Abilene weekly reflector., 1913-01-30

tious that he teels as. though ne
hadn't earned his money unless ne
grinds away for seventy minutes.
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Even the school Of experience mas
pupils in it that never got out OF
the primer class.
once knew a young lady VINO
studied two weeks before she pick
cd out a hat. But 1t only took her
two days to decide, on husband
Another mistake nature made was
In fixing things so that man cant
get rid of his weight as easily as ne
can his money.
All of us worry too much. 90.
Now this is the, time of the year
when. my underwear causes my hair
70 turn a shade grayer and addition
al crowsfeet to show up on my iace'
No suit of underwear was ever made
! that would fit all over. That's wnat
have said a million times. But !
was mistaken. A friend who had reau
some of my spasms Of grief on the
underwear question sent 1t to me-
NV friend had not seen me since
the days we gamboled together IN
the school yard and his ideas OF my
nreseut architectural perfections are
a little imperfect. There was q time
when 1t would have filled the Dill
hut this is progressive age. Neitn-
pr have a ten-year-old son-to whom
can give the suit. That Is the
reason I am willing to hedge lit
tIe ON the underwear fit question
That suit would have done the busi-
ness, providing that tickle nature
wasn't so prone to build bax winr
dows and other physical adornments
that do no earthly good. But uPder-
stand we'll the concession that
make. That is the only suit ever
made that would fit all over.
| "Brother Philander,". vaid to
our head deacon the other day. dlO
YOU ever put in much time studyine
| the miracles OF the bible?' mo"
replied the old fellow In business
| like tone, "as church treasurer II
keeps me too busy getting in enough
money to pay the preacher ana cur
rent expenses"
4 The woman you noticed running
i the lawn mower the, past summer
a and rakfng off the front yard-she
Il a the one you WIN notice now every
evening carrying bucket of coal In
| to the kitchen along just before
dusk
old Bill shiftless is talking poll
tics again a whole lot and blowine
about how he carried the county
for wilson and made the landslide
overi the country possible. All thf
n neighbors know what it means. Bill
q ia going to try and land a. job al
sergeant-at-arms in the Legislature
this year. Bill won't land and then
he will begin to, fight Wilson anc
all the other Democrats.
didn't make any New Years
resolutions. Time has shown me
that they break just as easily at any
other time of the year and car
get at them sooner.
Love your neighbor as yourself
brother. but use a little judgment
about the sex, time, place, etc.
saw a line in the Atchison Globe
J the other day that read like this;
"A little walk down to the cemetery
may give the conceited one better
line on his own Importance" Does
It strike you, young man, what
wonderful sermon is contained IN
that little sentence? If 1t fails tt
: impress you just put II into practi'
4 cal operation. You will notice
faint lettering on some modest lit
! tie stone in an obscure part Of ths
silent city. You viii not recall who
It is that sleeps there from the in
scription. But ask one Of the oldeI
citizens. He viii tell the time wal
, when the whole country bowed t.
| the man who rests there; he viii