Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-03-12

However. l send my best personal regards to all of you
and every woman and child within your corporate limits
From Perry T. Allen, Springfield, Mo-:
Though absent in person, l shall be present in spirit, but
you will hear no raps. trust, as my spirit does not rap or
knock.
"Tf you will kindly convey to my friends my regrets, to-
gether with an expression of my hearty sympathy with all your
movements for a greater Mansfield and a more prosperous
county and state than ever even enjoyed before. l shall be
pleased and hope that on some other day shall be privileged
to tell you more about the nice things l think of you, and hope
and wish for you, both individually and collectively"
From Mr.. Key:
regret very much that I am unable to attend your banquet
tonight, but circumstances over which / have no control will
keep me away. The Mountain Grove Commercial Club, consist
ing of its officers and members, have not forgotten how Loyalty
Mansfield and its Business Club and citizens have stood by them
and helped to swell our crowd every time they were called upon.
You will have with you tonight Mr.. Farnsworth, Mr.. Baker, Mr..
Gambler and perhaps others, all of which are representative citi-
zens of Mountain Grove and working members of our CONNER
cal Club. These men are all boosters, likewise orators.
Knowing full well that with your own live wires and these
wide awake members from our club that you will have a fine
meeting and will boost the entire Ozark country, and wishing you
success in all things, | am
Very respectfully,
JOHN W. KEY,
President Mountain Grove Commercial Club.
Telephone message:
"The Young Mems Business Club of Springfield, Mo, extends
the hand of greeting to your organization and banquet assembly.
We wish you success in all of your undertakings and will join
with you and all other organizations in the work of putting the
word Ozark on the map in box car letters.
young MEMS BUSINESS CLUB,
"E. NJ. SMITH, President"
Our p osecuting attorney was thus introduced:
Our worthy county attorney has selected for his subject,
"Wastefulness' Being a county official, he might have told us
about the Oodle Bug, but as he has the subject of his choice, l
will tell you about the Oode Bug:
You've surely heard of the Oodle Bug.
A terrible creature and really no dub.
He flies around at darkest night,
And causes oceans of terror and fright.
His disposition is not the best,
For only at day does he get any rest;
He sleeps in a dark, deep, gloomy, old hole,
And hides away as does a mole.
When you capture this bug and remove its sting,
He's the best old bug, a veritable King;
jolly of nature, gentle and kind,
The best old bug that one could find.
The "B" is his sting, and when taken away,
AS stated above, he is happy and gay.
So doodle" is Doodle, without the sting,
Why fuss about such a trivial thing.
Hon. E. B. Garner, prosecuting attorney of Wright county,
speaking on "Wastefulness,' said, in part:
"My subject has many different phases-one of them, the
waste of time. By this do not mean idleness, in which much
time is wasted by some, but we all devote so much of our time
to the commercial interests of life, to the gain of the worlds
goods, and we waste so many of the precious golden moments
that we could give to the friendships and feelings of others on
our journey. We neglect to do this. To be kind to one another.
"The wealth of any state and of any community is not alone
in it's fertile fields, it's fine cattle, or its handsome residences,
but in the minds of the young women and young men, and Of the
old as we'll. 1t is not the cultivation of the fraternal relations
of these people that counts so much as the bringing together of
the members of the community for the enjoyment of the social
side of life. We do not do this often enough. We waste our
time in doing other things.
"In our Office or store, or other place of business, we work
all day. Our mind is continually with our business, and when we
go home we take so much of it with us. When the little one
speaks to us or our wife, we answer them in the tone of the
rush of business, and many a time a heartache is made by our
sharp words, when we should have spoken in words of hearty
cheer.
"In my travels east and west
One sad truth in life I've found:
The only ones we really wound
Are those we love the best.
I'VE have smiles for those we scarcely know,
And we please the feeting guest
But deal full many a heartesS blow
To those we love the best.
How little of our time we spend at our homes and how
much of that is wasted because we do not render to our homes
that which to it is due. We think too much of the commercial
side of life, and the Y. NJ. B. c. is doing a fine thing in starting
this annual banquet and in having its different meetings in
which its calls the people of the city together. want to say to
you now that you won't find the time that you take from your
business to attend these meetings wasted. | know that we have
not always the time to go when our president calls us together.
When the Doctor asked me why did not write him at once as
to whether | could come, l told him that didn't want to answer
No. which l thought at the time would have to be my answer.