Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-01-28
WOMEN'S COLUMN,
The Land Of Yesterday.

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The Land of Yesterday.
Would you not seek the country town
Amid green meadows nestled down
Il yoa c0uia 0nly find the way
Into the Land of Yesterday
How you would thrust the miles aside.
Rush ~ the dear old country lane. and
Just we her roses laughed in pride,
Find her among the flowers again
You'd IN IN quietly and wait
Until She saw YOU by the gate.
And tEeh read through "a blur OF
Quick PARDON for the selfish years.
For that brief wire thar said, Too Iafn'..-
ii yau e9nid only find the way
Into ti1e Land of Yesterday
You wonder if her roses vet
l.ft up their heads and laugh with pride
And II Der phioX and mignonette
You wonder if the dear Old lane
Still chirps with robins after rain
And If the birds and banded bees
still rob her early cherry trees
You wonder if you went back now
How everything would seem, and how
But no not now; there is no way
Back to the Land of YESTERDAY
Don Marquis in Putnam's Magazine.
1910.
Our future is made by purpose and
by chance. Daily we pass into an undis-
covered country. Daily we try in vain
to guess what that undiscovered country
holds: what of alluremrut what of
dread, 1t is only in fable that men or
witches look into the seeds of time, and
say which grain will grow; or read the
book of fate and see the continent melt
into the sea. Shakespeare never wea
ried of the subject-the fascination of
the unknown, and how unknown indeed
it IS. 80 much does the unexpected
weigh, that a wise man can see in def
mite prophesy but little further than a
fool; The advantage of wisdom is not
in forecast, but living wisely now pre-
pares for living wisely to the end;
Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all
her paths are peace.
We cannot penetrate the unseen. but
we can greet it with a cheer Better
than that. we can welcome it with readi-
ness and understanding. There is enough,
at least, for inspiration, in the saying
of old Sam johnson, that the future is
purchased by the present. 1t is true
sufficiently 10 make effort, hope and
faith the better course. We know the
world, with all its woe, grows happier;
with all its ignorance, more enlightened
with all its error, more virtuOus and
just, and in this painful, slow, and
steady progress we know that each of
us can heir. One contributes policy, in
yention, knowledge; another, barred
these great factors, can bring at least
fortltude. JOY, or abnegatlon. To none
is denied
That best portion of a good mans life,
His little, nameess aforementioned acts
L Of
Golfers Weekly.
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Some Good Will Remain.
There is only one royal way and that
is TO make them all over, then break
them all over. If little bit sticks each
new year perhaps in the long run you
have a resolution worth showing.
1t only takes a little good at the
time to bring about results eventually.
The mere fact of making new year reso-
buttons. OF encouraging the desire, of
taking time to think over and perhaps
to write them out; the mere willingness
to give the motion q hearing, to fit a new
penpoint into the holder to replenish the
ink well and to inscribe the proper date
in the diary, or on Christmas stationery,
augurs well for a grip on yourself. 1t
is the individual who starts, who takes
the first step, who makes the beginning,
that Is entitled to respect. Nothing is
ever accomplished by a don't care" in
ertness.
Pen your resolutions Some of them
will stuck. One good resolution might
be to make the attempt toward the
worthy deal that has dominated the life.
No life is so impoverished, but that 1T
holds an inner shrine where some worthy
purpose or some true object or excellent
desire is cherished. But some natures
are too timid to struggle toward the
light that dimly emanates from the altar,
and in establishment or self-effacement
they kneel in the outer darkness and
admire and worship afar off.
Suppose you make a resolution to take
a step nearer no matter the seemingly
impossibility Of a furthes advance, 1t
is almost always possible to take one
step. Even one step a year will in the
end cover considerable distance. Make
a resolution concerning the first step
in attainment.
Is it a small home you wish eyentu-
ally to own for yourself and dear ones
A resolution then and pinned down fast
with the first deposit, even though the
deposit be but a one dollar greenback.
Is it an education? Again, a terse plain
resolution to that effect and a piece OF
silver to weight down the statement
Is it material advances? Then a resOlu-
ton to take the first step no matter
how difficult. Ask for the better job,
find a way of securing a hearing, let
no opportunity of honorably inching
ahead escape.
Or. is it to do the great thing of the
life. the invention, the working out OF
the plot, the achievement that as a
dream has dominated the life? Make
the start. 1t is the chance of your
life. Make the start and the best way
to make the start is to put your inten-
ton down in black and white.
1t is a popular fallacy that new year
resolutions belong exclusively to the bac-
chanalian class. No such thing. Make
the resolution to achieve, to attain, to
bring your noble ideals into closer range
Make resolutions to improve the indi-
vidaal qualities, to curb the temper, to
grow in grace to develop in the kindly
traits that bring good cheer to fellow
beings. Make your resolutions, make
them all over each New Years even
though you apparently break them al
over. Some good will remain.-By Cara
Reese in Exchange.