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Homelessness 201
possible but in all naturalness without allow-
ing their amusements to change the habits of
the home.
It is told of the childhood of a great Fin-
nish poet, Runeberg, that his mother when she
invited the young guests of her son to dance
as long as they could, added, " When you are
thirsty, the water cooler is there, and by it
hangs the cup " ; and more delightful dances,
the old lady who told the story never remem-
bered to have seen. This old-fashioned
distinction, the courage to show oneself as one
is, is absent from modern homes, and lack of
courage has resulted in lack of happiness.
The simple hospitable homely pleasures
that have now been superseded by children’s
parties, lesson drudgery, and by parents living
outside of the home must come back again if
what is bad now is not to become worse. Evil
is not to be expelled by evil; it is to be over-
come by good. If the home is not to be again
sunny, quiet, simple, and lively, mothers may
go out as much as they like to discuss educa-
tion and morality in the evening. There will
be no real change. Mothers must seriously
perceive that no social activity has greater sig-
nificance than education, and that in this
nothing can replace their own appropriate
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