The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-04-14
WOMEN'S COLUMN.
The Believer.

That il is not 900u TO lie,
That love is better than spite,
And a neighbor than II spy;
know that passion needs
The leash of q sober mind;
l know that generous DEEDS
Some sure reward Will hnu'
That the rulers must oDey,
That the givers shall increase,
That duty lights the way
For the beautiful feet of peace;
In the darkest night of the year,
When the stars have all gone OUT
L know that / dare not rear,
That faith is better than doubt;
And fierce though the Hends may hgnl'
And long though the angels hide,
[ know that truth and right
Have the universe on their SIDE;
And that somewhere beyond the stars
Is a love that is better than fate:
When the nights unlocks her bars
shall see him-an1 / will walt.
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People That Are
Worth While Are Few.
HE is one of the people who makes
life worth while"
This is not an epitaph, though it has
its earmarks, and though mortal could
not wish for a better one. 1t is the
verdict of a young woman concerning a
middle-aged man; and it was a verdlct
so complete and so perfect that those
who heard it kept the saying IN their
hearts and pondered over it. And as
they pondered it came to them with a
sort of dull reality how few travellers one
meets in the journey OF life who really
make life worth while; how few are re-
moved from the stigma of being what
Stevenson calls Smiling images, pushed
from behind;' and how few are really
able or willing to drop the commonplace
and the small change of daily formall-
ties for an actual exchange of soul recog-
milton.
Armed at every point and with visor
down we parry and thrust with those
we meet along the way, and IT here
and there and now and then we over
take one who is willing to drop his sword
and raise his visor we greet him as
cemrade and friend. and say of him,
He is the sort of person who makes
life worth while"
In the rush and hustle Of city life one
has innumerable opportunities for ac-
quaintances, but precious few for friends
and friendship; and if it is possible to
find among the acquaintance an excep-
tional one or two who, when evening
comes, and you glance back over the
days doings, can give you the feeling
that something pleasant and interesting
has come to you during the busy hours,
YOU can say to yourself that these are
the people who make life worth while.
The worthwhile people are not always
brilliant or even clever, but they are al
ways understanding and they are usually
full of enthusiasm about life In general
or some of it's specialized interests. They
have enough enthusiasm to spare a little
to the person they happen to be talking
to who goes out of their presence feeling
as if life had somehow opened a new Wis
ia and a fresh outlook.
Above all, the worthwhile people are
responsive. They are not so carried
away by their own interests or anxieties
as not to be interested in you and yours.
For the time being, as least, they make
YOU pleasure their pleasure, and your
trouble their trouble till the pleasure is
doubled and the trouble diminished by
their generous share in it. Somehow
they manage to give you a new light
upon your life and its affairs, not by
prylng into them, but by the example or
a broad outlook, or a manly acceptance
of what Fate sends.
Sometimes we meet these worthwhile
people between the covers of a book.
The real Mrs. Wigs, with her almost
~aggravating optimism and her habit of
making light of troubles of all kinds, IS
a worthwhile person. The little waif in
THE Dawn of a Tomorrow forces one,
by her exaggerated cheerfulness. to be
kindly disposed toward life. Col. New
come, with his odd mixture Of worldli-
ness and innocense, and his beautiful
faith in the goodness of others, is very
one, in fact, within a book or without,
who can and does lift the pail of the
usual and commonplace from life and let
in a little CLEAN of the ideal is worth
while and worth cultivating.
I've known that man all my life, and
| never knew he had a soul till his child
died." was what the mans family physi-
clan said Of him. HE was the average
routine business man, hard as nails, ask
ing and giving no tayors, living to make
a living, caring nothing for any side of
life that did not touch in some way upon
his business, and Of a sudden, when fate
overlook him and demanded the thing
that he loved best, he seemed to develop
a soul. You can't look into that mans
face now and see any u~nresponsiveness
to suffering. He is as eager to meet
people half way as he used to be to shun
them unless he could do business with
them. It's strange to what lengths fate
will go sometimes to make a man worth
while to the community and to his
friends
But why wait for fate to accomplish
what can be accomplished without fate?
1t isn't easy TO be a worthwhile person,
but it certainly pays to make the at
tempt; 1t pays not only in the interest
the world will ave in you and it's Int
suaI eagerness to know and learn of you,
but, what is quite as important, it pays
in the interest you will take in being of
interest to others.-Cally Ryland in Elk
change.
-Oto-
One Way to Success.
"But surely you're not going to work
any more tonight?"
She nodded.
"And you have worked almost all
day?"
yes"
81 can't understand your ability to
keep at it as you do. When I've worked
up to about 3 or 4 o'clock, my conscience
is clear. I feel that I have done suf-
ficient work for one day, and I STOP
She smiled. eyes. I know. That's
why ! keep on"
why do o keep on? Because 1
stop?'
That's where I advance-get beyond
you"
But you're not competing with mes
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