Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-28
THE MAN WHO TALKS


command. and that is time" Mrs.
Blaine held high and important sta
ton in life and was envied by thou
sands ct American women, and yet she
| could write from her heart to mem
Der Of the family, Il seem to be
working between the masthead and
deck all the time" How we envy peo-
| pie their high honors unmindful Of the
cares and obligations which 60 with
| them. He who is wise envies no one.
The one thing to do is for each one to
meet the duties of life with cheerful
! spirit and to think as little as posst-
bic OF its adverSities. No life is who'll
ly smooth sailing, and some lives
which seem to be are made to so ap-
pear by the light and cheerful way in
| which burdens are met and carried.
A cripple can smilingly help q blind
man across the street. Do not envy
| people-just make others envy you.
Are you q Glad chandler. The glad
hand Is not as common as 1t should be.
/ have no fancy for the athletic grasp
er, or the high hand shaker. When
have to high hand shake / feel as II
/ was up to something / was not born
for. shall never find my affinity
among the high hand shakers for they
are the coolest shakers know any
hing about. / like the person who
shakes your hand according to his
heart better than / do the man who
shakes according to style. The per-
son who shakes as If it took little
condescension to do 1t ought to be ex-
cused. The handshake that has the
brotherhood of man in it is never out
of style with me. l like the hand that
is dependable, that will STAY by you
when it is needed. The glad handler is
always good hearted and frank and
his Cod bless-you handshake beats
the verbal expression of that sentiment
to death.
Il does not seem as if it ought to
take a million suns more brilliant than
the sun Of this system of planets to
make a milky way" That belt OF
light we see at night was not thought
to be a path in which suns and other
planetary systems travelled in such
numbers, or a celestial highway for
worlds. How the stars have multiplied
in these later days. The Pleiades were
stars--then the naked eye improved
so that eleven could be counted; and
then came the camera which disclosed
that there were 1400 stars in that one
group. We do not know how many
stars there are in space. Some OF the
most famous astronomers say that
there are two million suns and five
there are planets in the formative peri
cd, planets in their vigor, and dead
and dark planets innumeraole. The
works of the Creator are fast finding
out, and man has done well to make
this fact clear to his mind.
II was Theodore Roosevelt who said:
Il desire to see in this country the
decent men strong and the strong men
decent and until we get that combina
ton in pretty good Shape we are not
going to be by any means as success
full as we should be-" We all recog-
nize that this would be a first class
working combination, one that could
only operate for the good of the COM
munity and the good of the country.
1t is concept which many will say
is not practical when really they are
not equipped to make it so. Many
things are ranked as theories by those
who are not capable of recognizing that
they are utilities. Where the practical
begins and ends in this world is past
finding out 1t makes a difference
whether you retire from business or
business retires from you, but some
are too dull to realize this, as clear as
1t is. With all decent men strong and
all. strong men decent we should have
a revolution without bloodshed right
away.
Seeing the hummins birds about
again reminds me that a few people |
have found pleasure in tanning them.
knew an invalid lady who every sum-
mer used to make humming birds her
companions. She used to lure them to
her room with bouquets Of bright and
fragrant flowers and then keep them in |
great gauze cage, and at times let |
them fly about the room and feast upon |
the nectar Of fresh flowers which were |
brought daily to her room. She used |
to feed them with a syrup made of |
sugar and water, and they used to |
thrive the whole season. She knew |
when they migrated and in late August |
would let them escape and go with the |
fiocks to the tropics for the winter. |
She was familiar with their calls and |
their love notes and found abundant |
pleasure in the study of their habits. |
Think of these delicate little creatures |
gathering MOSES and weaving them |
into nest not bigger than a crab |
apple with the finest Of spiders webs. |
fleece lined and so neat as to be |
among bird-woven nests the wonder. |
They are bold little fellows and ven /
ture near to people in their search |
among the balms and other flowers |
for honey.
A woman we'll along in years said |
to me several years ago: I'm told |
you're the man who talks, and I like !
to read your column, but believe on |
some OF those topics l can outtalk |
youi" The man who talks does not |
disclose his identity by saying You |
do me great honor, thank you,'' or nice
little things like that. Flattery doesn't
make him open any more than il does