The home is one of the important institutions upon the earth; none is second to it in influence. If the homes of Christendom were what they ought to be, many and mighty problems would be solved in both Church and State. Home failures are responsible for much of the intemperance, unhappiness, mismatched marriages, divorces, misery, vice, and crime of this age of abounding iniquity. True Christian homes have turned out the noblest men and women in religious and secular life. A few go to destruction despite good home influences, and a few rise above the awful influences of the travesties of homes scattered thruout the land.
We want to help the home. We desire most earnestly to make the SIGNS OF THE TIMES a mighty home helper. We believe that it will be this in the year to come. Note some of the things for the next six months. Think of the elements which enter into a home—manhood, womanhood, friendship, courtship, marriage, husband, wife, father, mother, son, daughter, and the elements of character-building, home-culture, and successful management. All these things will be discussed. Successful home-makers and home-keepers will contribute to make joyous, blessed homes. You and your neighbors should certainly want this instruction in the year to come.
Some of the wealthiest and most aristocratic of England's society people are taking up vegetarianism, and menus without meat are being prepared for the fall and winter dinners and entertainments. It is good to know that those who stand in high places of influence, and who do so much in molding the customs of the people are thus taking up this most excellent work.