Cheraw chronicle. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, February 23, 1922, Image 6
THE FIRST KISS.
Synopsis.?With his grandfather,
small Ramsey Mllholland Is watching
the "Decoration Day Parade"
in the home town. The old gentleman,
a veteran of the. Civil war,
endeavors to Impress the youngster
with the significance of the
great conflict, and many years afterward
the boy was to remember
his words with startling vividness.
In the schoolroom, a few years
afterward, Ramsey is not distinguished
for remarkable abUlty,
though his pronounced dislikes* are
arithmetic, "Recitations" and German.
In sharp contrast to Ramsey's
backwardness is the precocity
of Uttle Dora Yocum, a young lady
whom ii? his bitterness he denominates
"Teacher's Pet." In high
9 school, where he and Dora are
classmates, Ramsey continues to
feel that the girl delights to mani.fest
her superiority, and the vindlctiveness
he generates becomes
alarming, culminating in the reso
lutlon that some day he will
"show" her. At a class picnic Ramsey
Is captured bag and baggage
by Mllla Rust, the class beauty,
and endures the agonies of his first
love. Ramsey's parents c&Ject to
Mllla and wish he'd taken up with
, Dora Yocum.
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CHAPTER VI.?Continued.
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MlMn hung weightily upon his arm,
and they dawdled, drifting from one
. , side of the pavement to the other as
thev slowJv advanced. Albert and Sa
die, ahead of them, called "good night"
frqin a corner, before turning down the
side street where Sadie lived; and
then, presently, Ramsey and Mllla
were at the letter's gate. lie went in
. with her, halting at the front steps.
"Well, g'uight, Mllla," he said.
"Want to go out walking tomorrow
v night? Albert and Sadie are."
* "I can'-t tomorrow night," she told
him with obvious regret. "Isn't it the
worst luck! I got an uunt coinin' to
visit from Chicago, and she's crazy
about playing 'Five Hundred,' and
muma and papa said I haf to stay in .
to make four to pluy it. She's linhle
to be here three or four days, and I
guess I got to be around home pretty
much all the time she's here. It's the
worst luck!"
He was doleful, but ventured to be j
literary. "Well, what can't be helped '
must be endured. I'll conie around
when she's gone."
He moved as if to depart, but she
still retained his arin and did not prepare
to relinquish it.
"Well?" he said.
"Well what, Ramsey?"
"Well?g'night."
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3Mie ginnceu up at uie uuiiv nuiu
of fhe house. "1 guess the family's
gone to bed." she said absently.
"I s'pose so."
"Well, pood night, Ramsey." She
\ said this, but still did not release his
arm, and suddenly, in a fluster, he felt
that the time he dreaded had come.
Somehow, without knowing where, except
that it was somewhere upon what j
seemed to be a blurred face too full j
of obstructing feutures, he kissed her. '
She 'turned Instantly away in the !
darkness, her hands over her cheeks;
and in a panic Ramsey wondered if he
hadn't make a dreadful mistake.
"S'cuse me!" he said, stumbling toward
the gate. "Well, I guess I got
to be gettin' along back home."
He woke In the morning to a great
selMoathir.g; he had kissed a girl."
Mingled with the loathing was a curious
pride In the very fact that caused
the loathing, but the pride did not last
long. He came downstuirs morbid to
breakfast, und continued tlris mood
afterward. At noon Albert I'axton
brought him a note which Mil la had
asked Sadie to ask Albert to give him.
"Dearie: I am Just wondering if
you thought ns much about something
so sweet that happened last night as
I did you know what. I think it was
the sweetest thing. T send you one
with this note and I hope you will
think It is a sw? t one. I would give
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and I hope you would think It was
sweeter still than the one I put In this
note. It Is the sweetest thing now you
RETAIN YOUR I
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Writer Asserts That "Flu" Is Spread
by Practice of Doffing the Hat
in Salutation.
Influenza has always been widely
mysterious In Its operations. Long
ago one of our warships was off the
west African coast, says London Answers.
when a dense black mist advanced
from the shore and swept over
i- the vessel. All the men on deck at
the time were stricken dowu with fhe
"flu"; and a little later the remainder
of the men and officers were attacked.
The ship was at once ordered home,
and, though many of the cases were
complicated w ith pneumonia and bronchitis.
none, luckily, proved fatal. The
patients were treated with cinchonu ,
hark and ammonia, which was then a
recognized formula for malarial fevers.
