The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-30
EVENING CHAT
BY RUTH CAMERON.

One of my letter friends. who was par
ticularly interested in the talk about
Gods delivery horses" has sent me a
most interesting little document along
This document was issued by authority
OF the police department of New York
and has been published in several cities.
do not think it can be published too
widely too often.
If you haven't seen it yet, I'm sure
you IL IND in 1t much food for thought,
in regard to mans best animal friend.
If you have seen it before look it over
again. It's worth it.
HORSES PRAYER TO HIS MASTER.
Feed me, water and care for me, and
when the days work is done provide me
wide enough for me to lie down in com
fort. Talk to me. Your voice often
means as much to me a the reins. Pat
me sometimes, that l may serve you the
more gladly and learn to love you. Do
not jerk the reins and do not whip me
when going up hill. Never strike, beat or
kick me when / do not understand what
you want, but give me chance to under
stand you. Watch me, and if fail to do
your bidding. see if something IS not
wrong with my harness or feet.
Examine my teeth when l do not eat /
may have an liberated tooth, and that,
you know, is very painful. Do not tie
my head in unnatural position. or
take away my best defense against flies
and mosquitoes by cutting off my tail
And finally, o my master, when my
useful strength is gone, do not turn me ne
some cruel owner to be slowly tortured
and starved to death; but do thou. my
master, take my life in the kindest way;
and your God will reward you here and
hereafter. You will not consider me r.
reverent if ask this in the name of Him
who was born in stable. Amen!
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well. Miss Cameron. you must be just
about perfect. YOU write against so many
faults,'' a woman said to me the other
Althousb she was polite enough to say
you must be about perfect, was
bright enough to know that she meant
you must think you are about perfect
Just about once in so often, personal
friends or letter friends present this point
of view to me-that by talking against
so many faults, / seem to set InyselI on
a pedestal, and feel as if ] must say a
word for myself in this matter
Dear friends-near and far.n you
please I do not mean to imply that do
not possess a fault when ] inveigh against
it Quite the contrary For III tell you
a secret-half the time when diagnose
a fault successfully and inve1sh against
it bitterly, / can do so because the fault
is right in my own heart and life You
see having it at such close quarters
gives me both the ability to understand it
Thoroughly, and the reason to hate 1t
bitterly Half the time it is myself more
than any one else whom am censur-
And now that I've made this most hu-
initiating confession, you viii reward me
by never thinking me pris again. won
you?
A little girl went into an unlighted room
to get something, and stood for a moment
gazing intently into the darkest corner
whats the matter" said big sister,
Who had followed her ''are you afraid of
INV no. said the little girl, who had
reached the mature age of ten I'm too
old for that. But I always look into the
darkest corner once. cause tnen every
thing else looks real light.
I wonder if the little girl will take her
philosophy of looking into the darkest
corner into her grown-up me with ner-
7 wonder if she will realize the analogy
For it seems to me there is one
Look once at the dark corner, make
Yourself face and be prepared for the
least cheerful possibility, and then turn
your back on the darkness and look
towards the bright side, and see how very
pared for the worst but look for the best
Don't you think that philosophy would
be as good for life as for dark roomsE