All these better developments of the mind and power of each inmate can not but render home interesting, gay, cheerful, happy, blessed.
And all the Home Amusements should be made, or studied to be made, the amusements of the whole.
No pursuit or pleasure can be carried on in the best spirit without being in some measure unselfish if it conduces to the amusement of home. Thus the indulgence of a favorite taste may have the beauty of philanthropy in it, if it is made to help along the cheerfulness of home.
There are some trades which are solitary and exclusive. Authorship is one of these; and perhaps the author is not always a very amusing inmate. But the actor in the private play, the clever and ready wit who makes the charade lively, the musician, the embroideress, the fortune-teller, the good partner at whist, the clever amateur cook, and the artistic member—these can all add to Home Amusements.
THE END.
FOOTNOTE:
[A] This was the invention of a poor poet named Dulot, who found rhymes for other poets.
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