LOVE OF HOME

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 523, 16 April 1920, Page 3

LOVE OF HOME

ESSENTIAL FOR HAPPINESS.

Now that the war is over, and so many returned soldiers are eithe settling down under the paterna' roof once more, or else considering the question of taking a wife, am makmg a home fur themselves it i.but natural that the word "home' should give much food for quiet thought. What constitutes a homo i n question that depends mainly on individual taste. Of course, there a\ homes and homes, but the generd conception of an ideal home is \\v pretty ga den. the < hai ming intei i or, and the ruddy gl«>w of a clay;' fid lire on walls and ceiling. Bet | s this all that makes a home'.' I venture to sa\ it is not. Kor a really happy Inane there must he : love ' of home and an affection fo Piicli other, hv its occupants. Willi OU | this spirit discord is the <id result, with ii" hope of the chec fnl parts round the lireside. So re Uw/ied soldi;'. s and soldier ' wives rfout to commence hous'<ke.ei.it:-. f..i "yourselves lake warning .ufiil en" vate Uie heme spirit and the lo\t of hofflp. lo lov home .(,.-: '.. note the opinion «d IhI'nited V' 11 '' :ls t,x l" -l ' ssc ' (l ''> ;r l),.|ine:.Uii magazine. The peo| I" « I the St M -' '■• generally so sun; 1!,. ■! 1i,,., I, -.vV' '" "" " iat '' : r .,,i ~ .wfri.t.un that they ruvede „ rhi„ f M e point. The Dehne.toi says: "Americans lack one 'i"a ,i! v that makes <or lirit'sh JYimil; stiong. We'll." net thai inter.-; love of home vvhi. h i : t.'n-it Britain : ultimate safeguard again I int' .:> itional disruption. All hnghsh hie-i ture is saturated with Ihe p e.-i »i for home. Alniosl all the m- ! be m tiful Vers* written by British a.|. diers during the war was the poetry of homesickness. An 4 nftel ' thf> v " ir the return to idealism and hope focuses with astonishing- frequency on this s«ro e th'eam of home."