when they athey go out into the world they will be equipped tor for L lie battle of life and can look back to their childhood home with pleasure A richardson |