Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-07-20

sometime tnlnk. said a bright
woman The other day To 4 friend .tna,
/ would like 10 beg my bread for \ dsr
or ne cast alone upon desert island
irGm-a terrible wreck. or have some st,cb
deep ana nigh experience. OF course NE
world nj Ike to be kings or queens m
geniuscs- or successful explorers anf
that sort ~ thing. blt whaI mean /.
that II J couldn't have a UNIQUE experi-
ence Of JOY ] would rather nave unique
experience Of troEbIe tEau- iust be for
ever in the middle of things as / am.
Il IN neither rich nor poor. ueither very
happy nor VERY miserable everything
about my lot u just average. ana I
always lid hate averages
You un-ratefui creature" said her
friend. smiling. - can quote Shake
Spcarc ard the Bitlc TO prove that you
have the earthly lot most 10 bo desired
lnd prayed far. Give me neither poverty
tnd solomon the wise quoted approving
lv. And happiness Is situated in the
mean you know, and meyer in the ex-
jrcmcS.
Yes. know All that. People in the
middle nf things escape reactions and re
actions are wretChcd things f0r the
nerves. | grant You. But an The same.
II is crushing for M to realize that the
heights an, GepihS OF life are not for me
NuJidn't YOU like. yourself 10 be Tho
'aliph Of Bagdad? Cr famous singer
n the man who finds the North Pole,
lrNc Henry and the children dearly, but
fitlEN UtASA 4 lfl'' - -lllt.ol ilHtfliSt ~ hHi
ho North Pole and know. in my
s' art ot hearts. that-noJ one Of the eai-
ir"u is ever going - b,- genius
That's exjr'mcIf lucky fnr YOU
might like to ~ X c-iliph juSt fuT few
iayS tthroa.l h.t weather. and ~
iraira1c. ana rnIskE perfumes and dirt
md diamonds which are the usual SUI
"UndiuSs Of - "aliph. are uot my ldeii
T lifet. hut certainly would not wsh.
,a hc tho wife Gr mother NJ genius m
fl1F b,y.rT' tVgn-Hn Eru WOuillt
liner, my d1Nr-
"W,l. or cuuLs". II j. always better 2
- .h, genius nn"seif rather than mar
olatiI.. Hu'. 81 much ot ljie-oi tm
Nc. That's what feel.
''YoI needn't, then" said her iriehs
iecid,d Tho rrll experience 81 req
ifc IL found in tho middle Haven't yeD
1ftrn noticed how very rich man q
%pmru is Cut off from human feHowshp
tp Il remarkable extent m nol shr
mat All thu luXIrirS the rich ehnA
make lu rrr tn, fast That they cant VT
j.~--.nd mast vi thr experiences 81 tnn
ace puc nf my acprnintah''S-.t ftlss
-jrh woman told me with-a Icfi'clll spli =.
MS air. the ether day. mai thtrt We We ~ ~
such thing a. gratitude in the Worlg !,
rive anything to people she said, Try
sXpcct mere next time: II nnlt go
hey are injured ana angry. True SrdIr,
udc may cN4St. mi have never stliL-a[, IT,
Very lik,lE she never had. n tith '',,'
=.
led for money. rh"y Cannni !,..
nm. nf their fri, ndS. on tFn same a.-
.ntIut Ennui j. a charart"ri~t'r H dlSetHt
II wealthy people. HNd "n 'Aurr- i,,-
..TLr,- tau never IVEv the iat cinns
mont of spending m"noy: bccduse 'nT nT5
,.,-,.r bayt. tn strain ard economics au1
.av .,rr hey sucnG They 81 on
IN. .'.rz. and never know the hcai.p
.~ Ny; Stru~~tv ana crntrivanr"S .tea,
a.riy. viii. \ goli spoon IN onc ia'l,Tr oT
from birth, onc. IL hoprleSsE '"l V-
from IN" JOYS Of having
Sighed dccu. laughed free.
Starved. fcas,cd. despairCd. been nap
pY'
H. browning ruts IN. ANA thc v"rE iarr no9
arc just az much uut Of il, I" usc a a.l, sial-
phrase. Life is reduced tn S,ich SIN. SIN,
terms with them that only he e.'iIg5 liz
tarv experiences are left Then. '3h1nr
rich ana poor tOgCthcr, they make 4 M IN
small portion ont nt all the world; a..
person in tho middle of things fn"w h"
now the other lives. ana mort-nt DIN
how ninc-tcnthS OF the world hNes' ~
east " ith only one-tCnth. or ieSt,;nt
human exp. ricnce closed 10 IT, nra tnIes
he average cXc has pretty wide ia''eN
lf vision, after All. u.
'Nnu seem Id nut il convIncnGE. .h,.
nnnded the complainant, hut lSn , IN,
,nc-tenth of the worlds field JUS ~
most interesting part" the dA1," d
lino-tenth* j. stupid enough. NJ S.'' nm. y
Interesting because nobody mas s.tl ,bc
,ur own Atlantic coast was oncr iiS. III AZ
same. wondrnus Enlc for every ddi ,I.d
,lorcr. ana now that it has h'''l TIL I'LL, N
md civilized il ought to nave mn
.uu1an interest than il ever HH'i-
lCScrt island with only ono ttSSlh1TT M
mon il cannot begin to he inc p'iu h, M
u many horcS lnd fears ana 1,tS ,a~g
tnctlisars NV au average CITY binrh- N. .a
as for gCnilscs. why are thys n = ,,a.
why hrcauso they EXPRESS Whtt 'Ii. ~
jnrity of the race feels. Th"N dII, II,t,r,r.
press il adequately. eithcr-ior az ~ In
says somewhere there 9te itser
which every active mind feels I'M Il,
above any ana All human books. I''r roT.
adds that the man who i never Ill
scioIs of any state Of feeling or - ~ M
tcllcctudI effort entirely pcNoIu Nno,.cr
sion by any form OF words whH!s'' Il
Is a mere creature of language ,;d
isn't the middle Of things that i SUP
The person who decries the miambi mia,nbinc
thincs-neaning me-. was the tdu ~
rcplv. well. your unimpassioheu M,
marks are not wasted. | VIII trE |" Ind
M to my opportunities hereai ,,is
moderate my longings for desert III
boundlesS riches and the North foieii nd
suppose that if | We're on a desert for
| would have just the same Grams city
a three-story house furnace-heatea 30 rs..
house that | have now for auNeH'
don't YOU believe so?" , uith
Mot certainly said the frienu, mart
Il twinkle in her eye. lhat i "a the
Of being the average person A.n .;ar
discussion ended in laugh:-ln'ei'o
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