The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-05-16
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.
Some Thoughts and Suggestions
: Gathered During the Week.

One of natures noblemen, we have all
i heard of him and all know him. He
Il is II different parsonage to each of us, he.
\ cause each have different. idea of what
\ constitutes the nobless in man. But there
Il is one comes to our r.ind who certainly
i can lay claim to that title and no one
X hesitates in saying he is one OF NATURES
& noblemen. lie is jolly, full of life, yet
v there is that earneStness and concentra.
ton OF purpose which at once distin-
H cuisines him from the generality of jolly
\ fellows. Vie doesn't swear, drink or 90
ont with the boys, but each one wants
h him for friend and are doing all IN their
l :. power to secure and retain his friend
4 ship. The idle crowd of loungers who
stand on the corner and tell jokes that
4 SAVIOR of the irlmoral and indecent, stop
4 tw'ien he approaches, ashamed for him to
n tknow they do such things. He is friend
\ I'd every one, every one likes him and
\ Severy one says | wish l were like him.
4 All this summed up only makes what
\ g each of us should be, only ourselves nat
H urally. with those acquired vices left I'M
l acquired. The Young Man.
4 g a yoEng man came into the courthouse
\ the other day and although his knowledge
4 { of matters generally appeared rather
\ vague, he certainly had Il clear conception
II & of what Il case in chancery meant. His
H visit to the courthouse was occasioned
4 . by desire on the part of both himself
\ and wife to secure an absolute divorce
II from each other. He timidly approached
\ the clerk and said:
n "How much does it cost to get a di-
4 vorce:' The clerk informed him of the
l. approximate COST adding:
4 'But you will have to have q lawyer,
u which would increase the cost consde ra.
ble."
II "Will I have to have lawyer" he
:. asked.
The clerk answered him that it would
Il be almost impossible to secure IL divorce
|. without a lawyer.
"Well,' he remarked as he reluc family
turned away, 81 guess I'll stay hitched to
Sal than maybe have a lawyer to support
the rest of my days"
The Onlooker
With the Choral Club and the Dramatic
is Club, Roanoke may confuenvly look FOR.
ward to some pleasureable events. Each
Il of them in their first efforts have most
creditably acquitted themselves and GER
tainly give promise of great achievements
in the future. Such organizations are of
II inestimable benefit to town in more
mays than merely affording--pleasure to
L the members Of the organizations and the
audiences. 1t instills and cultivates n
taste for the beautiful in art and music
Ie and stimulates those fine qualities in
men and women which only knowledge oil
the refined arts can encourage. The poet
o has truely said:
"These polished arts have humanized
il mankind,
Softened the rude and Gained the hos-
| ferrous mind. The Art Lover.
3S There are n great many things which
help to encourage the ambitious Young
man, and make his road to fame more
easily traversed, but one thing which is
q absolutely essential to his ultimately
reaching that goal Of perfection which
( his ambition has pictured, is the symp.-
thy of some one. Instances Of upsur-
mountable obstacles being overcome have
Z been brought TO light where only the
sympathy of dog, or the friendly inter
est and sympathy of an obscure and I'M
known somebody, have been sthe only
y stimulus Let man feel that lac is
alone, that no one cares wh Their he sue
Il ceeds or not, let him have no one to
whom lie can recount his trials and
' gather sympathy and encouragement, and
Ia he-will fail every time Man cannot live
alone; his innermost thoughts will. Kill
. him, because looking upon Dnly the dark
side which trivial mistake or dsap-
IL pointment will always present, he is I'M
able TO see any way out and sinks: but let
him have friend sympathzing FRIEND
who feels interested IN him, and that
friend can often point out the right ROAD
&c pursue and pilot him on to success