During the devastating epidemic of
"flu," the Turks In Europe escaped because,
it Is said, they never removed
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Vienna officially declared that Influenza
was largely due to the practice
of doffing hats in the streets. In support
of this contention, it was pointed
out that the great majority of the
victims were of the male sex.
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are mine nnd I am yours forever klddo.
If you come around about frldny eve
It will be all right, auut Jess will be
gone back home by then so come early
and we will get Sade and Alb to go to
the band Concert. Don't forget what
I said about my putting something
sweet In this note, and I hope you will
think It Is a sweet one but not as
sWeet as the real sweet one I would
like to?
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tore the note Into small pieces. He
turned cold as his Imagination projected
a sketch of his mother in the
act of reading this missive, and of
her expression as she read the sentence:
"It Is the sweetest thing now
you are mine and I am yours forever
klddo." He wi.thed that Milla hadn't
written "klddo." She called hlra that,
.sometimes, but. in her warm little voice
the word seemed not at all what It did
In Ink. He wished, too, that she hadn't
said she was his forever.
Suddenly he was seized with a horror
of her.
Moisture broke out heavily upon
hlra; he felt a definite sickness, and,
wishing for death, went f**th upon the
streets to walk and walk. He cared
not whither, so that his feet took him
in any direction away from Milla,
since they were unable to take him
away from himself?of whom he had
as great a horror. Iler loving face was
continually before him, and Its sweetness
made his fk-sh creep. MUIa bad
been too sweet.
When he met or passed people, It
seemed to him that perhaps they were
able to recognize upon him somewhere
Pausing in an Alley, He Read Her Note.
the marks of his low quality.
"Softy! Ole sloppy fool!" he muttered.
addreslng himself. "Slushy
ole mush! . . . Spooner 1" And
he added, "Yours forever, klddo!"
Convulsions seemed about to seize
him.
Tnmlnn n pnrnor tt-ltli ht? hpnd i
down, he almost charged Into Dora
Yocura. She was homeward bound
from a piano lesson, and carried a
rolled leather case of 6heet music?
something he couldn't Imagine Mllla
carrying?and In her young girl's
dress, which attempted to be nothing
else, she looked as wholesome as cold
spring water. Itamsey had always felt
that she despised him and now, all at
once, he thought that she was Justified.
Leper that he had become, he was unworthy
to be even touching his cap to
her! And as she nodded and went
briskly on, he would have given anything
to turn and walk a little way
with her, lor it seemed to him thnt this
might fumigate his morals. Rut he
lacked the courage, and, besides, he
considered himself unfit to be seen
walking with her.
He had a long afternoon of anguishes.
these becoming most violent
when he tried to face the problem of
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A traveler found Influenza to be unusunlly
severe In Mexico, where, as
he remnrked, there Is so much hatdotflng.
It may be the case, however, that
such a large proportion of males are
attacked because of the constant drain
on their vitality by the nature of their
dally occupation. The writer was recently
informed by a high medical authority
In London that influenza epidemics
of late years showed the principal
sufferers to be male persons who
had reached the most active years of
their lives.
The Mummified Miner.
The collection of the Museum of
Natural History In New York has j
been enriched by addition of a mum-:
milled miner from Chile, which was
presented by the owners of the mines
where the body was uncovered. The
miner was after copper and had burrowed
into the earth a distance of 15
feet when he was caught by a cave-In
and burled.
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A smart woman inay be able to make
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doesu't.?ritiladelpliia Iuquirer.
his future course toward Mllla. Ho
did not face it at all, In fact, but merely
writhed, and had evolved nothing
when Friday evening was upon him
and Mllla waiting for him to take her
to the "band concert" with "Alb and
Bade." He made shift to seek n short
interview with Albert, Just before dinner.
"I got a pretty rotten headache, and
my stomach's upset, too," he said,
drooping upon the Paxtons fence. "I
been gettin' worse every minute. You
and Sadie go by Milla's, Albert, and
tell her if I'm not there by ha'-pas'*
seven, teU her not to wait for me any '
longer."
"How do you mean 'wait'?" Albert <
Inquired. "You don't expect her to
come pokin' along with Sadie and me, i
do you? She'll keep on sitrin' tnere at
home just the same, because she
wouldn't have anything else to do, If
you don't come like she expects you to.
