The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1900-03-31

1 forward? Montaigne who always set frankness
before diplomacy, and yet was most wary and
willy man, said "y business and art is to ve' Most of
could the thing and add that day by day the
difficulty of business and art grows and more
serious.
1t is familiar remark, heard all sides, that happy
rage practically prohibited the poor and ambitious young
of country by of the tremendous competition
in all the fields labor the consequent uncertainty employ
and the nadequacy of wages the increased demands
of happy domestic life. This may be true, grant that
the increased demands necessary and can be shown
that the certainty Of employment and the rewards of labor
have actually decreased But we back to pioneer days,
and carefully conditions them shall be able to trace
the general history of the cart and business of living down.
through all its changes to the present moment with print
tive criterion for measure Of difficulties.
When young who got married had to build cabin
with his hands, clear little farm in the Wilderness and
begin matrimonial bliss sandwched between the chances of
starvation the tooth and claw wild beast and having
himself and his bride scaped by savages there surely
many advantages that he could in his favor which
would be considered valuable by the poorest youth OF
day. His business and to live in spite of hadshps
too for pleasant consideration in the light of electric
lamps. He got pleasure of conditions crude, meagre
and sapess that cannot find them romantic while
laundering along by steam at the rate Of sixty miles
hour. We do not relish comparison with grandfathers
and grandmohers. What have those old foges, with their
ntock guns and homemade spinning wheels, do with u.s.
doubtless is true that every tub must keep itself from falling
if it would hold waer-each generation
its business and art of life but there changeess
Of conduct looking toward genuine human
happiness. One of them is mutual sef-sacrifce for mar
monys sake. Love in cottage may be out OF date; but
abolished No reasonably intelligent and sfy young
need nowadays live in log cabin daubed with clay dur
ing his honeymoon; but the trouble his path is that he
not have private palace and steam yacht in which
make wedding tour.
grizzly and finely preserved octogenaan told the other
day. pleasantly reminiscent and garruous mood, how he
81 nineteen when took wife" he said, land my two
hands my capital, my only of income So
glad agree split three hundred rails pay the preacher
for performing the marriage ceremony The fun OF it
that finished the rail Job in day, when fair days work
would have been hundred rails Seeing how easy had
been the performance OF my contract the good parson de-
cared that had cheated him. and the upshot that had
to satisfy him by splitting hundred rails than the
agreement called for" Young of time would con-
slider long before beginning the business and life
such conditions When asked what wages he received during
the first year Of his married life the old said Oh
an extra good worker; got fifteen dollars month";
may be, after all, that have much easier life and
far better prospect, than had any generation of and
in all the past; but have the optimism and the
courage?
Our business and art is to ve; but royal bust
and kngy art. Our eyes stand in ght-Mau-
rice Thompson in Saturday Evening Post.