The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-07-22
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THE HOUSE UPSIDE DOWN.

times. The crowd ran yelling the ac-
cusation through the ST. let's of Thes-
salonica. But it was sin. not PAU.
that had turned the word upside
down. He was trIsling it riSht side
up. It's according to your point of
view. The Chinese begin to read at
the end of the line and Mt the bottom
of the page. The bat hangs upside
down and laughs at a topsy turvy
world. The skeptic stands on his head
intellectually and says, See me hold
up the worldr' The world smiles.
but the skeptic still argues. Remem-
Der the House Upside Down" on the
midway at the Buffalo Pan-American
exposition? Carpets. rugs. chairs. ia.
bles, dishes. were on the ceiling Wall
paper and pictures on the wall were
upside down. Finally you got con-
fused and you couldn't tell whether
twas the house or YOU that was up
side down. You felt that you were
walking. fiy-like. head down from the
ceiling.
The truth is this is topsy turvy
world. One man saving 70 build a
house. another selling below cost.
Ones fighting for justice, another fee
ing from 1t. One man spending mon
ey for flowers for woman, his neigh
Dor spending money for divorce. One
mans ut the drug store for medicine
to prolong life; another's buying poi
son to end his. Thousands come into
the world upside down and always
continue so. They are human crabs
ever going backward. Society is life
upside down. The world started right,
but Satan, Archimedes-like, got his
lever under it and with sin turned It
upside down. Paradise turned to per-
dition, heaven to hell. Christ comes
and with the lever Of the cross turns
It right side up. Life is house With
many it is upside down Heredity, en-
vironment, education, indigestion, false
standards, have put us wrong. Things
are distorted, misplaced, untrue.
Ground Floor.
Kitchens on this floor. To get
along with a man feed the bruter
says the cynical woman. Foods fuel
castings not always duty. Feast
ing's not always sin. Sometimes
HASTINGS n sin and feasting a duty
John tasted. Jesus feasted. Girls a
school are taught calculus, but mo-
cooking. In the coal regions of my
state they say "strikes are caused b!
bad cooking" In lumber camp wher
men saw wood they get dinner with
can opener and a coffeepot. Brides hat
better not cook that way If the wood o
the desk IS the only lumber their hus
bands see. Many a Kitchens upsid
down. Smile in the dining room. AS
a blessing, but don't cant. There's
kind of piety that's a disease Of tn
liver. No gossip. no snarling, at you
table. A hearty laugh may do a
much good as Oolong or Java. tender
loln or outlet Parlor's on this floor
It's artificial. superficial and shallow
In 1t we act like puppets and dres
like dolls Secretly we hate the pal
Tor. We keep it dark, stiff and forma
children" calls mother, keep out o
the parlor. You'll break something"'
>cping rooms are on this fool
Third of our. lives are passed there
When you reach threescore and tie
you'll have spent nearly twenty-fiv
= years there. Babyhood and childhoo
, mean much sleep. Bedrooms upsid
DOWN." Sometimes. Either barre
as a barn or formal as a funeral. Ma
has to figure out those pink log ri
lows-to he silent on or used rs n hal
ricade for the door? Is the crazy quil
coverlet or an ornament? Best slice
I ever had was when as a college DO
. I went preaching in the country. Bis
> well ventilated room, whitewashe
= walls. After | had said "Now la
. me" a dear old fashioned, motherl
woman came to tuck me In bed, pu
hot bricks 10 my feet and prayed tina
God would bless the poor preache
! boy. That night slept the sleep @
t childhood. On this floor in the fror
s room with the big bay window is tn
, sitting room-no, living room, I meal
That's the room Here's where yo
are yourself. where You play with III
children. where you read the Bib
and have family prayers. Make tn
, living room of life right
The Attic.
Except We become converted and {
3 little children" said Christ Remen
Der that third story attic room in 20,
L old home? Children multiplied. Trul
t die beds were added. Then we wei
a packed to bed up in the attic under II
p" caves. There we heard the PATTERN
rain upon the roof. There we saw Il
twinkling of the stars at night. The
wove themselves into poetry ar
dreams. There in the cedar chest W;
grandmother wedding dress. She WI
s but sixteen then. Yonder hung gran
o fathers Revolutionary sword. How
= used to CLEAN in the moonlight. TIL
II was the place for dreamsl The fir
GRANGE of the lilacs and roses came