Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1905-02-23

/ Yelopmcnt OF the individual and his
/ happiness and TO the development and
happiness Of society. that man should
I have multitude of needs and bend his
energies 10 their satisfaction? Let us
return for Il moment to our comparison
with inferior beings. Provided that
their essential wants are satisfied. they
live content IL this true Of mon? No.
In all classes Of society we find dis
content.
leave completely out Of the qucs-
tiOn those who lack the necessities Of
life. one cannot with justice count in.
the number OF indictments those from
whom hunger, cold uIti misery wiring
complaints. ! am considering now that
multitude OF people who live under con
ditiOns at least suDpOrlHblc. Whence
comes their hclr-burnlug? Why Is it
found not only anon" those Of modest
though sufficient means, but also under
shades Of ever increasing refinement,
oil along the ascending scale, even 10
opulcncc ana the SUBMITS Of social
placer They talk Of the Contentcd mid
die classes Who talk Of them? peO-
pie who judging from without, think
( that as soon as one begins to enjoy
case lie ought 10 be satisfied. But the
middle ClassC, themselvCs-dO they
consider themselves satisfCdI Not the
least in the world. II there are people
at once rich and content, be assured
that tbor are content because they
| know how To- De SO, not because they
arc rich IN animal is satisfied when
Fl has eaten; it lies down and sleeps.
4 man also can lie down and sleep for
Il time, but il never lasts. When he be.
comes accustomed TO this contcntmcnt
ne tires OF &c and demands n greater.
Mans appetite il not Ippcased by
food; it increases With eating. This
may seem absurd but It is strictly
true
And the fact that those who make
the most cutlery are almost always
those who Should ind the best reasons
for cOntCntmcnt proves unpuestionably
that happiness is not allied 10 the num-
Der Of our needs |ud the zeal We put
into their cultivation. II Is for every
ones interest TO let this truth sink deep
into his mind. If ST docs not, if ne docs
not 10y decisive action succeed in limit
in" his needs. lie risks % descent. inscn-
sibic ana beyond retreat, along the de-
cIiyity Of desire.
lie who lives 10 cat, drink, sleep,
dress. take his wal!.--in short. pampCr
himself all that he caH--E" il the court
| Ter l"skin" in the sun tie drunken
/ laburor, the COmmuncr serving his bel
ly, the woman absorbed in her toilets.
the prONgute OF low estate or high, or
simply The ordinary pleasure lover. Il
good fellow" but too obcdcnt to ma
tcrial uocds-tlat man or woman is on
the downward way OF desire and the
descent is fatal. Those who follow it
obey the same laws as body on an
inclined plane. DupcS of an Illusion
forever repeated, they think, lust 4
few steps SROrC, The last. toward the
thing down there that we c0vet; then
we will halt" But the velocity they
@ain sweeps them on, and lie farther
they 20 the lcss able they are to resist
! il.
Her" is the secret VI the unrest, the
madness Of many Of our cOntempora-
ric+. Iaying condemned their viii 10
the service Of their aproJirc+, they sut-
/ fer thc penalty. They are delivered up
. tp Eia'.at passions which dcyour their
..h. crush their bones. suck their
Z blood and cannot Doe eat,l. This is not
/ a. lofty moral GoauIcittiCa. have been
/ li>tDu.ar 81 what life says. and have
recorded as I holnG them some Of the
1 truths ,nat goaounI In every square.
Has drunkenness, inventive as it is
/ OF nov DRINKS. found thc means OF
. qunnclnu- thirst: Not mt all. 1t might
rather Dr called the art of making
| thirst Observation-Disclosures Frank libcr-
/ tiua-o. does it doadon TIE sting of the
fpus"s? No; ii cuypnoms il, converts
/ natural desire into morbid obsession
/ ana makes it the dominant passion.
| Let your needs rule you, pumpCr them,
/ yoU will SEQ them multiply like insects
/ I'm the eun The mere yor give them
The more they demand. lie IS sense
/ less who seeks for happiness in mate
| t.al prosperity alone. As we'll under
| take to I'LL tho cask OF the Dunaidc4.
| TO those who have millions, millions
! are wanting: 10 those who have thou
| sands, thousands. OILERS iucll Il TWEEN
/ ~ franc piece ora lmuGlcd SOUS. When
| they lave Il chicken in tho not they
! ask for goose; when they have the
goose they wish II were a turkey, and
so ON. We shall never learn how fatal
! this tendency is. There arc too many
! humble lco1lo who wish t9 initiate the
| great, 100 m1uy poor WOrkin@mCn who
/ ape the wen 10 do middle classes. too
many shopgirs who play at being la
dies, TOO T,Uuy clerks who act the club
| man or sportsman, and among those in
easy circumstances and the rich are
too many people who forget that what
| they possess could serve better pur-
| pose than procuring pleasure for them
selves, only to find in the end that one
never has enough. Our needs, in place
Of the servants that they should be-
have become Il turbulent ana scditlous
crowd. legion OF tyrants in miniature.
\ man CuslavGl 10 his needs may best
be compared 10 bear with Il ring in
its nose, that is led about and made to
dance mt will. The likeness is not fiat
tering, but you will grant that it is
true. 1t Is in the train Of their own
needs that so many Of those men are
dragged along who rant for liberty,
progress and I don't know what else.
They cannot take a step without ask
ing themselves If it might not iTitate
their masters. How many men and