Norwich bulletin., 1909-12-25
THE MAN WHO TALKS

! they lost the light that ihumined tnelr hearts. They have lived long enough
 and wonder why they cannot die-they recognize Death as King and eternal death as the peace they desire. They are honest people, too; but how differ- | ent from those who have gathered sum shine and who never lost sight of the | star of hope. It has been said that the
 real punishment of liar is that he | finally believes his own lies; and per- haps the punishment of the doubter is that he can only believe in the goblins
 of his distrust. We must master or be | mastered. and the power is in our own | hands. The law by which we are gov-
 erned is irrevocable, hence 1t becomes us to get into the light rather than into the darkness.
 This will be to a great many people the flrst Christmas that they got in- l terested enough in to carry in their consciousness; to others 1t Will be memorable for what it holds TOT them; and to still others 1t will be a fading glory--a remembrance of what used to be. and perhaps Is to come. The first Christmas remembered clings
 to the human mind, not because 1t was great but because 1t was peculiar ly impressive. One old man said he
 remembered his first Christmas De- cause Santa Claus brought him the l
 saw, and no paint ever tasted better
 to him than that paint did It IS | strange what a little thing can ir1- press the juvenile mind for life. Things
 of small account cling like bats. while
 the birds of paradise fly from sight and
 memory; but 1t has ever been thus.
 The managers of the moving picture
 houses have a very polite way or in-
 viting the women to remove their hats;
 and the well bred women present usu-
 ally have these instructions In thelr
 laps before the hint is given; and those
 who come in late obey the rule with
 out delay; but still many women do not take the hint, or profit by the good
 example of others. They do not seem
 to realize just how impolite 1t is to
 violate the rules of an amusement
 house. or how they are marked down
 in the minds of auditors who are roo-
 bed of good part of the entertain
 ment by their Instructions and ob-
 streperousness. They are willful wom-
 en, of course and what time tneir
 mates must have with them. A balky ] horse in the barn is bad enough, but
 a balky woman in the house makes
 lifes road hard road to travel, and she pretends not to know it. too.
 do not know, but the man who gets his political or religious views on ] trust, as many a shiftless man gets 1 his goods finds pleasure in it: but there is satisfaction in being able to ) tell why we believe that one thing Is 5 right and another wrong. Too many , people affirm their beliefs as if they , were perfect work. BeLef IS tne half-w house on the road to know ing. and it is no lettering point fol : a man to say nothing of son oi 3 God. The point of belief is where ex- 2 animation begins and the truth Is es- 5 tablished. Believing a truth is no'
 mastering it and letting 1t master us | This is what truth is for-to conquer
 and to purge man of error When I
 is only believed in it doesn't gather q force enough to do the purging. Be- | lief is balker-knowing is mastery. I It may be "nore blessed to giv' s than to receive" but that has not be-
 come the spirit of any age, yet; ant
 while it is spoken of as the spirit O $ Christmas it is far from being the mo 1 r tive of the human heart. We knov S that the boy who joins five Sunda. r schools in December to be in at tn f Christmas trees Is getter. The mil
 lionaires of life are getters; and wher
 the sivers are I do not know unles : they at last become dependent upol
 charity. The world quotes so man c nice things and does so many meal n ones, that it is hard to trace the lin e of it's sincerity. If this beautifu " spirit was lived up to, children woul q be so anxious to see their poor friend 't were remembered that they would for A get their own selfish desires IL ma l. be more blessed to give than to re e ceive: but the world is not seekln t blessings in this way.
 if Good advice comes to us in man
 forms. The eccentric who said: Stic
 to your tin whistle until you can bu a horn!" expressed in humorous wa g the underlying principle of all econo s, mics This Is an orderly world s ours, and those who abide by the rule . of order usually succeed. It is dis
 order that ruins business and wreck if governments. A new horn on tick
 a debt; and if we do not make repui '. for honoring our credit we have n IL credit. Credit rests better on cas y basis than on a promise to pay. Tn a naver is the real thing, although th is good promiser is honored and gets o
 in the world. It is when man prom
 ises too much that he is done for. marriage or trade. the good promise
 is popular for awhile, but the zoe
 payer wins permanent honors. Tn st is why we should stick to the u s- whistle until we can buy horn! ,t When there Is any talk about beir l "between the devil and the deep sea Se I think of the drug clerk who serv' '- soda and ice cream to customers t'
 two years. and then devotes himse ss to coHpounding prescriptions for u r. rest of his apprenticeship so as to SO the servant and interpreter Of Il . doctors and the guardian of the sic - for the rest of his life. Every do' i@ tors prescription is all Greek to U g. and sometimes I think it may be T. the doctor before the ink has been loI ic dry: but the prescription clerk in ye drug store has got to be a good rea' o- CT, and an expert at guessing; and =, l you know he never gets praised f
 the errors he corrects for the MD. lo but he gets fearfully blamed for al ly mistakes he makes in solving the I'll g. dies the doctors send him. He is he wonder and should be respected b m cause of the few errors he falls int ar for he is always kept on the verge ss the pit.
 ms You all know the woman who say m, "Oh. I know my husband just like nd book" and this statement is usual
 very much doubted because 1t Is T
 Sarded as a. unusual accomplishmei
 It is, and perhaps some other womi oa may envy her ability; but the clal ou is never made that this knowledge es valuable or satisfactory. There is su
 a. thing as knowing a mate too we
 It is always just as well for pa at to be blind to one another's fau Or and not to be too observant or O