Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1910 — IT'S SO NICE TO BE HOME. [ARTICLE]

IT'S SO NICE TO BE HOME.

Even the Dining; Room Chairs Seem Glad to See the Traveler. It Is so easy to understand that going away from home for a short time is beneficial, for there Is before you all the while the captivating pleasure of getting home, the New York Evening Sun says. You begin thinking of It the moment you leave home, and when the moment comes it Is such fun and you are glad all through. All the chairs look glad to see you, and none of the plants has died, and there Is about everything such an Intoxicating atmosphere of having the same old cat. The clock has run down and acts a hit grumpy, but It is quickly wound and good-naturedly bears no grudge. The pictures are oddly crooked, but straighten them and ask no questions. They may have been up to a little something, but it is only fair that they should, because that’s exactly in a mild way what you have been doing. One’s dresses are hanging in the closets so fresh and faithful, and above all sllm l (never should one ceaße to be grateful for the positively svelte appearance that all dresses assume in the closet), and one’s books seem to have taken on an added geniality, and the windows are dirty, which only shows how necessary one Is in one’s own home. The desk is loaded down with letters to be read, some of them are advertisements, but they look like letters from a distance, and make the desk feel just as important as though they each contained checks, and the rugs wrinkle up as though they wanted their backs scratched, and one's bathtub has an air of understanding one’s ways which no other bathtub ever has; one’s favorite whiskbroom is in place, and’ bo is one’s, pet pen, and altogether everything smiles at you, and you smile at everything, .qnd in a soft, inarticulate chorus you all exclaim: “Oh, isn’t it nice to get home!”