She hasn't got any way to stop waitIn'
!"
At this, Ramsey moaned, without affectation.
"I don't expect I can, Albert,"
he said. "I'd like to If I could,
but the way It looks now, you tell her
I wouldn't be much suprised maybe I
was startln" In with typhoid fever or
pretty near anything at all." He
moved away, concluding feebly: "I
guess I better crawl on home, Albert,
while I'm still able to walk some. You
tell her the way It looks now I'm liable
to be right sick."
And the next morning he woke to
the chaflngs of remorse, picturing a
Mllla somewhat restored In charm
waiting hopefully at the gate, even
after the half-past seven, and then, as
time passed and 'he sound of the distant
horns came fulntly through the
darkness, going sadly to her room?
perhaps weeping there. It was a picture
to wring him with shame and pity,
but was followed by another which
electrified him, for out of school he
did not lack imagination. What If
Albert had reported his Illness too
vividly to Mllla? Mllla was so fond I '
What if, In her alarm, she should come
here to the house to Inquire of his
mother about him? What if she told
Mrs. Milholland they were "engaged"?
The next moment ltamsey was projecting
a conversation between his mother
and Mllla in which the latter stated
that she and Ramsey were soon to be
married, that she regarded him as al- ,
ready virtually her husbaud, and de- ,
manded to nurse him.
In a panic he fled from the house before
breakfast, going out by way of a
side door, and he crossed back yards
and climbed back fences to reach Albert
Paxton the more swiftly. This
creature, a ladles' man almost professionally,
was found exercising with an
electric Iron and a pair of flunnel trousers
in a basement laundry, by way of
stirring his appetite for the morning
meal.
"See here, Albert," his friend said
breathlessly. "I got a favor. I want
you to go over to MlUa's?"
"I'm goln' to finish pressln' ^iese
trousers," Albert Interrupted. "Then
I've got my breakfast to eat."
"Well, you could do this first," said
Itamsey, hurriedly. "It wouldn't hurt
you to do me this little favor first.
You Just slip over and see Mllla for
me, If she's up yet, and If she Isn't, /
you better wait around till she Is, because
I want you to tell her I'm a
whole lot better this morning. Tell
her I'm pretty near practlck'ly all right
again, Albert, and I'll prob'ly write her
u note or something right soon?or In
a week or so, anyhow. You tell her?"
"Well, you act pretty funny!" Albert '
exclaimed, fumbling In the pockets of 1
his coat. "Why can't you go on over I
and tell her yourself? But just as It !
happens there wouldn't be any use c
your goln' over there, or me, either." *
"Why not?"
"Mllla ain't there," said Albert, still r
searching the pockets of his coat. 1
"When we went by her house last night r
to tell her about your headnche and (
stomach and all, why, her mother told r
us Mllla'd gone up to Chicago yester- (
day afternoon with her aunt, and said 1
she left a note for you, and she said if (
you were sick I better take It and 1
give It to you. I was goln' to bring It
over to your house after breakfast." F
He found It. "Here!"
Ramsey thanked him feebly, and de*
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parien ui a muie ui yumm oiujjc^vi
(Ion, brought on by a glimpse of the
Instabilities of life. He had also, not
relief, but a sense of vacancy and loss;
for Mllla, out of his reach, once more
became mysteriously iovely.
Pausing In an alley, he read her
note.
"Dearie: Thought I ought to call
you up but over the 'phone Is Just nix
for explanations as Mama and Aunt
Jess would hear everything and
thought I might seem cold to you not
saying anything sweet on account of
them listening and you would woflder
why I wus so cnhl when telling you
good-by for a wile maybe weeks. It Is
this way Uncle I'urv wired Aunt Jess
he has just taken In a big touring car ^
on a debt and his vacation starts to- I
morrow so If they were going to take s
a trip they better start right way so c
Aunt Jess Invited me. Now deurle I c
have to pack and write this !u a hury t
so you will not be disappointed when t
you come by for the B. C. to-night. Do t
not go get some other girl and take t
her for I would hate her and nothing
in this world would make me false for
one second to my klddo boy. I do not
know Just when home again as the
folks think I better stay up there for
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home in Chicago after the trip Is over.
But I think of you all the time and
you must think of me every minute and
believe your own dearie she will never
no not for one second he false. So
teiJ Sade and Alb good-by for me and
do not be false to me any more than
I would be to you and It will not be
long till nothing more will Interrupt
our sweet friendship."
