Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-04-20
LY ARIZONA SILVER BELT
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 A living death is life without incen- tive. The man or woman who is pur- poseless, has no responsibility, is pro ducing nothing, is merely feeding the physical senses, is missing the meaning of existence and forfeiting the real joy of living.
 The quickest and surest way of tir- ing of the world is to concentrate thought on self. Those who have noth- ing to think of but self carry weari- some burden.
 In the news columns daily We read of the disasters that befall purposeless people. Every city every day has it's quota of suicides from this cause. The burden of mere self becomes 30 heavy men and women take their lives to es- cape it.
 To temporarily freq their minds of the stress of responsibility others drink themselves into the gutter. There Is a deal of wretchedness from this cause.
 "The world is full of such number of things, that am sure we should all be happy as kings,'' the poet sang, and very truly. For one has only to look about with seeing eyes to find things to do that are worth while doing.
 Evasion of responsibility is rank cow ardice, and makes for an empty life. l A drama has just been offered in New York which illustrates the point. It is remarkably interesting play, and Is unusual for variety of reasons, not the least of which is that 1t involves no suggestive sex problems nor contains any lascivious dance.
 In the play rich old man has been thinking exclusively about self. He thinks that he is i'll and calls council of physicians. He secretly overhears their wise talk, and when they decide that he must die he prepares to commit suicide.
 He is nsxt seen is a tenement in the slums of the city, whither he has gone to hide his identity and to blow out his brains. The pistol is at his temple when a ragged girl steps into the room and tells him her troubles.
 She has some very real troubles.
 They are troubles of the heart and mind. She has been carrying too much responsibility, but she was strong for her burden. She is not complaining The old man feels that his little physi cal troubles are insignificant compared with the heart and mind worries of his Inew-found friend. He lays the pistol down and presently finds himself en. gagged in assisting the girl. There is splendid lot of detail in the play which, Of course, ends with the girl happy and the old man in excellent spir it's and health, and with plenty of life business on hand.
 If time weighs heavily upon you get busy. Adopt baby. Go conserva lively into debt. Interest yourself 1T the struggle of some person worse of than you are. Get married. Devise some means of effecting an equitable tariff. Invent simple, low-priced ma chine which will take the killing labor of washing clothes from the shoulders of American housewives. Discover a new star. Find cure for cancer Scheme a plan by which the graft dan ger may be eliminated from municipal ownership of public utilities. Discover sustsnance which will prevent teeth from decaying. Write something that will make men think less of selfish gains and more of brotherly love. These are suggestions-and 'the world is full of such number of things" that one need not think long before discovering an agreeable hobby.
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