Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1911-05-27
The MAN WHO TALKS

such a man, He knows enough, but
he is not a success" or, He applied
himself too closely and appears to have
no ability to use what he knows"
There are some things more valuable
than knowledge, and one of these is
the ability to make knowledge useful
and profitable. There are carpenters
who never get far in the uses of tools;
and painters who might know more of
the art or using brushes and thereby
increase their earning power by maxi
ing themselves more useful and in
greater demand; and this is so in ev-
cry trade and all kinds of business.
Men cannot make knowledge profitable
because they lack the power to apply
1t for the benefit or pleasure of others,
or for their own fortune or fame. Like
the color blind, they are physically
defective; they can neither see the
values in knowledge. nor properly ap-
ply them; hence. what makes knowl-
edge is not knowledge itself, but skill
or genius to effectively use it. To
one lacking this faculty knowledge is
of but little use.
May is the one month of the year
when we can actually see things grow.
There are the peonies a foot and a halt
high and every inch of them has
grown since the month opened, which
shows they have made nearly an inch
a day. And it is with bachelors
buttons, the rhubarb, and many other
things in the garden. May is also the
month of tender and variegated green
foliage; and how the green of the
grass, the green of the winter wheat,
of the naples, of the elms, the oaks,
and other trees blend and change from
day to day in the May landscape; and
how the deep greens of the spruces,
pines and cedars which have been
sheltering birds and insects all winter
contrast with the newer and brighter
greens in their infancy. When we I'M
derstand Nature enough we may look
out with Macdonald and see the holy
spirit of the spring working silently" /
and miraculously. No picture upon
pictures of Nature which take on new
beauties every hour; and the finest
of these are seen in May.
The average man has been found
and studied, for we are told "he has
but three ambitions: The first is to
get rich; and the other two are to get
richer Some of us have known a
few men who lent themselves to piling
UP a fortune for some one else to
spend: and we have lived to see that
it was not spent in the way the ac
cumulator would liked to have had it;
in fact it did more harm than good.
Money may be "the root of all evil"
and il is. Also the root that makes the
rooter for it all hog before he gets
men roofing for it than for any other
thing under the sun. The little boy
who had not been taught that self
preservation was the first law of ma
ture was not to blame for having
thought money making was the chief
end of man. Fielding stated q pierre
ing truth when he said. make money
your Sod, and 1t will plague you like
the DEVIL" and Oliver Wendell Holmes
was right when he wrote: Put not
your trust in money; but your money in
trust" The use of money is all the
advantage there is in having it.
The grass widow who said that at
is easier to catch a husband than it is
TO lose him after may have spoken
from experience. OF just imagined it.
1t is apparent enough that in ability
there is a great deal of difference in
grass widows; and some of them can
lose a husband about az suddenly as
they can catch one. The grass widow
is no joke, although she is popular
with the funny paragraph makers as
the mother-in- law. 1t is conceded
that she can give the summer girl
points in manipulation or Irritation.
She does not need a chaperone, and if
she is a good average for looks and
ability she has no trouble in getting a
press agent Some of them, like Lii
liam Russell, have lost a husband so
suddenly that he did not leave a ripple
behind; and few of them have
caught a husband so much like them
selves that they could not lose him.
The matter of catching or losing a
husband depends upon the sincerity or
lack of it in both. The grass widow,
like the wise statesman, should be
careful how she talks for publication.
There are few people in the world
who haven't time to worry, and just
as likely as not, neither you nor l can
name one of them 1t is a good idea
to make this the eleventh command
ment in life, and then honor it Put
the lid down tight on your worries.
Sit on it, then smile" You will find
this like the other commandments,
much easier to memoriZe than to obey.
1t would be evidence of human nature
If the author of it never practiced it
in his life. The reason good advice is
much more common than a good ex-
around and does not need have to be
worked out. We all recognize this
truth so readily that it does not take
any argument to prove it. We all
know that it does not pay to worry;
and those guilty of the habit usually
claim that they cannot help worrying
which is evidence that they have not
concentration enough to do it. People
who do not worry are referred to as
being easy go-lucky, which is an
OlQ NNDHeIldIeu pIlTdSe WHICH SldnuS
for shiftlessness, although it takes
masterful resolution to sit on the lid,
and then SMILE
"The way to have our expectations
come true is not to have any says a
short paragrapher. He is right, for
more than half the expectations of life
are children of the Imagination and
they are the cause of no end of diff
Guilty and disappointment. The fact is,
our conceits give birth to more ex-
pectations than our deserts: and there
is no sense in half of them. 1t is
philosopher who asks himself
why he should expect anything from
anybody Some people expect favors
through friendship; and some expect
consideration or respect because of
family distinction and some expect
compliments because they are con-
scious of having done some thing we'll;
and some expect special thanks be
cause they have promoted the inter
est of some one. and very few of these
expectations ever mature. Expecting
praise, or thanks, or recognition or
additional reward under any circum-
stances is a discouraging habit. 1t is
pleasanter to receive good things I'M
expectedly and to feel the joy that
comes with them.
Since the 18th of the month the
house wrens have been making the
garden ring with their g1eeful songs,
and ! must confess I am fond of these