As a measure of domestic prudence,
Ilamsey tore the note Into irreparable
fragments, but he did this slowly,
and without experiencing any of the
revulsion created by Millu's former
missive.
He was melancholy, aggrieved that
she should treat him so.
"Yes, sir; that quiet litta
Milla's a regular oH married
woman by this time, Ramsey."
(.TO BE CONTINUED./
SDOYS
SCOl/TS
(Conducted by National Council of tha Boy
Scouts of America.)
WEST VIRGINIA GOOD TURNS
The following are a few of the good
turns rendered by troop and Individual
scouts under the Clarksburg
council during 1921:
Paid rent for poor peopie In order
to keep them from being put out of
their homes. Paid grocery bills for
>ther people. Gave $10 cost of adopting
a Chinese girl for one year. Acted
is messengers at various conventions.
Distributed literature for various
causes. Put up posters and cards and
distributed hundbills for lied Cross.
Uiwrlofl 4V.I* nnt?\ ohntt' and phnmhpr of
WUgJCU lUi UUIU OllV?? UKU VKMtMww.
commerce annual tour. Assisted In
henlth drive. Assisted In planting
trees. Gave service to Civic club and
If. W. C. A. at various times. Built
ind set up birdhouses. Erected booths
it church bazaars. While In camp assisted
fanner In odd Jobs. Acted as
?utemen without pay at athletic contests
other than scout activities. Put
up side curtains and secured wind
shield on automobile in order to keep
the rain out while owner was In office
juilding attending to business. Gave
?ntertalnment to public during anniversary
week. Cut grass and kept
awn on church property in good conation.
Cut grass on small park and
iept lawn in good condition for one
fear. Worked In booth during better
)nby week. Fifteen buglers sounded
'alls for the V. F. R. on Armistice day.
distributed Christmas baskets.
'SERVICE," SCOUT WATCHWORD
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Mways Courteous, Willing and Efficient
Are the Little Fellows When
Called Upon to Render Assistance.
THE TWO BIG THINGS
In addressing a gathering of scout
eaders at Lansing, Mich., recently,
?hief Scout Executive James E. West
jointed out that the success of the
icout movement must fundamentally
lepend upon two things?first, the de
lire of the hoys themselves to be
icouts; second, the willingness of the
Ight kind of men to give leadership.
3e maintained that only as the scout
novement rang true to Its Ideals
ould It get either the right kind of
nen or the boys themselves and asked
very executive present to test out
lis plans for scouting, to see If they
ontributed to one or the other or
>oth these fundamental necessities.
ORTY-TWO BADGES AWARDED
On December 16, the Newark, N. J.,
:ouncil held Its quarterly meeting In
he city hall, and 28 life and star and
even Eagle badges were awarded.
'"Yank Dlorihy of Troop 60, and George
Vagner, were given troop aid Insignia.
Service badges were presented to John
>aterson and Paul Kraneter of Troop
I, to William Perry of Troop 71, to C.
3rower Woodward, Troop 7, and Milord
Vieser, Troop 100. Deputy Comnlssioner
Hugo Cederhola and his son
)scar, Troop 56, received Eagle
ladges at the same time.
FROM PRESS TO CHURCH
Troop 40 of Dayton, O., has, unler
the leadership of Scoutmaster
tny Dibble, established a new mesenger
service In connection with the
hureh under whose auspices they are
irganlzed. Whenever a new church
aiUetin or announcement comes from
he press, scouts are instantly on hand
o deliver the literature to the mem'
iers of the congregation.
DOINGS OF BOY SCOUTS
Boy scouts will co-operate In the
>lantlng of the memorial trees which
t Is planned to place all along the
naln highway from New York 'to Buf'alo,
ns a memorial to the soldier
lead.
Officers of Endicott Post, N. Y..
American Legion, have announced that
hey are ready to back scouting to the
Imlt In the new Town of Union coun II.
which will embrace Johnson and
Sndlcott cities.
The boys of Troop 1 of Carlsbad,
V. M., have been elected associate
nembers of the chamber of commerce
vith n scout on every important comnlttee
of the chamber.
