Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-12
TIE MAN WHO TALKS

woman behind the broom. She has been keeping the home free from dust and germs and flies for untold ages and adding to the strength and efficiency of both the man behind the gun. We prate a good deal about skilled labor, but by our classiflcations show we do not recognize the real thing of merit more than half the time. The world recognizes that the genius of woman centers upon the1 l hairpin, for with it she can pick a l lock, button her boots, pull a tooth, get cork out of bottles or get g cord through the broom handle. The woman behind the broom can beat 1 the dust out of a carpet or knock down an insolent tramp with it, if the rolling pin is not handy. She sweeps the dirt from the door that is all the 1 time coming in at the window. Shel meets the serge of dust, disease and death with this thing of straw and actually triumphS. It has been said "the best part of going away is the coming home.
 Those who have not been lar rom home never realize all there is of feel ing and fellowship in that one word The wanderer abroad when he meets an American grssps him by the hand with a feeling of cornradesship that thrills them both. In a distanE state l if we 1Sleet a man from Connecticut
 we greet him with a brotheriy cordial l ity. How that word home broadens tol an absent one--it covers continent or it covers state as circumstance may dictate; and yet primarily itI i brings us to the plot and the hut 1 among the hills where the gentle-yoic- ed mother presides and the voice of the kine is heard echoinE between the hills. A group of men make an en- eanpment, but it takes a mother and | a home, where love ahides and inno- cence prattles. When a. traveller re- turns from abroad, when a mariner returns from sea, when g, soldier re-
 turns from war how the sight of the hurnblest abode thrills him with love and joy, and he feels that home is | the spot of earth supremely blest, a l dearer, Sweeter spot than all the rest.
 How we go ziz-zassins through the world making a living and a reputa- ton. It makes no difference about the 1 divine warning: Judge not lest ye be l judged" we go right on judging and misjudging one another. If you do not | make money you are not a success and 1 if you do make it you may be an op- a bloated bondholder. If you do
 not inherit money you belong to the needy poor, and if you do you belong
 to the idle rich If you go to church and think you are a Christian some
 one discovers you are a hippoerite; and if you don't go to church you are a heathen, or a nobody; and if you go to the saloon your are a bum If I you do as your father did it Isn't to kyour credit; and if you do as you have
 a mind to you are an odd stick. If tyou do not travel with a particular
 crowd you are not dependable as a I factor in religion or politics; and if you do not subscribe to and honor the
 union code you are scab. But you
 would better be all of these than to
 b. a goat.
 | This is what the Boy Scouts arc
 given as a slogan: t.Do a good turn every dayi" Do something that is practical and kindly! Don't dawdle !, away your time! Think of the public schools and private schools and Sun. day schools which have been engaged in teaching the children the past cen-
 tury without inspiring in the children
 one single, continuous practical pur- pose. The child prompted to blaze on memory's walls: Do a good turn every l day" has been rescued from half the perils which may menace him through , life. They are not taught to do a good
 turn for a future reward, but for the present satisfaction which kindIiness and unsehhsh endeavor always give rise to- The Boy Scouts have proven to be wonderful organization because 5 of their usefulness in the daily walks
 of life. The Boy Scouts of England are daily doing kindly turns which are
 a real help to the government, and the
 Boy Scouts of America are daily doine , good turns which give prestige to the order and give promise of a broader
 and better citizenship.
 3 Do not take too much pride in your ! independence of character. We do mol become conscious enough of the Iimits
 set by nature upon our rights. We
 cannot be independent because nature ] has decreed we. shall be interdepend-
 ent. It has been truthfully said: 'fNc
 man has right to do as he pleases
 unless he pleases to do right!'' It is
 association and exchange that tell fol progress, not independence. Our free. ? dom from obligations to others de.
 bends upon the snalIuess of our wants
 The declaration Man wants but little here below. but wants that little long,
 is fine bit of irony, for he wants al
 he can get and does not always care
 how he gets it. The most independent
 life is supposed to be that of tht = neighbors more? The man who il
 bright enough to depend upon his wit. has to depend upon the witless for hi: D success very often. I imagine not d few people mistake indifference for in
 pendence-indifferenc never has al
 eye for the true thing, hence it is tn,
 father of deception. If we are inde pendent enough not to be absolutel, dependent we have achieved about al s the independence there is insthe world
 The measure of fool is not alway g his lack 2" knowledge, for the use O . knowledge oftener discloses him
 Young says: Men may live fools, bu . fools they cannot die" This may b
 because most of them die vagrants
 There are as many kinds of fools a Il there are visible stars in the heavens - "The fool who finds some greater foc z to admire him. has to be recognize
 as possessing just a little bit of merit
 Haslet openly confessed he was al
 ways afraid of a fool because ff1er '- was no way of telling he is not
 e knave. supposedly senseless Scotc I- lad who always chose the smaller c
 two coins offered him was asked
 Why do you always take the penn ,t instead of the sixpence? Don't ye - know the difference in value?" 'Ay, 'e answered the supposed fool. '1But if 's took the silver they would never tr 1T me again!'' There is no telling wI1ic
 is the greater fool. "he who impose
 on himself and thinks he knows tha 1t which he has not studied and of wIlic -4 he is most profouYdIy ienoranf" ar th