The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-22

Ot00t8, ana oICof VIC 08v0 sOOn0 ono
thing, we are often 50 long in deciding
what to take up next, that when we have
decided. the time Is gone which we
ought to have given to it. But those
who are always ready to pass quickly
from one occupation to another, viii
have accomplished all they had in
tended. while we have been thinking
what to be at. If you have some definite
idea in the morning of what you mean
to do during the day, whether in work
or play, you will do more than you will
if you simply pass from one thing to
another with no plan; and you viii be
more likely to do things at the proper.
time.
Another help TO save time, is the
habit of keeping things where they be-
long, 30 that you win not waste precious
moments in looking for them. Have at
least two books always in reading
which does not require very close At
tention, for leisure moments, when You
do not feel like doing much, and one
solid one, which requires more con-
tinuous thought. I suppose this was
the plan Of the old lady who always sent
to the library for ga sermon book. and
another book"
It is surprising how much can be ac-
buried by giving little time each day
to systematic reading. The story il
often told of the young man who read
through Macaulays' History of Eng
land, and was surprised at ending so
soon, by habit of reading few pages
each day while he was waiting for his
dinner. OF course, the same rule ap-
plies to other things as well as to read
ing. l9u e1,
Do not imagine, after all this, that
simply because you are always doing
something you are industrious. You
may be worse than idle If you are vast
ing not only time but eye-sight and
materials. Work must be to some pur-
pose to be worthy of the name. 1t may
be better to be idle all day than to be
reading trash or straining your eyes
and nerves over some intricate and
useless piece of needle-work, "red
with the blood of murdered time"
Many of these things are made only
Ito give away" because people are
too INDECENT to think of any gift more
useful or appropriate. A simple, mex
pensive present, which shows that you
have thought of what your friend would
like best, is better than q very costly
and elaborate one which is only made
from wish to get rid of an obligation,
and which misuses time in the making.
Whatever you do, do it with all your
might, whether it be croquet, or arith-
metic, or baseball, or worseted work.
If q boy is thinking of his Latin lesson
when he ought to Be striking a ball, he
will probably be thinking of the game
when he ought to be saying :" Sam, es,
est" and the result will be that he will
have neither good lesson nor good
score.
Now, perhaps, you will say that all
this advice is of no use to you, because
you have all the time you want now;
but you must not forget that there are
great many people in the world who
find it hard work to crowd into day
all that it is necessary for them to do,
and they would be very glad to have
you give some of your leisure to them.
Unemployed time is sure indication of
neglected duty. Even the ant, in the old
nursery rhyme, says:
"I always find something or other to do,
If not for myself, for my neighbor."
When you have not enough to occupy
you, look among your circle of ac-
quaintances, and see who of them needs
to have you '.lend hand. "-Susan IN
ma Broom, To st. Nicholas,