Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-27

4s soul; but now we
have little inclination for that, medi.
tation is put away with the rest Of the
old-fashioned, un-modern. -" = II
An editor friend of mine was asked
If they turned out much work in her
office. 20, yes" she said: I'VE don't
think, we just typewrite.'' ~.
On the eve Of the New Year let us
be old-fashioned. once more; look back
into Time, and look forward. What
has been the loss the last twelve.
! month, what the outlook for the
tWelvemOnth to come Let us take
stock. What resolutions should we
venture on?
Weary of present materialism, we
will look to character first of all.
What retrogression here the past year?
Have we grown a shade more selfish,
lax, unsympathetic? And do we hypo-
critically call our seldshness 1.-The
proper looking out for our own inter-
ests?" Do We look with increased
pride on the laxity and term it ''tol-
erance,' an advance in worldly wis
dom? Are we satisfied with the mar
rowing Of our sympathies, and do we
speak Of this as more philosophy
Quite likely.
And now comes the contemplation.
How far do we want this to go on?
Shall we let self-interest, letting
down of standards, unsocialism go on
to an old age ruled by mercenary mo-
tives, marked by low principles, by in
humanity? Heigho! Just this calling
of things by their right names has
brought us Up short; we tremble q
little over the careless past; are afraid
| of that unsavory old age. Maybe it
would be well on New Years Day to
| old-fashionedly put up some old-fash-
| Toned notices:
For selfishness is DEATH"
Il had very unpleasant converse
ton with my conscience"
Every man takes care that his
neighbor shall not cheat him. But
day comes when he begins to care
! that he do not cheat his neighbor.
Then all goes well. He has changed
his market cart into chariot of the
| SUM-"
Let US 60 on taking stock. How is
is with the health of the body? Has
that been neglected, has it been over
| considered evil no less than the
other? Have we jealousy guarded the
share Of sleep its due, not stolen there
from in mistaken ambition, mistaken
pleasures? Has the daily generous
gift of air and sunshine and flying
| cloud and fair sky been unregarded:
the world too much with u.s." Have
we been neglectful, with gross. care
1essness paid no heed to Building up
wasted tissues; expended energy at the
price Of health? Or have we been in
temperate Of wine and meat?-the one
evil no greater than the other. Have
| we thought and talked nothing but
symptoms, been wholly concerned with
the carnal? So many omissions, so
many over-anxieties we may have been
guilty Of. Let us put in prominence
on New Years Day: ......
"A sound mind in sound body"
''The best part of health is fine dis.
position. It is more essential than
talent, even in the works Of talent,
Nothing will supply the want of sun
shine to peaches, and, to make
knowledge valuable, you must have
the cheerfulness of WISDOM
| Have We been cross, irritable, 1rrftat.
ing? LET man practice tie minor
virtues" Have we been inaccurate,
untruthful? I'm all the superior peo-
pie have met, notice directness,
truth spoken more truly, as If every
thing of obstruction, of malformation,
had haen trained away"
Have we been hermit, or frivolous:
one extreme or the other? Have we
shut ourselves away from mankind,
lived life OF selfish seclusioa, un-
troubled ourselves with civic aud So
cial responsibilities, got ourselves into
q state where any reminder. of the
great seething life outside seems un-
pardonably intrusive. unwarrantably
impudent? Look out, look out. Hang
these words where your eyes may light
upon them oft in the New Year:
HE prayeth best who loveth best
| All things both great and small .
And the over-frivolity. What has it
all amounted to; the late hours, the
night-of-it piled upon night-of-it? No
books, no thoughtfulness, no time for
charitable deed, for hunting up neg
lected friend, for the kindly homely
duties. True, I'VE must hare society,
We cannot spare variety" but like
wise true we must have some variety
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