The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27

| Put on the pot. says GTeedy-gut
Wen sup before we 60
We have here three characters pre-
scented 70 us with whom most OF US are
more or less familiar
We viii speak OF them In the order IN
which they are named A man Of known
wisdom has said. Early TO bed and early
TO rise, makes a man healthy. wealthy
and wise" II may be said that sch0olboys
while schooiboys are, as a rule inclined 20
be sleepy heads, as they usually require
waking In the morning, and sometimes the
task Is a difficult one. AS "a general rule
the sleepy habit passes Of as they grow
older. There is, however, "a class Of
grown-up people who are arrant sleepy
heads
Most Of as know or have known such
people. Usually not always. they are
dull-faced and stupid people who are
most Of the time yawning, nodding. and
stretching their arms. always the first
10 bed and the last 70 rise Usually their
lives are passed in state of inanlty,
and they are seldom useful or success
full
But per contra
Our sleepy-head will no doubt heartily
agree with Christopher North prof. VIII
SOM in his essay on early rising. vino
says. ia concluding It:
Finally, il is taken for granted by
early risers that early rising is "a vir-
tuOus habit and that they are all most
meritorlous and prosperous set Of peo-
pie l object TO both clauses Of the bill;
none but a knave or an idiot viii not
mince the matter-rises early If he can
help IL. Early risers are generally milk
sop spOOnies. ninnies, with broad un-
meaning faces. and groset eyes. checks
odiously rudy, and with great calves
TO their legs. They slap YOU on the back.
and blow their noses like a mail-coach
horn. They seldom give dinners-"sir.
tea is ready, shall we Join the ladiesg'
IA rubber al whist. and by ii o'clock the
whole house is in snoTe. Inquire into
his motives for early rising. and IL Is
perhaps to get an appetite for breakfast
Is the great healthy brute not satisfied
with three-penny roles and "a pound OF
ham for breakfast but DE must walk
Gown 10 the pieT-head al LeiJh TO increase
his yOracIty2 Where is the virtue in
mOlishing a quartern loaf before his mai (
estys lieges are awake But I ana now
speaking OF your red rosy greedy idiot
lie IS your prudent calculating. selfish
money Fcrivener. It is not for nothing
he rises. Ii is shocking 60 think OF the
hypocrlte saying his prayers SO early ia /
the morning. before those are awake F.
whom he intends 10 cheat and sWindle be- /
fore he goes 10 bed. ] hope that I have (
sufficiently exposed the folly or wicked /
ness OF early rising. HencefOTth let /
no kHavish dog purse up Lls mouth and f.
erect his head with conscious air Of /
superiority, when he meets an acquaint- I
ance who goes 20 bed and rises AZ gen /
uemanly hour
He will also agree with John G. SAKE. I
who concludes his poem on early rising I
as follows:
Il Ike the lad who when his father /
thought
To clip his morning nap boy hackneyed .
phrase
OF yagraut worm by early songster /
caught
Cried, Serve him right,-its not at all /
surprising;
The worm was punished sir. for early
rising. "
And Slow. Who has not known dear, no .
account but perhaps amiable Slow? Last
90 all meals; last 90 everything. and new
or keeping his engagements. but always
keeping people waiting he Is really the
human sloth. One Of the species on be-
ing cKpOstulated with for his sloWness,
replied.
The whole world seems to be in a con
sriracy % treble our pace What is gain
ed by it2 Loss OF temper. dcterjora ton /
OF manners, injury 20 digestion. increase
OF nervous diseaSes-thcse are the natural 4
and inevitable results Of that high pres
sure 20 which We expose ourselves and
subject others. Who is made happier bv
going fast who wiser. or who richer2 Ev-
erything is relative in this world. and if
everybody gallops. nobody is better of
than II everybody went slowly"
This seems a lame defense. Yet many
people SO reason and continue 10 go
slow, no difference who may be incom-
moded.
The last character mentioned Is the
glJtton. GluttOny Is denounced in the
Bible, and is in the calendar of crimes
for which severe punishment is inflicted
in the Divine Comedy OF Dante" Ciacco.
the pig. a c0gn0men for EluttOny in ItaI-
ian, says 20 Dante OF himself in Hades.
For the sin Of gluttOuy, damned vice.
beneath this rain cen as thou seest. I
with fatigue am worn, nor l sole spirit in
this woe. al these by like crime have in
cured like punishment"
So il appears that guttony was quite
common in the thirteenth century. and
regarded as crime tit for the severest
punishment
The glutton'S punishment begins in this
world. Excess in eating brings on dis
ease Of the most painful character, and if
not arrested soon. ends in death The
Persi3ns have a saying Eating Is for
the purpose OF living but thou \
Ghc glutton) believest that we live only
to eat. Eat only enough to support you.
for In whatever YOU exceed this YOU
must support it. The greedy man
is iuContnent with the whole world set
before him-the temperate man is content
with "a crust of bread. 4 loaf Of brown
bread may nh an empty stomach, but the
produce Of the whole globe cannot satisfy /,
a greedy eye"
There is no enough" tn-a glUtton Man
is a creature of habit. and the habits OF
oversleeping. Eluttony, and slowness of II
movement can all be changed or over
come by determination and persistence.
As all Of them are bad habits. 1t were
well for those who have not acquired TO
avoid them and for those who have I'M
happily fallen into them 10 resist and
overcome them.
Boiled Champagne.
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