Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1912 — MAKING HOME HAPPY [ARTICLE]

MAKING HOME HAPPY

QUESTION OF RIGHT LIVING VERSUS WRONG LIVING. 7 ; „ ■very individual In the Family Ha* Some Rights That Every Other Member of the Household Should Respect. It should be remembered in the home, that every individual in the family has some rights that every other member of the household is bound to respect. The husband and father should be made comfortable and to feel that his wishes are to be considered and home a place in which to rest from the daily grind whether it be the wresting a living from the soil or labor in any other walk of life. These thoughts were suggested by a neighborly call not long since which showed the thoughtlessness of a. wife. The husband, by the way, the provider, be it remembered, came in from the field in working clothes and comfortably seated himself on the couch made attractive with cushions of various sizes and descriptions supposed to be for use. The tired man had no sooner sunk into the downy depths of the supporting pillows than the wife exclaimed, “John you ought not to lean against those pillows in your working clothes, you will soil them." The man was not to blame when he quickly pulled them away from his doubtless wearied body and threw them across the room. One naturally blushed for the thoughtless wife. There should be nothing 1n a home too good for use, especially in the living room, or by the man of the house, whose bodily strength is given freely that his loved ones may be made happy and comfortable. It is not well thus to . confound values. Surely the man who labors constantly for others and must have the welfare of his family at heart should be valued above any sofa pillow no matter how dainty or expensive. Then there are the rights of the wife and mother to be always respected. Her especial domain should be arranged with care and a regard for her convenience. Work in the ordinary ill-constructed kitchen requires more expenditure of strength and nerve power than is needed for the Successful carrying out of a large business that is thoroughly ' systematized. ■ The ceaseless traveling from one end of the room to the other for articles that should be confined within a small compass* wear out more women than the work.—Mrs. T. L. Andrews.