The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-13
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WORK, USEFUL AND
USELESS.
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MS WOIh, Hdlu AuohdS Nhily /
would say. Blessed Is the man who
has found his work and his wife" lie
has 20 stick mighty close to both, a /
Ion. time, and both must be- congcu- /
ial In order itr him TO succeed
Work is not necessarily labor. The |
lishtcst work If cougcuial and done /
through sclhshness aud Tor self g'ori. /
Gcation. Is the hardest labor. Heavy
work. douo we'll, and done, ,aft y AZ
lc1st. TO give other, pleasure and the
ncoessarics of life, is no labor mt al.
Eut the thought ! have In mind ia
that il l. NO. our regular work that
hurts us. but the extra. "Ntraord nary.
unnecessary labor that We have to 90
for having at some timo beon careless
or foolish. or which has been thrust
upon us 10y the unwilling hand or the
inviting brain of our friends aud
even our fami y Waste work cOmprc.
hends at least one half Of all WORK.
We DO so much work that not only
ayai,s MS nothing, bul actually adds
to the work that is necessary ana
must be- done. Review your lie the
Wcok Just passed and see how much
labor you performed that was useless
aud cyou hur'ul TO yourself ana
others.
Take Tie Life Of the housewife |
have no doubt ha't her work Is put
on her by the indinreuce OF tho "mcn
folks" and the carolcssness OF the
children. why. oycry time a man en-
tors his door. he will kick some mld
ON the floor. or drop his hat on the
sewing machine. or throw his coat on
the bed. or carefully place his rub.
bors in the middle OF the room. He Is
innocent In either case. for likely his
wife stra phtoIs things up after him,
never complaining I know by eNpe
liencc. You have a hundred times
sccu others disturb the baby when 1t
was happy and quite, and then 90
away leaving the poor mother the
task Of pacifying the little one. And
all tasks particular distasteful 10 all
others are left for the wife and moth
er She must throw down her REGULAR
work and run TO tasks that oJuc
| through tho carelessuoss or indifrcr-
once OF others
Clerks and merchants do not mind
something. what veXes and shortens
their lives arc the id.e and the curious
visitor who merely tears down ana
looks around
We must work, It's true. The world
works. The earth is on the move all
the time: tho planets are ever active,
doing only their necessary part, aud
", have the music Of the spheres.
ii every man did his part aud only
his part, We would have the music of
iiic
My Father Vorkoth hijhcrto Hnd
work" said the Son. II you be,
You do. If your are good, You DO
good \ good life is not merely good
state of being In religion, work ard
worship are the same.
Lire is too short within which 4" 30
much uso'css labor. We suffer much
because others viii not do their work
and do il we'll and do all of it; also
because they will do ours instead ot
their own Failing TO attend 10 their
own business. they spend their time
trying To attend to ours. Ia HON" ANA
| n in business, the tasks that tiro ana
! hurt arc those thrust on MS by Others
and hose made necessary through
our own udscretions, ar through the
s,ldshncss, thoughtfulness and ras-
4 cality of others.
b, But all useless things a." not 60 b.
- mt ont q, the world. In nature, "e
y sc. some useless mingled with inc
u useful, and there must be a certain
l. utility In a part OF the useless. There
i are. proportionatcly very few pian'
% tbat arc q mo use. There are JUS
Il enough thorns mingled with the flow
h ,rs to make tho flowers the more ap
pr,ciated There are som" 'arcs i
the wheat Just enough of useless t.
I max. IN, useful appreciated. But II
> nature the useless Is only a small pc
d cent Of the useful. We would h'
= Thankful! II the per cent of useI.s
work were as small. Life Is too shor
within which to do more Of the ns'
= los. than Of the useful or even a
IT. much
le EUGENE RAY.