The Family Circle

New Zealand Tablet, 21 April 1921, Page 45

The Family Circle

L ,'.< ■. THE ONLY .WAY. •'» ' : ; ' I Who is it that enters in life's uphill race, |" Whose running the world will applaud; I .Whokejeps up his stride and is sure of a place I, When the numbers appear on the board? I It isn't the man who goes groping around, r His hands in his pockets the while, I With a scowl on his face and his eyes on the ground, £•, r- And never the ghost of a smile. i ■ V . : ' .• K' ■"."■ ■S-It isn't the man who puts play before work, m And is constantly "going the pace," Y Who thinks it quite clever his duty to shirk, 1 And can't look the world in the face. K It isn't the man who meets trouble half way, I While others the burden must I bear k Who puts off till to-morrow the work of to-day, f And then gives it up in despair. i W ' ■ ~ Ah, no! It's the man who 'mid trouble and strife, Never knows what it is to give in; ( ; i Whose duty is clear, and whose object in life |l\ Is always to go in and win.If Then remember that where there's a will there's a way, L Go ahead with a skip and a hop ! F With your eye on the goal, in the Ion?. run you may K.v Be sure to come out on the top. ■ ____ X BEGIN IN THE HOME. \. '- Many a young man, in the freshness of youth, t looking out upon the world laden with wickedness feels f a glow of desire to better its condition. This is a noble feeling; yet to such I say, begin in the home. Make I that spot better; do your little homely duties in a more | agreeable manner. Be better sons to your parents; |- better brothers to your sisters; better neighbors to vour W fellow-men; better Catholics; more loyal and more devoted children to the Church, your mother. f: HOW TO LIVE. ij t Get up right in the morning. Go to bed right at * night, start with joy in your heart, hope in the future, • kindness in your purpose. If it is a dark day, never mind; you will lighten ' it up. If it is a bright day, you will add to the brightness. Give a word of cheer, a kindly greeting and a i r warm handshake to your friends. ' I If you have enemies, look up, pass them by, forget and try to forgive. v._ -"5 I If all of us would only think how much of human * happiness is made by ourselves, there would be less of 5 human misery. t f If a^. of us would bear in mind that happiness is | from within and not from without, there would he a I wellsprmg of joy in every heart and the sun would (shine forever. CHEERFULNESS. Try it! CHEERFULNESS. I Everyone must have felt that a cheerful friend is i and mS?™? Y ' bri g htoes « on and around, i SheTa ™°l US Can aS W 6 Ch Se make ' of this world r se ml Lit?- or . a F lson - There is no doubt some I fhol aCtlon m yieldln § to *W7, and fancyrmg that we are victims of fate; in brooding over grievances especially if more or less imaginary. To be I cer^ n a L d tt e t Ul ° ften^ iwß &n is a I resneS as *? ,f Plng UrSelveS ha »W, and in this | respect, as m others, we require to watch over and I manage ourselves, almost as if we were somebodT else las •xs'^M'^Sß J everyone may feel the sun." 7< ™S iaZZa '

PRAYING WHEN IN TROUBLE.

