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'444 ' Pages 9.-12 H J . ii (! ! it i f - j ' i il AS TIZEN rti t CD I 1 1 'Americans, who lend IV world J I In industry are particularly indu9-' )i ious in trie manufacture ot I phrases, and it must be said that .. I la the niplf nomnn lvKif.li tlmv nrin- , " vUHIIIVO till. II HICJ fS mate they are not over-particular from the standpoint either of dig nity or of propriety. One individual who has suffered Mterely i8 ho who stands at the Head of the household; the wage earner on whom depends the sup port nf Kn ...;! .1 .l II ehoulders most of the burdens fall. u-ongest, surest and most aatisfac tOTy title for him. Thorn in W. tab deference in the pronunciation the word which admirably fits the subject. It ia almost reverent in its Bound. Rut thfl number of V children who call him Father would 'ATke B Fitiful minority if they ! h jBhould hne themselves up for 'rVounting, and it ia to the discredit i cnuaren that the number is as small aa it ,k.v. , -', Papa has never been satisfac tory.' It is too mushy. Some will ay that by calling him Ta the ob jections to Tapa will beicut in half, but to the Btronc. virile and full- Toiced age it has1 a aof t and jnsuffi a n t - II come to the front in spite of the heroic contest that has neen mudc against their use. They will re main because they have good blood in them, but somehow they do not quite fill th i bill. ' We shall not rush into trouble by selecting the best designation, for each family has a choice and each has reasons for its selection. If we should sny that Dad some how carries a little further and combines a little more closely filial devotion, filial respect and filial pride,it is likely that we should not go very far wrong. According to the dictionary, Dad is used only by children ana rus tics, but the point we wish to reach here is to get something that has in it the absolute note of sincerity. If we should make a canvass for sincere people we should be more apt to nnd them among children and rustics than any other classes, because there, the impulse ia gen uine, and the. result is not spoiled by affectation. So it is to Dad that we want to Eay a modest tribute. Essentially,, e is" a great 'and abi&W necessity, which wa4recifditI itibut' f ee'lS riff - 1 obUged, ta tan to JuW-SWo'admit' him just as1 we do tH WeHfm!!'r" A! !.V Or i' !-v'- , ' l ASHEVILLE N. . z - v. T- f? tl fc 1 El Washington or ary other evident thing, and we do not usually real ize that a few complimentary re marks nre dun. In fact, Pud is ho much of a good thing that he gets our acknowledg ments in a reversed form. We do not hesitate to'lnuke fun of him. Wc forget that he has claims to our admiration, to our patience or to our reverence. It is hia privilege to work, to make tho money, to pay the.bills, to combat tho difficulties, to Deny tho troubles, to solve the problferoa. to buy the tickets, to check tnnjbngguge, to find the scats in the railroad car, to wave a good bve tn the fumilv and afterward to sign checks for as much as may be necessary ior me journey ana the outing. ' Then when he goes back to his toil and has a hard time killing the evening dullness, we laugh a; the comic pictures showing him enjoy ing himself as though no domestic ties bound him to duty, and to soli tude. ' . . ' There are exceptions in all cases, and, there are married men and fathers who' sometimes sit, at' Bmal table's,'"' 'opposite '"smiling ' females' Hrhoi'aVc fici tight to be-there.' Rut , .-"! -nre the rcr1iial' ex- C, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST - fidelity in every walk of life. It is no exnggcmtimi to say that the American father represents the highest and best type of manhood that the world has evir seen. There is in his character an ele ment of unselfishness which shows the magnificent courage of his soul. It has, of course, its more dra matic manifestations in the crises of life. We read almost daily of husbandfl -who gavo themselves to eave their wives, of fathers who made the supreme sn rifice for the rescue of their children. The other day them was a news item in (he papers telling of a fa ther,who, although we;ik from a re cent illness, went into a burning house three times until he brought forth his wife and his two children, only to succumb when all were saved and to Btnlggle a f ew.hours longer in the hospital. , There wag no particular praise for his heroism. Many regarded it as a matter of course; he would havo been a coward not to have dope it. iNevertheless, he .was aa gen uine'a hero aa ever figured on tjho batdefiuld. ; t : ; ' That kind of fidelity, howerer, is not big Fr"i',cT heroism Tho eon- I 1 A. MA V rm. . J W . ' I I I . 2, 1903. demands upon his bravery than perils. It moans the sternly grind; the fight with the elements of busi ness, of competition, of mcial per plexity, of increasing responsibility and, as a rule, of tho most iuade quato appreciation of that which is dun to-hrm for what he docB and the way ho does it. With the American father, hte wifo and his children como first, and he thinks of himself last in almost every situation. He works overtime to mako them comfort able. Ho strives for wealth that they may dress well. He plans years ahead so that his children may havo tho besttducational advantages, lie slaves to build a home, not so much for his own prido in tho house as for tho joy of having it occupied by those nearest and dear est to him. . , Ono of tho solid facts about American development iB tho m creaso of homes. When a family has its own home it becomes a very safe factor in the affairs of govern ment aa wall as a material part of a nation's prosperity.. Every year there are mbre homeg in proportion to the population, than vherluwer,e 1 Oir jViirr T.i fnrrt)uJ)nrJt'iVJ!,'Tld''r'i-i of theso homes itbeing raisccbat a wonderful rate. in all this eleva tion, Dud is atwork at tho lever, and his good rifeht arm never tires and his fine ol lieart never wearies so long as he is raising his family to better thitagB in lifo. There to another point about Dad whirhno mere words ' of eu logy can oiirer-estimate. That is hia pplendidcoulmon senso. Ifo has a level hcjRfl. He is not led astray by fashion's foibles, and he surrendli'rB to them only when tho conflict! in tho family bommes too great' a strain on hiB affectiorv You do not find Dud encourag ing his daughters to, buy foreign titles by marrying bankrupt notie nien. Wo have m Dad a mortal enemy to cigarottcB and dudeinm and idleness. Dad sometimes lui9 to lag miserably bohfiid a wifefwho wanta to give everthing to eocpety, bat it is because he has to audi not because he wishes) to. 1 A philosopher' haa said "Maids want nothing but hjusbanids, and whpn ihrtv hnvn f hum . fjrir vunt everything." Dad dooaVhia best to supply everythiuQand n all hie 1 duigeuco in the whima of hid fam $y there, Jaa.cblitexfction-bf salt (Copyrighted,,1903, by Win. R. Miller;) e 'i'hen' there is Dud's love. Wo hear miwh of tlie inntlier.and every beautifid thing said about her is deserved. (Iivnt men have left the tcredit f thidr greatness to her. !rpo Leo, i who died tlie other day, (said that 1 owed all that ho was to his mother.) Lincoln made a similar declaration. So the list might be extended tltrough columns. J ust hero is whoru Dad shows his metal again. Ho not only acknowl edges tho supcriorltyof the mother, but ho demands that it shall be rec ognized. He will be f itbiul to her in every thought, in every word and in every deed, and nth this fidelity ho forgets himbeh nnd he claims for his children all he can get for them. He Is prouder of any thing they do than he is of the best ho has ever done. And thus he re members them all while forgetting himself, and ho keeps on his woy with a stout heurt and an undimin ished soul. : S And,somchow,U8 we look through tho years and see tho old fellow working away and smiling atfor- tunc, whichever1 way it turns, we aro 'very .proud of him' and are sorry tha lie ia not able, ,to take a -.Coveriicr iu T), rAt ?'"V r--11 r t -joflgerawtioii wnen tn not csjt . VK,..v n iv
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 2, 1903, edition 1
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