The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-04-03
CURBSTONE Chat
SOME THOUGHTS FOR YOUNG
AND OLD TO DIGEST.
As Dotted Down By Scribbler Who
Loves to Give Advice to People
Generally.
Generally.

Generally.
The way to get the very best that
there is in people is to give them your
best
Home is where mother lives. And
whether you be prince or peasant, one
of the sweetest spots on earth is the
abode OF your mother.
Wisdom and judgment are not al
together the prerogatives of age.
Some persons have more common
sense at twenty-one than others will
acquire in lifetime.
Political campaigns are ever pro-
life Of prophets and the fact that
majority Of them are proven to be
false prophets each succeeding cam
paign does not deter them from boast
ing, whenever they espouse the cause
of candidate that their man will
wipe up the earth" with the other
fellow.
He who mistakes disappointment
Cor pleasure knows not what real
pleasure is. There is an excitement
about many kinds Of dissipation
which is apt to bring about fascina-
ton and infatuation, which is some
times miscalled pleasure, but 1t is
only dregs and at the end is sure to
leave bitter taste.
One reason why so many girls and
boys, men and women, too, are un-
interesting, is because they try so
hard to be like somebody else rather
than be content to remain himself or
herself in life. In nature you don't
see an oak posing as willow, or
black duck as yellow leg, or horse
as COW, or a lily as q rose, or a
lilac as peony, or dog as cat.
Be natural and You'll be all right.
A true lady is as much lady wash
ing her dinner dishes, preparing tbs
vegetables for dinner, cleaning lamps
and scrubbing floors, as when she is
bending over her embroidery frame
or easel in the pleasant sitting room.
II she is so fortunate as to possess q
servant she will use refined language
and as gentle voice in speaking to
her as she uses in her reception room
entertaining the most cultured among
her friends.
How much better is plain, quiet
Christian home where all is peace and
cordiality, the neighbors heartily well
come to come and go at will, and
freed from the pestering, senseless
conventionalities of fashionable life!
Why should our earthly life which at
best cannot continue hundred years
be fretted and burdened and worn out
prematurely by vain efforts to ape the
manners of the idle, irreligious, self
seeking, rich devotee of pleasure?
The generous and polite man has
pleasant recognition and cheerful
word for all he meets. He scatters
sunbeams wherever he goes. He
paves the path Of others with smiles.
He makes society seem genial and the
world delightful to those who else
would find them Geld, selfish and for
lcrn. And what he gives is but a
1.-THE of what he receives. Be socia-
Bile, then, wherever you go, and wrap
your lightest words in tones that are
sweet and a spirit that is genial.
AS birds sing oftener on lowly
roofs than palace domes, and roses
love best to climb Ger lowly window
sills and cottage caves, so to the poor
Gods blessings come, freighted with
dearest wealth, and to the humble
heart His love is sweetest. They who
have oftenest bowed to earth with
deep Affections are nearest heaven;
and as the rose never gives forth all
it's sweetness until it is crushed, so
human hearts need the good Fathers
hand to press the blossoms Of purity,
and love and faith, that He may not
have impaired to them their heavenly
fragrance in vain.
In almost every neighborhood there
are invalids, and so accustomed are
we to their being sick that we may
oftentimes seem Indifferent to their
suffering and confinement. But to
them it never grows old, and much is
the good, right here, that We can do.
Many and varied are the ways we can
help them, these unfortunate ones.
in fact, anything which We may do
for them in love, will be sure to be
appreciated and will be seed sown in
good ground A bunch Of flowers,
new book or magazine, a dainty NOR
sci from our table, all OF these are
trifes, but may brighten up their
dreary lives; and then We should visit
them. or if they live at distance we
should write them a tender, sympa-
thetic, though cheerful letter.
SHORT CIRCUITED MOTOR.