In order to show the public just what
icouts do and why every boy abould
ie a scout, the Mansfield, Ohio, boy
icouts recently held a demonstration
showing first aid, signaling, fire bulking
and other scout activities. Special
tress was laid on how to roll a pack,
vliat to carry In it, how to put up :
ent and the correct manner of sleepng
in a blanket.
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UNIFORM CIVILITY
0 RID welcome to the world when
everything seems to be going
against you, Is to exhibit the right
sort of courage and to show yourself
capable of overriding difficulties.
Though firebrands may be thrown
across your pathway and backbiting
tongues assail you, if you still remain
amiable and courteous, you will
emerge from the ordeal unscathed.
Civility nnd all that It Implies gives
you the staying strength to surmount
obstacles and to press forward In all
kinds of >venther.
Scowls, frowns and short answers
very frequently make of the talented
and gifted, sorrowful tollers, while,
on the other hand, urbanity and
suavity elevate men and women of
moderate attainments to power and
affluence.
Civility commends Itself to people
who know not Its name, but recognize
It when they see It. The crabbed
old boor and the proud youth are now
and again arrested by Its soft answer
and smiling face, and even the rude
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i| By WALTER I. ROBINSON ;[
SELFISHNESS
'"p HINK of your tasks and not of
yourself.
Most of those who find their dally
work monotonous nnd Imagine they
could get much greater enjoyment out
of other employment would not be
likely to make any greater headway or
find greater pleasure la doing any
other job under the sun, unless they
first had u change In their own viewpoint.
Usually It Is not what one may be
doing, but the spirit In which It Is
done which makes work pleasant or
undesirable. When people ore constantly
thinking of self nnd placing
themselves above the Importance of
the duty at hand, the task will seem
distasteful end Inconsequential, regardless
of how much Its successful
accomplishment means to the world.
The story Is told of a school teacher
who hated her work and was extremely
anxious to become a nurse.
She complained that there was nothing
to her life but a mile-long trip
between two ugly fences twice a day
nnd the Intervening hours spent ij>
teaching the same monotonous lessons
over nnd over again. So she thought
It would be so very lovely to don a
white cap nnd apron and devote the
remainder of her life to caring for
the sick.
Fortunately she stated her opinion
to n clear-headed nnd broad-minded
physician nnd asked him to aid her In
finding employment as a student in
a hospital. When this man heard
why she wished to give up teaching
as a profession, he kindly told her that
she was temperamentally unfitted to
be a nurse, for nursing meant ex
treme self-sacrifice. if sne tnougnt
bo much of herself that she couldn't
find enjoyment in the work of making
good and able Americans through
teaching, due to her constant thoughts
of self, he contended that she would
have even a smaller chance of getting
enjoyment out of the nursing profession,
which demanded more devotion
to others' welfare.
H' MOT]
COOK
"Don't bring worries to the table,
Don't bring anger, hate or scowls;
Banish everything unpleasant,
Talk and eat with smiling Jowls.
It will aid your own digestion,
If you wear a smiling face;
It will Jolly up the others,
If you only set the pace.
Knowing something funny, tell It;
Something sad, forget to knell it
Something hateful, quick dispel it
At the table."
GOOD THINGS WE ALL ENJOY
CHICKEN cooked as a pot roast Is
much superior to the ordinary
fried dish, us it Is moist and Juicy.
Cut It up as for frying, place in a
tight kettle with a little fat, stir until
hot, add a v?ry little water io keep
it from burning and cook c!osely covered.
Usually no more water will be
needed, but add very little, a tablespoonful
or two nt a time. Season
and cook very slowly for two or three
hours. Longer Is better.
Fruit Salad.
Place halves of stewed pears on
crisp lettu<" * leaves. Iteinove the pits
from wh'te cherries and arrange
around the pears. Serve with cooked
salad dressing.
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Potato Soup.
P.oil four medium-sized potatoes in
salted water and when soft put
through a ricer. Slice one onion and
scald with one quart of milk. Remove
the onion. Add the milk to the
potato, season with a teaspoouful of
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Tossed In the corner over there;
' Two little stockings, soiled and torn,
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' One little sweater, one little cap,
Little knee pants, a shirt once
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vagabond will stop a moment when 11
crosses his path and stare at It It
open-eyed wonderment.
In some subtle way civility touches
hearts and knits mankind closer to
gether, yet, despite this fact. It has
a long way to go and a great dea
of bard work to do before It can over
take the masses and make them un
derstand Its true worth.
