The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-11-06
!, LIES Spice
i Variety is the spice of life"
BY \. Mex. +.


Did You keep the outside sheet
OF one section of the Globe Demo-
crat from recent Sunday edition?
"Laughing's Catching" is the sub
ject, and it is SO good and EXPIRES
Sire that it deserves place on the
wall. There is so much said about
the vain" to the nerves of hearty
laugh, and anything to bring this
about Is good thing. There is n
growing wave OF optimism in the
world, and an understanding Of the
doctrine Of good cheer in establish
ing this condition. In fact, there Is
what is called the Emmanuel Church
in Boston, whose ministry IL for
health and happiness, both of which
bring good cheer. 1t has been otter
said that good health Is az con-
tagious as disease, and so the doc
trine of good cheer will gradually
but surely infect larger number Of
people, greatly to their benefit and
of those around them.
happened across this beautiful
guide FOR beautiful life, and give
1t, hoping it may bear comforting
message to many people:
"To be ever conscious Of my unity
with God, to listen to His voice,
and hear no other call. To separate
all error from my thought Of man,
and see him only as my Fathers
image, to show him reverence and
share with him my h Dliest treasures.
"ro keep my mental home a sacred
place, golden with gratitude, redo
lent with love, white with purity,
cleansed from self-will.
"ro send no thought into the
world that will not bless or cheer,
or purify, or heal
'TO have no aim but to make
earth fairer, holier place, and to
rise each day into n higher sense Of
Life and Love"
Recently | was in Kansas City,
the great growing city OF Northwest
Missouri. There are beautiful resi-
denccs in great numbers. and some
of the finest church and school
houses ! ever saw. st. Louis has
no finer building than the Westport
High School, opened this year. Both
churches and school houses of this
kind are an indication OF progress
and prosperity. ! saw IA number OF
houses that were built of concrete,
which is said to be- the building ma
terial of the future, and they made
II very handsome appearance. The
stores are fine in every respect and
always filled with customers, which
no doubt is due To the advertising
done in the newspapers. The st.
Louis stores coniine themselves to
the Sunday or Monday editions for
their big advertisements, and occa-
sionally Il mid-wcek advertisement;
but in Kansas City some of the
stores run daily page in both
morning and evening papers, which
ought To bring them in lots OF money.
There are two drawbacks to Kansas
City: One is the awful mail service
in the residence district. Letters
are seldom delivered under twenty
eight hours after they reach Kansas
| City, unless there is special de-
livery stamp on them. Very often
there is no afternoon delivery at all
When complaint is made you are
told that it is on account of political
matter being distributed. When
this lasts for months, there should
he some remedy for it. The Union
depot must be an eyesore to every
resident of Kansas City, as 1t is to
the unfortunate ones herded in there
like cattle. To complete the simile,
there are two little run-ways, big
enough for one person to pass
through, where you go to take the
trains. No amount Of persuasion
will permit you to go through a
| Nttbllu btlbIf iilt Tram II lllbUf up,
no matter how you wish to escape
the foul air of the place. They are
, talking of a new station, but six
years ago they were talking OF it,
for | was Obliged to spend scvera
hours there, and | wondered at sucl
a station for city with the reputa
tion for progressivcness as Kansas
City.
Did you ever see hat that wal
II big enough to cover an organ anC
i the organist? ! would not believ,
: it possible, but at recent concert
5 sat behind such hat. ! coult
not tell the exact measurement, bu
e could not see the organist rs sh,
= sat on the bench in front of the or
= gan. Fortunately for me, the wear
y er of the hat was obliged to move
SO the hat obscured the vision o
:. my neighbor, who in the nices
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