The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-08-07
HITS AND MISSES.
CONTRIBUTED BY A. sPARRER.
"De omni re sci5iI ct quibusdam aliis.

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lake in the idea that as virtue 1t has mar
ket value, that in barter and trade among
nractical Americans, an element OF kindliness
and good will can send an article away up
above parf
As customers we give little heed to the
amenities due from us to fellow man, but we
are very susceptible to a pleasant word,
gracious and interested manner from the
other side Of the counter.
Let the shopkeepers set premium upon
polteness. and when laying In his stock OF
novelties, let him set forth The paying quail
ties of this Writ ne to saleslady and clerk.
We do not want the serve cringing OF
some dealers, nor The 1ippsnt condolences OF
feather Drained girls What impressess the
average shopper Is pleasant word and
enough interest evinced 10 the subject to
show the salesman is actually conscious OF
your presence.
A single instance will suffice.
While engaged in some holiday shopping,
hitherto fruitless quest brought me to no.
ton store, which had rather avoided in the
past. The place was crowded. the saleslasy,
(no misnomer) l would think, on the verge of
distraction. found what was wanted, wait
ed impatiently for change, and occupied my
self with my own thoughts
The lady made one pleasant remark about
the crowd not being 30 great as the day be-
fore. do not remember her appearance, she
made no impression as 10 her personality, but
that storekeeper may count himself as sure
of one more customer, not on account OF his
wares, nor his advertisements, but because OF
one womans graciousness.
Take this, oh, man of trade as an object
lesson in dollars and cents, ponder and prac-
tice, and SO be wiser than your generation.
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recent newspaper item tells that a valu-
able diamond has been found in western |
watermelon. Scientists explain the wonder |
very satisfactorily, and this suggests new |
departure for European fortune hunters. A |
wife Is often somewhat of an incumbrance, |
the pick has already been made among pre- |
sent availabla heiresses, and besides as a |
burnt child breads the fire, so is paterfamilias |
about titled pdrR
Altogether Count no account thluKs IL |
profitable Investment to go on the hunt for |
American watermelons. There may be mil
lions in it when they tell him this prolific |
vine has already seeded diamonds. The pos
sibilities are limitless.
We win only suggest that his lordship do |
not raise corner In our toothsome dainty, |
until after the camp meeting season. 1t is
scarcely worth while to needlessly compli-
cate the African question.
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Timorous pessimism, in these latter days, |
stands affrighted at shadowy forms that are
but the galvanized ghosts of long dead and |
gone fantasies.
Agnosticism, Thersophism, occultism, byp-
notism, Ingersoll, Brsdlaugh, Mrs. Besant,
Mona Caird, Madame Blavatsky, what kind
of showing make these against one solitary
starlike figure, that cast in bronze looked |
down upon a nations unstinted admiration,
and saw his comrades devotion crystalize in
tears?
When Stonewall Jackson is eulo9ized by |
The world. and no one darcs separate his |
Christian principles from the character that
is acknowledged heroic in proportions, king
ly in Its attributes, We do not fear the isms of
nineteenth century doubt.
These midsummer skies have just looked |
down upon two military pageants which |
sharply emphasize monarchical and republi-
can institutions.
Imperial William at Wimbledon reviewed
a soldery whose drum beat circles the world
"a baby hand at Lexington uncur,ained the
glory andpathos of q lost cause, while SCARED
veterans, in their time worn suits of grey,
proudly carried bulet-riddled flags, and lived
over again campaigns and engagements,
which have won tardily, given admiration
from old world scientists in the art of war
A popular watchword along the lines is
the plea for rest. When the staple magazine
topics begin to pail, one can always find
readable article on this subject.
That it has not been too much ventilated
ia apparent when we seriously contemplate
our nervous excitability as nation.
We cannot refute the criticisms our Old
world neigbbors so lavshly offer as to our
angularity and want OF repose, nor can we
deny that the hurry aud drive of the typical |
western hustler is but one degree less wear
ng than the high caste, high pressure culture |
Of the polished Athenisn ycleped Bostonian
At the slightest hint as to the unwisdom |
of this pace that kills, arises the CITY "better
to wear out than to rust out" thank good
ness was never lazy" etc., etc.
That tireless industry must not of necessity |
60 hand in hand with rushing, driving GOA
headativeness is proven when we look at
busy little Holland, that wonderful Land of
Pluck.
Fables. popularity supposed to have been
written for the childhood of the human mind,
seem to be discarded nowadays But we Of
ten pass milestone long thought 10 be left
ehind, and deep down in all our hearts we
love to play at childhood once more, so no
one will grumble, if we indulge during these
dog days.
In the long time ago, when the world was
young and very playful, lived a slave whose
business was story telling.
One, he liked The most, was about the hare
and the tortise, who had some friendly dis
cusson as to which could make the better
time in a-half mile race.
We all know how the fable ends that the
slow hut sure and good old tortiss came in
ahead, while fleetfoot fingered on the way,
dsllied with time and came in to find the
wager won, but not by himself.
This mode of navigation was so decidedly
different, it would seem foregone conclusion
which should win. The result proves the
race is not always to the swift, and that dog
ged perseverance counts for more than easy
self confidence.
30 far have we outrun early traditions that
the doctrine now is for an enforced idleness
TO recuperate our wasting energies.
A writer in Harper's gives us the fine
science IN the Technique Of Rest. DIR Ham
mond prints some very practical rules for
our summer vacation, while useful philan-
thfopist prepares for occupancy a canonry-
otherwise home for the busy society woman
who no where else can find immunity from
the demands of the ceaseless whirl.