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character. 1 do not take an atom UI stock in this talk about different mural standard for young men, and this talk about a young man sowing his wild oats is a miserable make shift to cover wrong. Away with such an idea! If a young woman eov wild oats she is censured, and
 ,. n raj caste which she can Arr r-ain. I wonder why cer- tan jewish lawgiver did not find two IS of commandments on Sinai -one for young men and the other for young women. One set of com mandments with wildcat reserya tions'' for young men.
 Let's have fair play. ye 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 intellectu- al attainInents? What of a con- sumptive demanding a woman in perfect health? A homely man de- manding a handsome wife? A poor man demanding riches? Hardly the thing, you say. True. but as fair as it is for q man whose manhood has been honeycombed by sin to demand as a life partner one in whose nature shines the gem of moral beauty. De mand much, but be able to give much in return. Do not expect to exchange lead for gold.
 A Good Rule for Everyday Use.
 There is a rule which has in it great deal to commend it. While it is too well known to need repetition here it is too little practieed to be common. Never as yet have found anybody able to make any improve. ment in it It has the quality of mar velous ada ptability. It is as good forthe rich as it is for thepoor. It is equally fitting for the ignorant and the learned. It can te profita- bly used by the good ana the bad. 1t does not need to be modified for diff eren5 nations and is transferable into every language. Were it put in pratctice by all ofus the granite now nsed for iails could then be used for public libraries. In business life it would inspire confidence and in our home life iU would be a constant blessing. Used at the court it ould lend wings to justice. Were it taken as a standard for daily living the creeds of the various churches could be used for a bonfire, and the hair split ting theological discussion of the churches would be necessary nc longer. Thls rule, by the way, is that very sensible, just and understand able set of words called the golden rule-a rule that if put into practice by every man and woman would make this old 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 de. Society may call it old-fashion, as, indeed, It some times is. And society will also find that it will not yield to any stretch ing 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, I have all idea that as old-fashioned as this rule is, it has not gone out of fashion and that it will remain in fashion long after some of the standards of behavior set up by society have been undermined by their own weakness. Difference Between Can And
 Must.
 The saying that a fellow must SOW his wild oats has misled many young man into thinking it a part of the plan of his growth toward manhood that he has about somuch sowing of wild oats to do. Maken mistake in the matter. 4 fellow can SOW wild oats, lots of them, but he need not. There is Ro must about it, and the quicker he gets rid of the idea that he must go through a period in which he will dull the finer instincts of his nature and retard his