You and I; . , and where God can smile benignly upon^ adoring hearts and give prosperity and faithfulness,peace and gladness. Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home,Steals oer the heart too soon to fleet, When far oer land or sea we roam ?Sunlight more soft may oer us fall, To greener shores our bark may come;But far more bright, more dear than all, That dream of home, that dream of YOU AND I. 215 The dream of home is universal. Those who have nohome, dream of having one sometime, and those who haveonly poor ones, perpetually dream of better. The heartwa
You and I; . , and where God can smile benignly upon^ adoring hearts and give prosperity and faithfulness,peace and gladness. Who has not felt how sadly sweet The dream of home, the dream of home,Steals oer the heart too soon to fleet, When far oer land or sea we roam ?Sunlight more soft may oer us fall, To greener shores our bark may come;But far more bright, more dear than all, That dream of home, that dream of YOU AND I. 215 The dream of home is universal. Those who have nohome, dream of having one sometime, and those who haveonly poor ones, perpetually dream of better. The heartwants a home. People who hang about hotels and boarding-houses, living nomadic lives, tucked up in trunks and band-boxes, are not satisfied, or, if they are, it is generally a proofthat they are peculiarly fond of idleness and flirtation. Home should be attractive. It should be the center aroundwhich the hidden life keeps turning. The dear word oughtto be indelibly written on the heart. So sweet, so felicitous,. HOME ENTERTAINMENT. so charming, ought all its relations, associations and memoriesto be, that the heart can never leave it, or leaving, never ceasepining to return. The best home attraction to begin with is an agreeablewedded companion. Pity the man or woman who is tied upto an uncongenial mate. Such a person never will have a 216 HOME ATTRACTIONS AND AMUSEMENTS. home. He or she may own a dwelling, well finished and wellfurnished, but it will not be home. Home is where the heartis. Where love is not, the heart is not. Where there is norespect, there can be no love. Without loving inmates, nohouse is a home. Nearly as unfortunate is a married pair, however loving,either of whom is incompetent to manage a home. And, asthe affairs of our American homes are generally committedto the wife, we are, of course, prepared to commiserate thathusband whose wife is a general know-nothing, a fuss-feather,a slattern, or a money-scatterer. Love for such a womanwill die out as sure as th
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