To those who are Just startinj
careers, and especially to the young
good manners are as essential t<
their success as good commendations
Indeed, politeness may be said t<
be the better thing of the two, for th<
reason that It builds character, ant
makes it Imposing in the eyes of oth
ers.
There Is no time In one's life tha
courtesy of behavior In the treatmen
of others fails to win recognition.
The employee who Is unlforml;
civil, considerate of his or her era
ployer, and thoughtful of associate;
as well, is usually the first to win pro
motion.
If you will think back, study caus<
and effect, you will find as you reflec
that the greater number of failures It
life had their beginning In Incivility
and that those who today are conspic
uously successful In the arts, profes
slons nnd industries were In their be
! ginning, and are now, habltuallj
; courteous In words and acts.
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The young woman was lntelllgen
enough to know that what the physl
clan told her was true. Hour afte
hour she battled with herself to ge
the right viewpoint, and finally sh
won her battle over selfishness. Thei
, nnlnvoKlo nnil ehi
; ner >vui& uc^uiuc wujvjuu.v uuv? v..
did It so well that Its Influence fo
good was reflected In her life and he
smiles.
No work will make one happy If hi
thinks more of himself than his Job
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salt, one-fourtb of a teaspoonful o:
celery seed, two tenspoonfuls o
chopped parsley and a dash of whlti
pepper. Melt three tablespoonfuls o
fat In a saucepan, add two tablespoon
fuls of flour and when well cooked
stir in the milk and potato. Sprlnkh
with the parsley and serve.
Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Unloi
0
The Old Story.
Mrs. Wabash?I thought when I mar
rled you that you were original.
Mr. Wabash?And am I not?
"No; you're using the same excuse:
for stnylng out late that all my othei
j husbands used!"
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I THE mm CHERUB
Tki* world seem* retker
ytr^nqe to me;
riy wty in life 13 oft ?n
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Itlnink 111 <jet tuijusted
tkov^k
If I ctr\ jvyt live long
enoudk.
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' Two little arms that 'round me twine;
5 Two sturdy legs worn out with
J' play;
1 One little heart that beats 'gainst t
mine, *
Full of joy at tho close of day.
One little nightie donned at last,
t Ready the lad for slumber deep;
t One more d$y with Its Joytirae pastOne
little moment?then asleep.
f I
Sleep, little boy, till the morning
3 breaks;
Dreamless sleep till the stars shall
fade,
i And the rising sun ev'ry songbird
t wakes
i And njuslc rings In the leafy glade.
, Sleep, little boy, and watch the ward
O'er thy cot may the angels keep.
- Safe In the arms of the children's
Lord?
r Sleep, little laddie?sleep, sleep,
sleep!
(Copyright.)
L DAYS
-OLD UMlXfTtofco. I
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I
r, | Uncommon Sense |
' By JOHN BLAKE
B ONE JOB IS ENOUGH
A YOUNG reader has asked as If
he can study law and the violin
at the some time. He can. He also
asks If he can be a great lawyer and a
great violinist. He cannot.
A man who wants to be a great
lawyer Is not going to have time to
master any musical Instrument more
complicated than the penny whistle.
The law requires time and thought.
The violin requires time and practice.
Kubellk spent about eight hours a
day with his fiddle. At the end of that
eight hours his tired brain would refuse
admission to a single page of
[ Iilackstone, even were his fingers not
j too weary to hold the book.
No boy should study the violin with
a view to maaing it a proiession unj
less his talent Is such that he never
could be contented with anything else.
l Of all the Instruments In the world
It Is the hardest to master, and none
but geniuses ever can prosper as well
- by playing It as can any fairly
successful lawyer by following his
profession.
9 A very great Illustrator, known U
r (he writer, discovered when he was
twenty-one years old that he would
have to stop trying to be a concert
singer.
He had a good voice and good musical
ability. But he found that cultivating
one or either of these would
take the time he needed for the study
of drawing. Because he quit the music
he became rick and famous.
Had he kept at it he might have become
a choir singer, or sung small
parts In musical pieces. But he never
would have got any further?a fact
he found out before It was too late.
Very few men can do any two things
very well. Nobody ever born can do
two things supremely well. Music Is
a tine accomplishment and brings
much pleasure to people in other lines
of endeavor if they follow It with ,
moderation. But only musicul geniuses
should special Ire In It.
(Copyright)