Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-12
TIE BEST OF THINGS



A busch of eob1ebs hangs hsikaut-
rering ia the wind osxEsi6e of my sun
bath window. IL i a second story
b~yed window. and aaHno< by any
wtifse get et tss vs<p. vtxch cooliy
Isuxhs az sry kcu-evaseay habits and
my ra&aslneN VERY well" says
Jehn. .,scms day j Will pet up a ladder
and pull 1t Aowa br yon; b-sl probably
sn1e<a<r viii De sr@n sone warm night.
aud tae wfad VIII make il look very
much Ike sAis orc. On the whole. is
r. not rather pre.ty web. and rather
Interesting. as IL cz.<hes few drops
pf rain. and suggests TO you how many
more erearases IN the world are as in
1ussrious Is you1selfr' I had not
.hana1ht % tie web as In Inc ieest in
bsrsstfng. bat thcss l began 10 saink
81 ths fellow 7ho vz0ge i. there. and
BE bssss~y Of it AID as 10 really was
not In the way. II heszn TO seem beau
siful
WANTED very much 70 tahc . drive
To-day. sus sa1n ls.st night soaked mp
The roads and d1ty mist is filing
the air and dr.pzGg from the trocs-
IL Is jss< a das- I'D say at home. only
that 1 10 not vAsA 20 stay At home.
Thsre arc = dozen good reasons Why
should % driving isto the city, not
ali OF them selfish. either, although
wish vczy much 10 call a. my dsess-
MAKER Can l make the best of
things Is shsy are and turn my d6eap
poinrEent into a 7.easzre? It Is so
easy 10 make tho worst of things or
pniy hall COED CT them. I should
like 10 l=z.-n the art Of seeing IN every
posi- bic event the rSyy 5ss..
/ hssc read somewhere . story told
IL laws that On ono occasion walking
with Ns disciples they hap 2cned on
. dead .sog. whieh they spur ned as a
ssgsstiry sight Jesus. STOPPING
Town, azd: '.Ahi but it has beauti-
iul teeth" They say that Grants art
ls general lay in his ability to make
= favorable q 50 of unfavorabac circum-
tsances. i Arnk this Is ts,e secret of
really good halschsepin9. As sure as
the day aswns there arc goiug to come
about evesxs and omissions that will
sot be. on the Taco Of them, agreeable.
The uzc5lea which each one Of N has
10 solye il whether We win become
nun bler5 a. fauit seerA q win sscure
he power 70 mako the best ont of
1inaA I do not mean, to hD sure,
hat think anyone should cultivate q
Dirft of inda9srspco and b equally
czppy -whStsver oecurx know . few
u these evsrsmilitg women VINO con-
yiAer 10 pesfaetim never To be rufied.
Hrong opeht TO b xsghtcd. evil TO be
attacked aud made over What mean
, that when We cannotrnendor change
, matter Il h . capital s<s to find ont
he GOOD there Il In It
10 l. . curious. and not pleasant
act. that We hsso in our laneasge tho
Derrn fault<1ndsrs; bus We hsrc no sps-
,isl designation for tho opposite sort,
who fnd besc<i-s nd charms / sug-
pest that thaxe bs compound word
ievisoa. such IS blessing inde. or
rood-sccra As il II we plainly imply
hat human nature e inclined 20 be un-
pleasantly critical: that is has no qcr-
Sral capacity fer sseilg tao good and
seautifuL
There probably nevcr was q moro
rrumblesomc age than Just now, ind
,m quito wiling 70 make the best OF
: Some ono has said that he would
refer dissatisfied Socrates 70 q very
onter.cd negro slave. Popular dis
,cuseas means that there is SO much
Eaterisl Improvement goi1g on that
20 have come TO believe in constant
,etterncas as a kind OF religion. We
70 not sit down as easily ~ formerly
n hovci. without planning to turn It
INTO . raiac-- This spirit needs soften
ng ani ssninz There Ia no sense in
be outcry Of farmers during year of
neh Universal pierty as the preseut.
10 I'm delighted wten reed Of one
arrner who has been interviewed and
sannot be tnoueed to look on the dark
ade. But you cannot sell your eror-
nous sarplusage TO advantage" Per
saps not. but we can eat the more,
i've away Ebarslir AMI show our in
tentioa IN preserving the rcst- But
fou cannot live on seq.esL- mo. but
Iolks heve got in the habit Of eating
BOO much meat TrCit Is healthier II
sur wlnmin viii learn to put their
brains 20 cooking IT," So. however the
subject was turned. he saw tf,e best Of
IL always such rnzn IL sure TO have
a coed hone. and l believe be has q
hsppy vie and fsr1ily. The richest
farmer that know il the most miser-
able gru1 blair. snd his wife 10 chron-
SC rrum bier. and tie ckiidren have run
CT to the city ard are not doing any
more wisely ther..
The seer.t % COED children n ss l.ast
s~ery larx.lv ~ rot se~in~ tlsern slwavs
sat their worst rs sseuss "a Be irapos-
sibse for some r1cthe-s 90 $50 the good
in their own fsrnEics. although they
orc % ready - Others 90 boast 81 their
eailSrsn. add shsw OF their acquire
rnents IL =. of course, always tisEi-
guilt fcr ~ - eousisc = inst isdzners
aud wAciesc,e co~rsstsen OF evils
vith full a~rrreiasion Of rocd intca-
tionS. Every ehfsa has specially bad
ten.lencies: q. nst ss1sss there ara
any exeerssens Our true work az
mothers a zs< 20 g Ma 4 80 these. and
get not ~ tcar On tA>-a ia exelasive-
Is. 81 all ssas noes emphasis shoeld
\. PLACED On cksld's god srsits.
sraitswets she earn. and ts- weeds VII
r-rd little se4casio- This ED s.yinr
y fail Of plsA and vvissera Wheu eer:i
ueue w-sf np il srsrsb~rs tae weeds.
Our dear ss<s have snr~3y <,sne nokh.
taelsn ~fsorz Of az e~n tovs the
snc rer-ove most has the largest Srini
ana slae lsrrest syrnpo1aies Ysf yeu
sveuid ssszk - ssses taaf y. iaziS>d 70
huss ssnze1fishness--tks qHslitses -
.,ss<s a rsole rss. & ~sss1s so hare
go sifsenis 70 rereess ard SKIS t6eas.