enough to resist the temptations of the world. The home must be made
more attractive than the street or places of amusement. The average
boy or girl who loses interest in home and uses it chiefly as an eating
and sleeping place, does so with good reasons. Home has lost its
charm. No provision is made for his pastime and pleasure. Not
finding this at home he will go elsewhere in search of it. "An
unattractive home," says one, "is like the frame of a harp that stands
without strings. In form and outline, it suggests music, but no melody
arises from the empty spaces; and thus it is an unattractive home, is
dreary and dull." How may home be made attractive? We have
presupposed a certain amount of education and culture in the home
by maintaining for it intelligence and unselfishness. Any home that
is intelligent and unselfish is capable of being made attractive. In
the first place, in as far as it is practicable, each member of the family
should have a room of his own and be taught how to make it attractive.
Here, one will hang his first pictures, start his own library, provide a
writing desk, and learn to spend his spare moments. Recently we
visited a home in Chicago. The rooms are few in number and hired.
The family consists of father, mother, and three children, now grown.
During our short stay in the home I was invited into the boys' room.
The walls are literally covered with original pencil designs, queer
calendars, odd pictures; the dresser and stand are lined with books
and magazines, with worn-out musical instruments, art gifts from
other members of the family, and ball-team pictures, while two lines
of gorgeous decorations stretch from wall to wall. This is still these
young men's little world, their interests have centered here. No less
than five kinds of musical instruments were visible in this home. The
walls of the living room and parlor are made beautiful with simple
tasteful pictures made by the daughter, whose natural gift in art was
early cultivated. The table, shelves, and mantelpiece are decorated