Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-31
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!. THE ROSARY OF a RAMBLER.


& or all the holidays of the calendar
there is one that stands out from all
the rest, distinguished by qualities
which are possessed by none others.
That one viii be celebrated tonight by
boys and girls all over the civilized
world at least. Other holidays retain to
some degree al least their original sig
nificance as holy days, and the feast
ing and merrysnaking which have come
to be a part of all the days can not al-5
together blot out the spirit in which
they We're inaugurated. But with
IA allowe'en 1t is different 1t is The one
might when good natured license reignsS
supreme. when neither religion nor
are remembered. The
children appreciate il more than any
one else, perhaps. unless 1t is the love
alorn maids and swains. who hope to
learn their fates. To the old man or Wo-s
man the night has little meaning ex-
scept the one Which memory brings. The
ztick-tack of the corn on the windows.
the grinning faces OF o'-lanterns.
the love charms and the fortune diNin-
ing, what meaning have they for the
old man and woman, sitting beside the
fire and longing not to venture far be-
yond its glow? Hi,arity and boisterous
giee wear themselves OUT With the
years, and when the seasons have
come and gone many times ii is known
that revels are not all that they seem.
The shouting and the Joking may last
for an evening and divert the mind. bu.
reveis must be put aside. Good cheer
n.
pranlSs and frolics of the Young. as the
con,ented. happy faces Of the hearth
tonight will prove. For memory often
times gives pleasure never to be
equalled by reality: and seen thru the
mist which envelopes the past and
hides the unpleasant parts, the night
may mean much to@the ones Who do
not venture out 10 join in its sports. I I,
Is we'll when such joys come after those
Of youth have been outgrown. II is one
of the compensations of age.
There are many people who verify
believe hat there Is nothing new under
the sun, but they are those who have
never tried to give instruction to those
just starting In path of knowledge,
With which hey We're once as familiar
as they were with the old house in
which the days Of childhood Were
passed. There are some things that 1t:
would seem could NOT In the nature of
things change. Literature, philosophy
and even ethics might change and no
great surprise be felt but when the
exact sciences or dead languages seem
not to be as they have been IL Is little
wonder that people can not believe
what the newer generation tell them
of course none but an adept can tell.
Eanythingj about arithmetic since the
Speer method has come into use. and
when there is always the possibility OF
a conflict between the English or the
Roman pronunciation II Is Just as We'll
for the long ago banner student in
Latinto allow the generation 70 which
he thinks he might give little ms
structon outside the school room. 70
weep alone over his Caesar and burn
more than the midnight oil over Hor-5
ace and Virgil. There is a pathetic
t side to the matter. as there is to nearly
everything in life. 1t Is NOT an easy
matter to acknowledge ones inferior-
ity, and nothing can be much harder to-
bear than the condescending air of one
many years the juniorof his Would-bes
helper There is something Very elu-
slve about all book learning. or any
other kind, for that matter. but the dis
appointment over having forgotten is
as nothing as compared to that which
Is felt when one has for years clungI tc
some fragmentfof knowledge and prid Y
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