The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-13

CHARLES WAGNER,
Author OF ...Thc Simple Llfc.'
! realization OF It's destiny It feels the
anguish OF a living Icing whom they have
buried alive. Eo STILES l,Gneuth the mass
OF secondary things which weigh upon
him and deprive lin Of mir and light.
We must seek out set free, and restore
to honor the real life: assign all things
to their proper places, and remember
that the center Of human progress its N
moral growth What is Il good lamp?
1t is not tho one most ornamental, the
best carved or that which Is made Of
the most, precious metal. good lamp
Is the ono that gives good light. And 50,
also, we are men and citizens not BY tho
number OF goods or pleasures that we
procure for ourselves. nor through our
intellectual and artistic culture nor BY
JOY, but by the, solidty of our moral
fibre. And this, after all. Is not q truth
of to-day, but d truth Of oil times.
d At no epoch. have exterior conditions.
realized through his knowledge or indus
try, exempted man from care for the
state OF his inner life. The fncegof the
world changes about us, the Intellectual
and material. factors OF existence are
modified. No ono can hinder these
changes whose brusqueS characters ARE
often without peril. But the important
thing Is that man in the center Of these
shifting crcunst stances, 8 should remain
man, live his life and march toward his
goal Il Now, wfratever be the road he has
q To- traverse iowa rds his goal. the traveller
must not losers himself in the crosswnys,
nor load 9hlnselfi with useless burdens.
I! Let him watch: over Ills direction, over
his forces. oTsr Ibis honor, and that he
may Observation-Disclosures ll1imsclt$to the3es-,
sentla pro gress, lie Ssl rppli-1
files Fhis bngg gage; even f 1t must be q t.
3the$price Of some sacrifice. !;l
rs APTER 11.a5s:ils ].
8 THE syIRLT II, SIMPLICITY.
AZ Before sbeln &, Ab1 sg3to show III What con-
gsists iftSprac ItSs tho Teturn TO- the sinpli-
city to Swlitde We sspire. ny II Aist necessary
to define YsII It's VERY splrit and
essence "a rP g itS$ the same
error Ms tinadef thf |. ye ssshay just de-
.nounted, ara sWliichsconsl stR, III coufound-
Ing the secondary with the essential,
Sthe substance with the FORM They are
tempted to believe thqt Simplicity offers
ccrta4h osternas ch;,raet sristics by which
&c may sbo kndiyn.. and fin,which It con-
modest garments. a,tplain house, medic
3critYHnndr poverty. these things seem to
3goHfogcthcr. ,Ehis issnot THE case, how
eYer.5 or three mon whom have Just
meteor my. road ,tone q rode In a 3cnrria ge,
ytieSother walked, while the third was
barerooted. ,ctiis last. one Is l.dH neccs-
:sarily the SIMPLEST Of the three. may
be that the man IN the carriage Is simple.
.ln5spte OF his grand posi- ton, and IS not
tho slave of&his wealth, It may be that
the man with shoes does OF envy him 4
who passes in his carriage, and d does
not despiso the man an RI gs. with his
feet bare in the dust, 4 and n As possible
that the third i5nan8 has q. hatred sof SIM
.ncty, labor and $sobriety.Fan Dreams
only OF al, easy lfe,S pleasures and Idle
ness. Among the least simple. Of men
we must count professional Hmendicants ,y5
knights OF, the road, parasites, and All
that tribe Of tic obsequious ana cnvious.
whose aspirations resolV O themselves into
;tlis--to be able I'd seize. the largest pos
sibls nforscl Of that prey which the FORTH
.natc ones of the, earth consume. And in
this same category, no. ma tertw)at their
station In life, belong the ambitious, the
crafty, the effenltnates;. the imisers the
lhaushty aud The refined The livery
counts for nothing. We must see the
heart. No class has the sole privilege
of simplicity. No5costume, however hum
bile 1t may appear. Is Its Is: assured badge.
It's habiatonti Is not necessarily tho attic,
neither the hut, nors9 the cell Of the
5ascetic, nor the poorest fisherman's5
cabin Under all forms that clothe NE,
In all social positions. at the lowest as
we'll as Its tupllaost rllng Of the ladder.
there ere beings who are simple ana
others who arc not, We do not wish
to claim by that that simplicity has no
outward signs that It, has no habits, Its
own Distinguishing tastes and manners.
hut we must not confound those forms
which could In else Of need pc borrowed.
with It's own e. sence and It's profound
depths. This source Is altogether IN
ter!or. w Il, n
Simplicity is a state OF mind. y dwells
In the main intention that nnlma es US. Y
"A man is simple when his highest desire
consists In Wishing to- be that which ne
should BIO; that Is to say true ana
honest nun, This is neither - easy nor
as impossible as one might lima No., AZ \
tho bottom it consists In putting hls' as
prations and his acts In accord with the
very law of our being, and lnEcohSeauence
with the Eternal Intention which Willcd
that he should be at all, Let 9, floWers
be a flower, n tswalloW q sWallo Y, q rock
a rock, and a man a. man, 't''a NY = 100, -,
hare. bird OF prey or = p's ~ ~ -
summed UP Il, thai. sgg D. Il, !,
We arc, therefore. heretlcd toformulnte
the practical IDEAL of man, ~ ~ ,n I'VE
we observe n certain quantity O tof :, -,
and substances associated for one hin''
Materials more or less crude are there
TRANSFORMED and carried to q hlgl'er ae-a
gree q organism Ms not n, o,hol ,Seal
will be the desire to transform fllIe mo
something better aud srander man ~
sclf One could compare lite e 3, raw ina ma
,eria What IT Is matters less t ~ =, @nas
WAT WIZ, should he appreciated Is what the
worker has known no VITO put ~ y,
We bring with our birth different g.t y
One has received gold, another granite
,h,rd one marble ana tho most just
wood or clay. Our task consists N fash-
ioniug these materials, All know that
they can spoil the NEST precious sup'