The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-30
NEW YEAR REVERsEs.
BY harkIsy Harksr.

Two rich men were slipping wine in
the exclusive dining room OF a New
40 years. Each had a private income
OF not far from that figure of thous-
ards per year. Well kept. not profit
gate, were they, for they were too
bright to throw away life.
You would tire Of Mexico" drawled
about down there. with my private car,
for a year. How Dresden?"
My deal fellow, so did l get tired OF
Dresden. Five years. don't o know.
You know how u Europe is. I've
been over the pond. too, frequently. I
brand new Europe or some other new
"Ah, yes" sighed the first speaker;
there's nothing new. We have seen
1t all. But'-and his y suddenly
grew brighter and his hand held his
found a wine in an old refectory in a
monastery Of Mexico that was the most
wonderful you ever tackled"
'Where?" exclaimed his friend. Give
me the address," And a few days later
he started on Journey of over $3.50
miles for q new .~sensattonri in his worm
out world-a sip OF rare wine.
There are thousands OF men and wo-
men in old aristocratic countries and
hundreds in young republican Amer
lea to whom 1t seems almost impos-
sible that a nea new year can come.
already seen and felt it all. But there
Is a way to renew life to them. It is
to touch the heart with a new love for
the poor, h country. he isorganized
times, the uncertainty OF the financial
outlook, the wants OF a weary world.
All that because It gives lie, from
within, a new purpose. unselfsh and
wishing to serve others. would trans
form the very existence of such men.
The seventeenth president of the
United States began life as a tailor.
It is an honorable calling. Let US sup
pose an honest tailor sitting at his ease
on New Years day. He hates the
thought Of the %drudgery OF tomorrow.
He looks forward to his workroom, top
floor, back, dingy windows looking on
back yards and their garniture Of
hung-out laundries. His companions.
tie hot goose. the skeleton garments
half finished hanging on the wall.
hanks Of thread that kinks and knots.
broad bench on which he squats and
crowds his lungs into his feeble heart.
He wishes for a new year. How can
he have it? Let him receive the
love Of God into his heart. Let him
ings. Let him forget self. Then, To-!
tomorrow his workroom is moved, as
It were, to the front Of the shop. Its
windows look out on the flashing Hud-
sen, the Palisades. and even to the
gates Of the eternal city by the sea of
glass. His thread runs smoothly. his
scissors are gold and his shears silver.
The skeleton garments around the
room seem robes to be finished for an
gels. He sings a new song, for his life
10 accomplishing, thankful. and un-
selfish. God knows that this is the
only way in which thousands Of the
bravest n best Of the world can have
q new year. They must. renew their
own spirits from within and above.
And God knows that this is the best of
al kinds Of d new year possible to us
oil.
I "a see the hardy milkman stand
Ing on his doorstep at 2 o'clock Of the
still dark new day Of 1908. Cold stars
are 2-o'clock-tn-the- morning stars.
There is a hard grind Of the wheels
over the echoing streets. Shivering on
his perch, he notes the glow of h mid
winter sunrise over acres Of roofs
where in palatial homes the rich are
yet slaeping. The quiet Is gloom. The
wind 10 gloom. Suddenly the man
thinks Of It.
Il am not the servant Of these rich
customers. I serve my pretty baby
boy whom I left In his cradle. He
shall have 9 better start in life than !
had. ] serve his beautiful mother. L