The official national Father's day has come and gone without any observance on the part of the Household. As so often happens, dad has been pushed into the background in the pressure of other matters. Some one facetiously теmarked that having Father's day would make the presentation of neckties a semi-annual affair for father instead of just a Christmas event. Giving a necktie seems to be the American woman's inadequate and inarticulate method of expressing love and appreciation to her menfolks. But, homely as the gift may be, any dad who wakes up some day and finds an assortment of neckties from his family will understand without words that the family is trying to express thanks for the patience, persistence and unswerving loyalty of the "head of the house." The gift will touch his heart as much, and probably embarrass him less, than a rush of words.
Today, in turn over honor of Dad's day, we turn over most of the space to contributions from men. It will do them good to express themselves, and it will do us good to get their points of view. —Hope.