Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-19


and constructors OF their own hclI
would ask all thoughtless fools before
IL Ia too late to read and study the
fools prayer by Edwin Roland Sill
Cor I VIII read II for you when We
meet.) Man through his own undo
ing becomes more thing In human
shape walking about. yet dead.
WHY
why does an ass prefer thistIes to
grass.
Is a puzzle to many no doubt
But the answer comes swift as a flash
from the skies.
And II It's not witty. 1t is not unwIee,
The brute turns away with contempt
from tho grass.
| For the plain simple reason. be-
cause he's an ass.
why does not the fool prefer virtue
to vice,
When one is so vile and the other
so nice.
The answer we find by the very same
rulo,
The fool prefers vice just because
hos q fool"
Whisky drinking Is needless and
useless, 1t creates an appetite and
mocks the meat 1t feeds upon. Card
playing for fun Is much ado about
nothing" it's leader towards hell
and waster of precious time. Gam
bling is getting something for nothing.
It ruins both the robber and tho rob
bed Smoking dcfiles the body and
takes away tho judging sense "and
to offend the smokers thinks 1t no Of
fcnse." Smoking Is the personifca-
tion OF selhshncss and an impure
source of bad odors.
In the play OF Hamlet. Shakes
peare puts these words into the mouth
of Polonius when giving advice to his
son:
true.
And It must follow as night the day.
Thou canst not then be false to any
man"
We say this Is my hand my coat.
my tie. my face. etc" We claim them
In the possessive case. Then what Is
the meaning of my or "I?" 1t
means the ego. the cosmos. the soul.
tho life. the God within. This is
the meaning of the phrase. "To thine
own self be true" 1t means that We
Will build a character. 1t means a
life of truth, of honesty. of virtue. Of
kindness and he1pfulness toward all
mankind. II means that we Will not
destroy our bodies by dissipation. 1t
means that we Will pity rather than
blame tho mistakes faults and frail-
ties growing out of the poor human
weakness. knowing all the time that
human intellectual life is a matter
of growth. of development.
ON THE STREET.
Boys-Never smoke cigarettes.
cigars OF pipes and imagine people
think you are clever, because they
just think to the contrary.
Never sit down on steps or curb
stones; IL you do, you advertise your
self as a loafer. and If you are not
one. It's the starting point.
Never walk with your hands in your
pockets, nor With your hat on the
back of your head. It'S-an indication
that you are q SLOUGH and a hoodlum.
Never stand on the corner over
five minutes. and then only when
absolutely necessary.
Never stand in the breadths it in
dicateS vulgarity and III breeding.
Never be ugly nor look ugly 1t
darkens the street and destroys the
sunlight In your soul.
Conscious strength assumes weak
attitudes. Conscious weakness as
sumes strong attitudes"
Be neat in your dress and always
be clean. II you have Whiskers. shave
them OFF.
Use good language, pronounce your
words correctly and speak loud
enough for people to hear you.
Salute your acquaintances and
friends with the warmest respect.
come easy.
Never bow to anyone because they
possess wealth 1t is mind and heart
that makes the man.
INDICATIONS OF MANHOOD:
He is respectful to everybody.
He never retains his seat In car.
when an old man or an old woman
is hanging to a strap.
He knows his mother is the queen
of earth. and is ever ready to aid.
comfort, cheer and protect her.
He is clean and tidy and never al
lows anybody to speak disrespectfully
OF any member of his flmily.
When absent. he never allows any,
thing to deter him from writing to
home and loved ones
He never picks a quarrel. but when
assailed. he is the yictoI.
He is ambitious and prompt in
school. He realizes that boyhood Is
the period of life to lag the founda-
ton for manhood.
He is fond of athletics and he plays
fair in every game.
He's generally a winner, but at tho.
same time he is a gooi loser.
He Is q boy but neertheless he Is
q gentleman,
character. the influence of which will
bless the generations yet unborn.
Character is higher than intellect lovo
or wealth. because It lirects the uses
of all three. knowleGe with chnrac-
ter Is everything. knowledge without
character is nothing. Tho purity of
love Is determined bycharacter. 1t is
the character behind wealth that de-
termines whether 1t hall be a curse
OF a blessing to soci6y. Character Is
the controlling force of human life,
True manly character may be likened
unto a beautiful marie statue. stand
Ing placid and firm amid the crash
Of worlds and the ;lamor of men.
proof against the blws OF tempta-
ton.
Noble is he who's moral strength
Boats down the wills of wrong.
Whose honest manhod uplifts man,
Whose brave life like a song.
The brave and stea6ast conqueror
or appetite and 81.
lie filings hopes sttely portal wide'
And bids the los como in"
And this is succ,s and true man.
lood.
DQIurIs ALTON