The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-07

tnaI IS not applied IS worthless and ex-
 bends itself in talk.
 That 1t is possible, as Marcus Au- relius wrote, for a man to be "a very divine man and yet be altogether un- known is well attested by the world s | observation. Tennyson wrote:
 Howe'er it be. it seems to me Iris only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets And simple faith than Norman blood, Living a life of true relationships to-
 ward others, in word and deed and thought. of refraining from infringing on the rights of others does not preclude strife for the prizes of life Do not listen to those who tell you that success can of commercial or professional pircary. of commercial or professional pricary. preceded by making all good principles
 and feelings walk the plank" It is not true. And, if it were, such success would not be worth achieving. Against us Americans is often brought
 the charge that we are the most waste ful people on earth. Nearly every one has heard "a French family can live on what an American family throws away" and similar sayings more or less true. We're learning the lesson of economy perhaps. One of the indications is the
 formation in a Maryland school of a
 Pupils Economy league. The youngsters
 are to be taught not to waste anything. The originators of the movement are going to try to extent it into other coun- ties and states.
 i This is part of the prospectus" of the league:
 'The essential means of stopping these
 leaks is to make pupils and teachers,
 trustees and commissioners principals and superintendents. all realize the accu-
 mulated loss due to continued careless de- struction of the small things in a large system where thousands of individuals
 are directly concerned. The Pupils Econ- omy league is a constant force for care- fitness and intelligent use Each day something occurs in or outside of the I'schoolroom where the work of the league comes into play and the important prin- ciple of economy Is taught. All of these
 forms of waste and needless destruction | W
 at meetings of the league"
 Making the youngsters economical and careful of the property of themselves and others will make better citizens of them in the future.
 Similar work is being done with encour
 aging results in some of the largest American cities in the poorer districts
 There one of the most irritating and difficult problems Is keeping the streets clean. The people, many of whom are of foreign birth, throw into the roadways paper and other rubbish, to the great det- riment of the health and appearance of the cities. Now their children are being taught in the public schools 6at such action is wrong and wasteful of the city g resources in that 1t costs time and money to clean up the streets The children take home with them the lessons and impress them on their elders. Great improve ment has been noted In some places.
 Get the same principle working in pri- vate life. and the national wealth will be increased. Let the people learn to be careful of the little things. which are really not little things at all. for they doVOur IiiuSH AAOicy HI tuc d8Sfc6dte
 We do not need to go to the penurious extent of some foreigners to acquit our selves of the charge of wastefulness that is brought against us with justice.
 When life means nothing more or great CT or higher to you than the regular rou- tine of your business, six days in the week, with their regriar up rising and down Tying, and on the Sabbath rou- tine hardly less res<