The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-30
new YEARS
HAIR SPLITTING.
Difference Between Resolutions
and Good Intentions.
IN I'D you make any New Years
resolutions, Johnny?" asked
the cashier as the bill clerk


returned from his locker.
what do you take me for?" asked
the bill clerk. cit may be necessary
for you, but don't quite see what Eve
got to make resolutions against"
Il beg your pardon" said the cash
Ter. "As usual, spoke in haste and
unthinkingly. New Years resolutions
are for imperfect and weak wiIled per-
sons like me. Not for YOU"
I've made EN-, all the same"
"Then originally you had faults?"
Zone or two little blemishcs, per-
haps." admitted the bill clerk. 'One
time swore off smoking cigarettes"
Some people might regard that as
n blemish,' said the cashier
II guess kept to 1t for about three
weeks said the bill clerk, land that
was doing pretty darned well, too.
Most Of them don't last that long. II
always makes me a little weary to
hear fellow say: No, amt taking
any. thank you. I've sworn off, and
Pm not going to begin again. In a
day or two you'll see him lining up in
the same old way at the same old
place, and that's all there is to IT,
ut Is only too often the case, fear"
sighed the cashier.
BILLY Manchip has sworn off from
cussing," said the bill clerk, with an
amused smile. II came in through
the alley. and he had three fellows
loading for him, and they were han
ding the cases as If they were going
to sleep when Billy came out. OK
pected to hear something rich and
fancy. but except that he kind Of slut
tered when he came to the places
where the ornamental words would
have fitted you'd have thought he was
talking to Sunday school class. l
said to him, What's the matter, Billy?'
Its just a fool habit, swearing
says Billy. I've sworn off,
I'm give him just about one week"
continued the bill clerk. "Say, the
walking in hades ought to be good by
this time. don't think ought to do
anything to make it better, do you?"
There's difference between inten-
tons and resolutions" said the cashier.
A good intention is all right, but ii
needs resolution Oh top Of it to make
it stick. You may intend to quit going
into debt for things you could do with.
out, and you may intend to get around
to the Office on time and put a little
more ginger into your work when you
do get there. You may intend to be O
little more deferential in your manner
toward your elders and superiors in
the office and to take good advice when
your elders and superiors give it t.
you, but hothing's likely to come OF
intending. When you resolve-when
you say to yourself, 4 am going to dc
this OF, From this time on I'm no,
going to do that then there's some
hope for you"
You think it's all right, them que.
ried the bill clerk.
Its good thing to make a rcsolu
ton to do better any time" said the
cashier. Its bad to break it, but It's
better to make it and break it than no
to make it at all. If Billy can keep 8
clean mouth for week it will be bet
ter than nothing, and he may las
longer. If you stopped filling your
lungs with cigarette smoke for tire.
weeks you're that three weeks to thu
good"
THANK you for this little lesson
said the bill clerk gratefully. "Hov
about taking up your employers tim'
shooting off that everlasting slack jaw
of yours ?"-Chicago News.