The Fostering of Home Ties

King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 63, 3 January 1908, Page 3

The Fostering of Home Ties

Let the boys plant trees with their own hands, and water and prune and care for them as their own. Every leaf and bloom and fruit will be a tie that binds them to the home, and if these ties are broken the memory of what they cared for and loved will rest on them like a benediction. Let the girls plant flowers and care for them. Their beauty and perfume will make fragrant the memories of the old home long after they have made new ones under other roofs, and, perhaps, under other skies. And besides both boys and girls will learn the great lesson that no man or woman can be lonely or unhappy who is surrounded by the creations of his own hands. His interest and protection, and care for the things about him, create for him a home and spread over all an interest that only centres in that which costs labour and thought, and self-denial.