The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1899-05-21

with wild oats reservation" for
young men.
Let's have fair play, We sewers
of the wild oats, and fair play is
that you have a right to demand at
the marriage altar only what you
can give. What would you think
of an ignorant man demanding for
his wife a woman with great intel
lectual attainments? What of a
consumptive demanding a woman
in perfect health? A homely man
demanding a handsome wife7 A
poor man demanding richest Hard
lv the thing, You say. True, but
as fair as it is for a man whose
manhood has been honeycombed
by sin to demand as a life partner
one in whose nature shines the gem
of moral beauty. Demand much,
but be able to give much in re-
turn. Do not expect to exchange
lead for gold.
GOOD RULE FOR EVERYDAY USE.
There is a rule which has in it a
great deal to commend it. While
it is too we'll known to need repe-
tition here 1t is too little practiced
to be common. Never as yet have
| found anybody able to make any
improvement in it. 1t has the
quality of marvellous adaptability.
1t is as good for the rich as it is
for the poor. 1t is equally fitting
for the ignorant and the learned.
1t can be prOftably used by the
good and the bad. 1t does not need
to be modified for different nations
and is translatable into every lam
guage. Were it put in practice by
all of us the granite now used for
iails could then be used for public
libraries. In business life it would
inspire confidence and in our home
life it would be a constant bless
ing. Used at the court it would
lend wings to justice. Were it
taken as standard for daily liv-
ing the creeds of the various
churches could be used for a bon
fire, and the hair-splitting theolOg-
ical discussions of the churches
would be necessary no longer.
This rule, by the way, is that very
sensible, just and understandable
set Of words called the golden rule
"a rule that if put into practice
by every man and woman would
make this ola world better, rid it
of iniustices and create an untold
amount of happiness.
Now it happens that this rule is
the only safe and sensible one for
any of US to adopt in whatever we
undertake to do. Society may call
it old fashioned, as, indeed, it is.
Society may, at times, find it in
convenient to practice, as, indeed,
it sometimes is. And society will
find that it will not yield to any
stretching in this or that direction
to cover up the shortcomings Of
any person, for it makes no moral
reservation for any of us; but,
withal, | have an idea that as old
fashioned as this rule is, it has not
gone ont of fashion, and that it
will remain in fashion long after
some of the standards of behavior
set up by society have been under
mined by their own weakness.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CAN AND
MUST.
The saying that a fellow must
SOW his wild oats has led many a
young man into thinking it part
of the plan of his growth toward
manhood that he has about so
much sowing of wild oats to do.
Make no mistake in the matter.
\ fellow can SOW wild oats, lots of
them, but he need not. There is
no must about it, and the quicker
he gets rid of the idea that he
must 90 through a period in which
he will dull the finer instincts of
his nature and retard his life's
progress just so much the better
it will be for him.
Concerning the decision of the