Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-29
EACH one MUST HIT HIS GAIT
c Eng Into Your Groove One Prerequisite
Of Correct Living.
TWO OLD sAGEs AGREE ON THIS
trouble is, Too Many Men Try 10
support an EEgnos Appetite
on n Buttermilk
SALARY.

. L believe that getting ones gait is a pre-
requisite to correct living, as much as l
believe the court house needs an elevator
remarked the Careful Observer, when he
and the Oldest Inhabitant walked beside
the placid pool Of philosophic peace.
THE trouble with most of us is we fail
70 get our gait, or, having found it, for
sake it to reach for some chimerical OBJ
ject or - per cent get-rich-quick invest
ment before the other fellow gets to it.
The result is either our grocer gets ner-
vous or our folks ask the police to look
us up continued the observing one.
Your thought has been covered by a
classical expression which referred to
man who had an egg-nog thirst and a
butterrnilk INCOME That man got out of
step and was ruled off the course for
manners His friends, who drank butter
milk, and with whom he belonged, shook
their heads, while the egg-nog companions
did not cluster around the buttermilk boy
to any degree Of sunocation. Finally he
was led back to butermilk, which then he
-olshed with zest, and in the fullness of
time was able to indulge in ginger ale
without having to put a slip in the cash
drawer. But it was not recorded that he
ever got into the egg-nog class for keeps"
replied the ancient and honorable one.
All Have Their Limitations.
Il have been teaching my congregation
that every one has his limitations, al
though those limitations, which may OBJ
tain at any particular time, may be de-
yeloped by a process Of training until she
individuals responsibilities exceed in time
even his youthful dreams. l have told
them that the world was not made in an
eight-hour day and that only patience and
get his right gait and keep it. Suppose the
stars In their courses would lose their
gait, what would result7 The universe
has gait which it holds; nature, with it's
immutable laws, has a gait. it steadfastly
holds The whole thing resolves itself into
a wise and systematic plan of action. The
Individual should adopt some steady and
consistent gait, gathering speed and mo-
mentum as the mind and muscles grow
stronger and the smoleons accumulate, -
responded the Careful Observer
ITO my grief l often have noticed, for
instance" added the Oldest Inhabitant.
people aspiring to the police force be-
fore they were able to rule city. l have
seen men trying to set the world aflre and
when their wives asked them to turn the
washing machine they complained of back
ache Men with back aches are not com.
petent to start mundane conflagations
Little girls get the maternal instinct from
association with their dolls, while boys
are imbued with the martial spirit with
pop guns, with which they shoot out Their
neighbors' window and cause those self
same neighbors to flee from the wrath mex
door The biddy hen shows her younl
how to scratch for the worm or cracked
corn And so, all through life, man SHOULD
maintain that gait which is in keeping will
his powers and purse, else he is liable t
fan frCm a sxth-story window, or
twentieth-story window II in New York
and hurt his pride To get the right gal
IS only to get in tune with the world II
general and environments in particular