Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1905-11-10

band, each says, Il will do for you
what am compelled TO do, and / win
not do anything else"
A young man woOes. wins aud mar
ries a young girl. She has been brought
up in well to do fathers home. She
was an only daughter, and TO great ex.
tent she has been spoiled. Time passes
on. Theyoung husband tries TO keep up q
home TO the standard In which his wife
has been accustomed TO live. but the
income is too small TO meet the outgo.
Day after day he keeps saying: mel
lie. you must economize. You must
lessen our expenses. Cannot you make
your old hat do this winter? Cannot
you send the children TO the public
school;" NO" she answers, Il shall
not. You married me. and II Is your
place TO take care OF me. never
heard this nagging question OF money.
money. money. in my fathers home.
and l ought not 20 hear II now" The
young man staggers ON In his struggle.
He takes to drink. Kind words are
now exchanged for angry ones. The
domestic difficulties eliminate In the
divorce court. Why? The wife was
unwilling TO SO the twain mile for her
husbands love. ON the other hand. the
husband Is just as much Co blame an
the wife. From sickness or overwork
the wife may become nervous wreck.
In her weakness Is he always gentlei
Is he always kindl Is he always
thoughtful? Does he try to shield her
as he oughtg Do the two angels Bear
and Forbear hover over his faresidei
Are we all, for our dear ones sakes.
ready to travel the twain mile OF sacrl.
ticeI
Are we ready to do for our dear ones
what saw noble friend OF mine DO
for his helpless. tongued tied and men.
tally beclouded wife. who few months
ago went to her heavenly rest. This
gentleman at the time knew him had
passed his threescore years and ten.
His wife had n fatal disease creeping
over her that was rendering her more
helpless every day. Instead OF the old
gentleman leaving her at home TO be
cared for by servants he waited ON her
as calamity and devotedly as though
she were young girl He cut for her
the food at table. When he had guests
she was always by his side to eat with
them. When she split her cup OF cof.
fee. as she sometimes did, he would not
apologize TO US, but sweetly say TO her:
Never mind, Jennie; never mind. II
Is all right" When we went out to
hear one of the greatest singers in the
world he took her along because even
in her physical and mental weakness
she always loved music. Then he
would say 10 me: "Ah, IL you only had
known her when she was well! 1 can
never he too good to her for what she
has been to me" Yes, in the home we
should never forget what our dear
ones have done for US. They have
Travelled the twain mile often enough
for US. Shall we not travel the twain
mile for them?
In Business Life.
Christs command applies also to
mercantile and professional life. Ev-
cry man TO n greater or less extent Is
or ought TO be servant. AS clerk
he should be servant 10 his employer;
rs physician he should be n servant
TO his patients; as a lawyer he should
be servant to his clients; as n mer-
chant he should be servant TO his
customers; as professor he should be
servant TO his students; as n scien-
fist he should be n servant 10 his inves-
legations. Now. the man In profession
nj or business life who works for mon
ey alone and who is willing to do only
what he is paid 20 do and nothing more
is very foolish. lie Is looking at sue
cess through the wrong end OF a tele-
scope. IL is only when n man works
for the love OF work and not for mon.
ey that we can say n happy man Is
trudging along the highway OF true sue.
cess.
One day young artist called upon
Audubon, the great naturalist. and
showed some drawings to him. Audi
bon looked at these drawings q mo-
ment Then he said: az like those
drawings very much. but they are moi
true You have painted the legs OF this
partridge nicely. except in one respect
The scales are exact in shape and col
or, but you have not arranged them
correctly as TO numbers. Now, upon
this upper ridge or the partrIdge's les
there are just SO many scales. You
have painted too many. Examine thS
legs Of thousand partridges. and you
viii ind the scales always the same 10
number" Then Audubon said: Young
man, IL j. only when you become wed
ded TO your work-body. mind and soul
that you Will make a success cut OF
IL. You must be willing TO work day
in and day out. week IN and week oat
year in and year out. to investigate 70
the minutest detail: otherwise you can
never master it. When you work foE
science you must work entirely above
the idea OF mercenary remuneration.
You must work for love-"
For Love of Science.
Did not John James Audubon prac.
tice his own teachings? For years and
years and years. with gun In one hand
and portfolio in the other hand. he
wandered through the western forests
seeking the haunts OF the American
birds. TO reproduce their likenesses In
his portfolios. After years OF work he
went to Philadelphia with the results
OF his labor. He was compelled 70
leave the city for n few weeks, and
when he returned he found that the
rats had entirely destroyed the results
OF decade OF labor. The precious
portfolios which contained the delInea.
tons of over n thousand rare birds
were forever ruined. His portfolios
were forever destroyed. as the manu-.
script OF The French Revolution" OF
Thomas Carlyle was burned by an tx.
norant servant. who threw 1t into the
fire as worthless paper when she was
sent into the study OF the friend to
whom he had lent 1t to clean up. SO
great was the shock in Audubon's case
that at first he was flung upon q bed of
sickness. where for weeks he lowered
between life and death. Then he arose
and went back to the forest He hunted
up his old friends. the birds. He spent
three more long, weary years repre-
ducing what the rats had made nests
of. And he did all this for the love OF
science. for during Audubon's lifetime