The Dolores star., 1915-12-03
NY NEioHeoR's KEEPER.

Don't presume 70 Judge the world
until you arc elected. Inside your
own homehouse and yard you have .
goodsized Job ON your hands
Don't diSinfect your town until you
have disinnected your own house.
Don't preach moderation immod-
era4ely.
Don't attempt to tell the other fel-
low what to do until you have learned
how to do II yourself.
Don't worry about your neighbof's
actions unt1 you have harnessed your
own and know how to drive them
Don't chase the racing automobilIst
st his unlawful speed: meet him head
On and make him stop.
Now your own lawn before you con-
denim the man next door for letting
his grass grow.
Don't find fault with the storekeeper
for underpaying his clerks until you
are Wiling to pay fair price for what
you buy.
Don't kick against the slow trolley
and then rush out of your yard after
1t has passed and make It wait for
you.
Don't ask the newspaper to print
what you would not publish II you
owned II.
Don't expect the minister to be fear
less when. II he expressed his
thoughts, you would be the first to
demand his resignation.
Don't ask your employer to raise
his u positions were reversed.
Don't borrow money Of the man to
whom you would not lend.
Don't kick at your neighbor's dust
until you have watered your own.
When It rains, let It rain, until you
arc elected clerk Of the weather.
Don't sit in the sun and growl at the
heat.
Don't expect to keep warm by an
empty stove. or cool in = kitchen.
Don't leave your raincoat and um-
brella at homo and find fault with the
weather because you get wet.
Don't expect anybody else to attend
to your business. He won't
Don't lunch on . cup of coffee and
. piece of mince pie and expect to feel
like doing business.
Don't bolt your breakfast. run for
the train, and condemn the doctor and
hls medicine. W.T. ''.7'-'
Don't blame your neighbor for do
ing what you are doing. and don't ex.
pect him to help II you won't help
yourself.
When you haven't anything to say.
don't say 1t.
When you don't know what you are
talking about. shut up.
Don't help the fellow who doesn't
need your assistance.
Don't keep away from the primaries,
refuse to vote when it rains. and talk
against tho once holders when the
sun shines.
Put yourself In the other fellow
place before you criticize him.
stood on 4 steamboat wharf when
the wind was blowing forty miles an
hour. A dozen inconsiderate yachting
youngsters had mooreG thelr cat and
Kitten" boats in the channe:. A big
steamer had to make the dock. and she
was hard to handle without strong
steerage way. The captain was a vet
eran. but he had to maneuver with the
wind and the tide against him. A doz-
en- yachtsmen were on the dock. and
each one Of them told the others what
the captain ought to do. while some of
them called him fool and said he was
not At to handle canal boat The
captain was on the bridge. the critics
were on the wharf. and not one of
these amateur uavigators could have
docked an empty mud scow when the
water was as calm as a mud puddle
and the wind as blowless as the timid
breezes Of an electric fan.
Don't be fool unless you have to
be. and perhaps you don't have to be.
French Pensioners.
The Hotel Des Invalides which now