,;:•;>, Have you felt that j curious unrest "that; envelopes '.you when in time of distress you have tried to carry J\ your burdens to One who has promised us that if we *'.' 5 seek we shall receive? Your 'mind whirls from one |.\t thought to another and often strange'thoughts, words " v iH and bits of disjointed sentences. You try to force your-: a self to calmly consider your great need so that you may 7 H ' the better petition the Almighty God to lift the sorrow. \,\4A from your soul and give you peace. ' ' _ • -•",;>'" '" - '-" Though you desire that favor more than anything - - in the world, you cannot concentrate your thoughts' 7 r , upon it and again your heart-aching desire is buffeted i ,i about like wisps of grass in a storm. You begin to feel 3 7;| f: that God has hid His face from you and that He has '"• ' 7 found you unworthy of His care. You feel that God has been very hard to you in denying you health and • means. ■ But if you have the will to struggle you will reach , a plane of thought that is to be compared with a beautiful upland where fragrant flowers and cooling waters seem to bloom for you and those you hope to lift out • of want. Some seeker of peace out of trouble has written, "The darkest hour is just before the dawn." This old saying has comforted many a sad heart. "The severer the storm, the sooner the sunshine," bears an old and familiar bit of optimism that never fails to cheer. A' less quoted saying, but none the less comforting one, is this: "God never shuts the door on your hope, but He opens the door to something better." All these sayings, and they are truths, show us that God loves those who persevere, even though brought to win everything necessary to life. - THE CHILDREN. When the lessons and tasks are all ended, And the school for the day is dismissed,' The little ones gather around me, To bid me good-night and be kissed; Oh, the little white arms that encircle My neck in their tender embrace! Oh, the smiles that are halos of heaven, Shedding sunshine of love on my face! And when they are gone I sit dreaming Of my childhood, too lovely to last— Of joy that my heart will remember, While it wakes to the pulse of the past ; Ere the world and its wickedness made me A partner of sorrow and sin, When the glory of God was about me, And the glory of gladness within. A FAMILY SECRET. A woman had bought a new hatstand, and was showing it to a visitor when her little son cam; in ho engrossed was she in pointing out the good points of the hatstand that for a few moments she did not notice the arrival of the little boy; but when she did, she saw to her disgust that he was still wearing his hatstaldXV' Sdd ' Cr ° SSly ' " What did I h »y that— /« ™ "For four-and-sixpence!" retorted Tommy; "but you said I wasn't to tell anyone." . . • -.;,., THE REWARD OF LABOR. / ' /2S • A country lad was bus at work chopping wood ' i?%' in his mother's back yard, "when his - Play Sat «M 0* Sharp, looked over the wall. "Hello, Ben!" cried -v Luke, "do you get anything for cutting; the' :, & k "I should say so," replied Ben. "Mother gives"S ,"' mon a ev TV IP * .*** {t ' Wh ™ I have enough moneysaved, she is ; going to buy me a new axe/'^M^^tA v"Qi " FORCEFUL ARGUMENT. —^ l^^. swJ?^ZA n f d ?K S °? of the 80i1 ' and he Sad:r' V 3L ° f rat6S End ; taxes of every kind a faft

"'.: To add insult to injury a perky little rate-collector called on him one day for taxes he had already paid. ; Unfortunately the farmer could'not find the receipt, - ' s - c•' 1 "I explained this to him," he said to a friend, later, "and, would you Relieve it, Bill, the feller began to abuse me!" "Did he?" said Bill. "And what did you do? "Do! Well. I remonstrated with him." "You did—to what effect?" ■ >■■■•:■ "I dunno exactly, but the shovel got broke!" . " ' GOOD INTENTIONS. The new typist determined to make a good impression upon her "chief. She turned up half an hour early, and began tidying up the room. When that was done, she examined her typewriter, discovered it in a shocking condition, found a bottle, and gave it a thorough oiling. While about it, - she examined all the other typewriters in the office and oiled them too. "There is nothing," she thought, "like making oneself indispensable!" --,-,. -,-. Her chief arrived. He looked around him with an air of satisfaction, and crossed to the mantelpiece. Then his smile changed to a frown. "Miss Smith," he said, "have you seen my cough mixture?" SMILE RAISERS. Teacher: "Every day we breathe oxygen, Tommy, what do we breathe at night?" Tommy: "Nitrogen." "Poor man!" exclaimed the old lady; "have you no friends ?'\ "No, madam," replied the beggar, "I used to be a football referee." "There is sufficient poison in 20 cigarettes to kill a full-grown rabbit," asserts an alarmist. We suppose that this accounts for the fact that full-grown rabbits are seldom seen smoking cigarettes. "Why did you buy that old doormat when your office furniture is brand new?" "I think a worn doormat outside is a good advertisement for a lawyer." - First American Professor: "It provokes me when I think that I can't have a bottle of liquor to celebrate my birthday." Second American Professor: "I could get along without it on birthdays if I could have it on other days." N Medical Student: "And did you ever make a great mistake in your diagnosis?" Famous Physician: "Yes, I once treated a patient for indigestion, and she could easily have afforded appendicitis." Grandpa: "Tommy, Tommy, you aren't behaving well. Do you know what I should do if I were a little boy like you " Tommy: "Yes, grandpa, you'd do the same as I do, 'cause if you didn't you wouldn't be a little boy like me." Mr. Harrison was in a bad temper, and when an acquaintance met him one morning with a question, "'Ow is your 'ealth to-day, Mr. 'Arrison?". he waxed wrathful. • ; . "My name is not 'Arrison," he snapped. "Well," said the other, "if a haitch, a hay, two hars, a hi, a hes, a ho, an' a hen don't spell 'Arrison,' then what on hearth do they spell ,_ -