Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-05-12

The Senior Sons Anger.
The senior son stands at the corner of
the house. a frgid phlegmatic He has
just come in from the fields in very sub.
stantia apparel Seeing some wild ex-
hilarat!ons around the old mansion, he
asks OF servant passing by with goat.
skin OF wine on his shoulder what all the
fuss is about One would have thought
that, on hearing that his younger brother
asss4 got back he would have gone into
the house and rejoiced. and, IL he were
not conscientiously opposed to dancing,
that he would have joined the oriental
schottish. No. there he stands His
brow lowers; his face darkens; his lip
curls with contempt lie stamps the
ground with Indignation; he sees nothing
ar all to attract The odors of the feast
coming out on the air. do not sharpen his
appetite. The Lively music does not put
any spring into his step. He is in terri
bic pout. He critc>cs the expense, the
injustice and the morals Of the entertain
ment. The father rushes out barcheaded
and c0aXes him to come in. He will not
so in. He scolds the father. He goes
into a pasquinadc against the younger
brother, and he makes he most GGCumely
scene. He says: Father. you put a
premium on yagabondism, | staid at
home and worked on the farm. You new
or made party for me: you didn't so
much as kill a Kid That wouldn't have
cost half as much rs a calf; but this
scapegrace went off in fine clothes, and
he comes back not fit to be seen. and
what a time you make over him. He
breaks your heart, and you pay him for
it, That calf, 10 which we have been
giving extra feed during all these weeks,
wouldn't be 50 fat and sleek il / had
known 10 what Use you were going 10 put
il. That yagabond deserves 10 be cow
hided instead OF banqucted. Veal is 90
good for him That evening, while the
Younger son sat telling his father about
his adventures and asking about what
had occurred on the place since his de-
parturc, the senior brother goes 80 bed
dlsgusted and slams the door after him.
That senior brother still lives. You can
see him any Sunday, any day OF the
week
First, this senior brother Of the text
stands for the elf-congrotulatory. self
satisfied, worshipful man. With the
same breath in which he yituperates
against his younger brother he utters n
panegyric for himself. The sclf-righteous
man OF my text, like every other self
righteous man, was full OF faults. He
was an migrate. for he did not appreciate
the home blessings which he had all those
years. He was discbedient, for when the
father told him to ONE in he staid out.
lie was liar. for lie said that the rec.
reant son had deyoured his fathers liv-
ing, when the father, so far from being
reduced TO peuury, had homestead left,
had instruments Of music had jewels,
had a mansion. and instead Of being a
pauper was a prince. This senior brother,
with so many faults Of his own, was
merciiess in his criticism OF the younger
brother. The only perfect people that /
have ever known were utterly obnoxious.
| was never so badly cheated IN my life
as by perfect man. He got 50 far up in
his devOtlous that be was clear up above
all the rules OF common honesty. These
men that go about proving among pray
CT meetings and in places Of business,
telling how good they are-iook out for
them; keep your hand on your pocket
book have noticed that Just in proper
ton as man gets good ne gets humble.
The deep Mississippi dOee not make as
mGch noise as the Drawing mountain
riyulct There has been many store
that had more goods in the show window
than inside on the shelves.
The Self Righteous Man.
This self-righteous man Of the text
stood at the corner Of the house hugging
himself in admiration. We hear great
deal In our day about the higher life.
Now, there are two kinds Of higher life