SWEETNESS AND LIGHT 



HAPPINESS is a light-footed goddess dancing at- 

 tendance on the consciousness of work well done. 

 She plays at hide and seek, evading you as you turn to bid 

 her stay, then shyly comes upon you unawares, whisper- 

 ing a word that your heart may hear when you have put 

 aside your longing in devotion to the duties nearest you. 



Many a floral tragedy is created, many a domestic 

 failure precipitated, by putting off the day of preparation. 

 Who blames flowers for giving up the ghost when they 

 have been invited into the world to meet beds unready 

 and to suffer for nutriment and water? Who wonders 

 that household bliss fades away where there is neither 

 cheer nor welcome? 



The world has such as the bouncing Bet and happy-go- 

 lucky folk who flit away from environment and take 

 pleasure gypsying in the sunshine ; but, in truth, neglected 

 gardens, like neglected homes, are places of discourage- 

 ment. In the final accounting let us hope that penalties 

 for failure will be laid on the sinners who should have 

 cultivated the soil fit for rising ambitions, and not on 

 tender youth bom in an unfriendly world. 

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