The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-01-04


name for what may be graphical,
described As "artiiiciality.' Take
for instance the lady friend paying
her first visit TO the newly arrive,
baby, which she declares is III,
finest child | ever saw and mus
be nearly twenty pounds in weight,
when she knows quite well il would
not turn the scale at ten. Or if il
is really to tiny for srch an excla
nation to be possible, she unblush-
ingly pronounces il the loveliesI
little creature possible, the bright
est and most perfect baby in eAist-
ence, and as like its papa as two
peas in pod.' And then she
goes home and declares it nothing
but lump of pink putty.
4 Or the little boy who bows most
politely to roomful OF guests, and
tells each lady in turn he loves her
IA hundred miles" when he mere
iy does 1t because he knows he
will get a stick OF candy in pay
ment a. soon a. the guests are gone,
or the application OF his mammals
slipper ii he has neglected to do it,
Or the young girl, who has been
endowed by nature with good
voice, and who has been further
blessed with opportunity for having
it cultivated. but who, when asked
TO favor some friends With song,
declares she is quite out Of prac-
tee. or has slight cold, Y or
really did not know she would be
asked, SO did not bring her music, =
when all the time she is longing for
her friends to coax her into com
pliance, and feels a. "mad as a
halter when they leave of press
ing her before she has yielded to-
their requests.
Or the young lady, who falters
out that George has been too sud
ien;' that she never dreamed OF
such thing" that he must real
Iy give her couple Of days to think
it over, when in fact, she has been
clubbing him a real Dombirdyke
wooer, and made up her mind to
accept him weeks ago.
Or the business man, who signs
a letter, yours most truly and
then exclaimS, soto voce. III the
fool accepts that offer, | shall make
thousand. out Of him.
Or the l. dy who meets her guest
with effusion, declaring lit is really
too delightful to see her and then
AZ soon as she is gone, tells the
poor housemaId that If sh- ever adj
mits that person again she will lose
her situation.
Or the church member who sings,
Send the mighty gospel all the
earth around, as heartily as any
one, and tLen when the collection
plate i handed found, PUTS a five
cent piece upon it, instead Of the
dollar he could easily afford.
Or the divinity student, who af-
firms in his prayers that she is I'M
worthy to be a door keeper in the
house Of the Lord when at heart
ne thinks himself worthy TO be an
archbishop, at the very least.
Or the candidate for a seat in
congress, who promises to vote for
female suffrage, Sabbath observ-
ince, child protection, aye. any
thing and everything his constitu-
ents ask for, until elected, but who
then stays at home because one of
his children is threatened with
or some such ailment.
the day upon which any one Of
these subjects is brought to vote.
Or the rulers Of the earth who
pray, give peace in our time, Oh
Lord !" and then spend millions Of
morey preparing for war, totally
ignoring the fact that over five
thousand millions of men have been
killed in battle during the Christian
era, while their families have suffer
ed immeasurably through their
death, and millions more have been
reduced to starvation, misery, or
even suicide, by the paralysis Of
trade which war inevitably causes.
Oh. when will our eyes be open
to see things in their proper light,
One Sunday London minister
exchanged pulpits with an old coll
Iege chum, and for once that coun-
try congregation got real rousing
sermon. The text was, "The way
Of the transgressors il hard" and
the good man proceeded to explain
bis subject.
"The nobleman," said he, "who
does nothing whatever to make the
world better than he found it, but
who simply lives upon the reputa
ion Of the title granted to one Of