Norwich bulletin., 1909-07-24

ing good Is heavenly happiness. IIere
is no comparison between this and sell
fish pleasure, for this last is not SO
deep or comforting 1t has been truly
said that lifting little loads helps a
lot more than describing big ones" It
is not preaching that makes for better
things but doing. This Is one OF the
simplest of lessons, but II seems to be
one Of the most difficult to put into
practice. We see the sense of it, but
never realize the value of 1t because
we admire, the sentiment but do not
let the spirit move. Processing and
praying Is the easy side of religion
the chariot, as II were. and performing
il the horse that win pull the chariot
and carry the load. Bear We one an
others burdens" Is a divine command
but too many people think they have
burdens enough of their own to bear
They do not have faith in Him who
makes the yoke easy and the burdens
light" The works of those who do live
after them.
There is nothing about the college
education of woman that prevents
her from discussing the styles with
any woman OF style who cares to talk
of anything from dresses to millinery
or from tucks to hatpins. Agreeable
small talk Is always more enjoyable
than heavy scientific or scholarly pa
laver, to the ablest as well as the least
of these. One was heard to say re-
Gently to another woman: Il see there
is new fad in hatpins and it amuses
me. Fifty years ago my grandmother
made hatpins of sealing wax and darn
ing needles and those red-headed con-
yeniences were highly priced by those
who had them. Grandmother's pins
are now written down as novelties"
Our grandmothers were noble women.
They knew more about the washtub
than they did the pianoforte and they
liked to look a. dozen robust boys and
girls in the face and call them mine.
Those dear old DANES knew that life
was real and that life was earnest.
During the celebration of the 250th
anniversary of the founding of Norwich
I noticed in the window of a feeding
place Sandwiches sold Herei" Ordi-
parily this might have been accepted
as reform spelling but as 1t is still
without the approval of the reform
spelling board we shall have to wait
for that. Those were not the witches
which so disturbed the mind and con-
sciences of New England century and
half ago-the cast of the speller was
not the spell they cast. | did not feel
so shocked by this misspelled word, for
Ii did smack Of "antient' times--there
did seem to be fitness about what so
many would regard as a misft. on
kas" would not have known the differ
ence, and there is no evidence that
John Mason or even the Rev. Mr.. Fitch
would have been repulsed by such a
little flaw as this where the Witches
were OF the edible and satisfying va
riety. What is there in a name, any
way?
Every new calling seems to bring out
new phrases 1t is not so strange that
we should have to go to Massachusetts
to learn how to order lunch cart beans.
an attractive sound; but when a hum
CRY soul enters a night lunch cart and
says 1000 on a plate everybody
takes notice. There Is something broad
and beaming about that order and it
only means a plate of beans. But pork
and beans is too popular and cheap a
refreshment to let escape with just one
style of verbal embroidery, for some
restaurateurs recognize 1t as "a sheet
Of music and the instrument" or as "a
brass band with the leader" You see
pork and beans in speech can be made
to masquerade in a style that would
not be unbecoming even at the Wal
dorf-Astoria. Speech is wonderful in
the mouth of a master and DISCUSSES
arr pleasing when they are pat.
No ordinary woman could have writ
ten such a thing as this: Above all
things beware of tidying a mans per-
sonal belongings, and more especially
his papers, though the dust be inches
thick. Man Is an untidy animal, ac-
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method in his madness and order in
the chaos of articles that litter his
tables. Leave his belongings in heap
as he has left them and he will be
able to place his hand at once upon
any single article he requires. Tidy
him up and he is lost This is not
learned in the school or the college,
but is chunk of wisdom which is the
fruit of personal experience, rare per-
ception and good sense. 1t is not ev-
cry woman who can see this chasm
in sexual life and bridge it, There
is mastery in such a conclusion as
this. 1t wins appreciation and bless
ings from the "untidy animal whose
den is what it is. / have heard a wo-
man say that the den of a man was
the devils auction room,7 and itScan-
not be denied that it looks it,. and it
is not surprising that mans disorderly
order is the annoyance of many good
wife.
| saw an artist admirne recent
sunset, hat in hand, with his head
barred; and / was not surprised that
in the presence of such brilIiancy, the
work Of the Master Artist, he uncov-
cred He may just have been letting
the winds fan his perspiring brow,
for l am not always able to divine
what prompts man to take off his
hat; yet. / could perceive that in the
presence of such beauty as was pre-
sented at the close of that day that
the finite soul might feel prompted to
make obeisance to the Oversoul. The
man who thinks Alright cannot help at
times feeling the kinship which exists
between himself and his Maker. The
magic of sunset is something art can
recognize but cannot master Its
changing colors make the greatest and
most beautiful moving picture ever
to the eyes of man. 1t can
not be hung upon a wall, but it can
tighten the heart of the observing
man for years.
What do you suppose would haooen
il whole family should make a re-
solve to each do a deed of kindness
every day? Nothing awful could hap
pen in consequence of it, of course.
Kindness does not beget meanness.
neither does it beget appointment,
although half the world may think it
does. The mother of disappointment
is expectation-always was. and al
ways win be. But we do not wake up
every morning to do the kindly deed,
but to look out for the conflicting in
terests of daily life. That is what the
world is at, and when the pelf is
counted up at night the world is not
particular as to whether it is partly
made up OF tainted money or whether