Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-21
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awhile, work awhile and rest awhile.
work awhile and rest awhile. Ike "A
poor. patient animal In a tread wheel.
lts only within the last twenty. hye
years that the American citizens have
made ans allowance at an for the
I pleasures of NE.
Look al the old fashioned American
VILLAGE Where were lbs parks? Where
We.e IFS pleasure groundse What part
OF il ever called 10 YOU? "Oh. do come
out and ulay?" when YOU wanted to
70 Tor a uleasant Sunday afternoon
walk YOU turned your reluctant foot
steps toward me cemetery.
1he Americans take NE too serious
| ly. They do not know how 90 play.
Look at the Fourth OF July. The aver
age American loves bis country Hcu
bIae about ID by the hour ven he's
away from o.. and he'll die at a
minutes notice. if ualessaI the
Fourth Uf july b0res him d. The
doesn't know what To- do with
he ought 90 run over into rance
Bastile Cay. or into Germany on n h0Ii-
day. ur into Italy ON a fete day He'd
learn something very well worth know
ng
The poorest most ignorant peasant
born Zoo Europe knows more about the
ant of enjoying himself than the biggest
millionaire Iu America.
Even poor dun old England can
give America lessons in the art Of holi-
day making An Eugllshman. be he
humble 0r of high degree, lays out his
NE with "a distance allowance for play
time His play d. very simple A stroll
In the country "a quiet pipe in a quiet
grove. "a row uu ,he river, a game OF
cricket. but some play he must and
WIN have. and be- is called the saddest
among the nations Look az the elder
ly American We all know. Works am
day. reads hls paper and goes TO bed.
Works ali day. reads bis paper and goes
20 bed Works an day, reads his paper
and goes Go bed Works all day, reads
his paper and goes 90 bed. He might
as well live 10 o coal mine for an be
knows NJ the bright beautiful world
b. lives in.
No mud pies for him.
They are a waste OF time
Oh. my good sir Sensible II you only
knew how foolish you were.
What do YOU get out OF lIfe2 What
do you find in 70? What Is 10 all for
THIS eternal grind grind, grind.
The sun shines the wind blows, the
stars twinkle, the moon rises. come
come. leaving your everlasting plodding
for few minutes.
stop being a mole and be q man.
The average woman-what does she
get out OF life? a little excitement
some happiness much work and a great
deal OF worry
What for?
Why not let things 80 once IN a while
and get a little fun out Of things?
once ] stood under a cherry tree
with @ friend OF mine.
Twas "a beautiful cherry tree, ugl0w
with luscious fruit We picked the
cherries and ate them They were fresh
and tart and sweet withaL They were
smooth and Juicy and every bite
brought the taste Of primal Eden 10 the
tongue
Dear me, said my friend uneaslly
here come the smiths. they'll think
We're dreadful, wasting all the cherries
So
Wasting them2' said l. Yes said
my friend. They think ! ought to
boil them
There are many thousands Of these
boiling people In the world The fresh
spontaneous, natural JOY Of the mo-
90 them
They never eat their cherries fresh
from the tree They boil them and put
them into Jars and feel economical and
managing and self-satIsGed
Economical
Poor sgendthrifts. They throw away
the best cart VI llfe. Waste and throw
It away trying 20 save,
Once ] knew a poor ministers daugh-
ter. someone gave her 81 gold piece
for Christmas. She needed gloves and
she needed shoes, and she needed
new set OF school hooks DO YOU know
what she did? She bought a bracelet,
and she paid her whole s. for q. too.
Foolish? Sensible / call her. That IS
bracelet Was worth SIS worth Of useful
things 10 her poor starved craving FOR
ornament.
10 isn't the money YOU spend that
matters. nor the time You spend, nor
me strength nor energy
IT'S the thin- you buy with Il that
counts. That's why men Keep young so
much longer than women They always
keep something TO play with a gun. a
hshins rod a dog a horse, a wheel a
camera. newspaper yacht, row
boat q garden. fad OF some sort Bless
the tads. Whatl we DO without them?
What lr'@htiul bore life would be
II there weren't any fads.
Never call "a man foolish who buys
what De wants with his money. He's
wise. What's money for?
Howard Gould gave uD FIVE million
dollars 90 MARI. the woman Of his
choice "a year or 40 ago. People wrote
letters Co the newspapers holding Mr..
Gould uu 90 The scorn OF The righteous