The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1915-12-30

"'lf every year we could root out one vice We
would sooner become perfect men," Impatience
is at the root OF many defeats. 1t is customary
nowadays to sneer at tho virtue for which the
name OF Job is synonymous. but those who say
that patience Is the virtue OF an ass or beggars
virtue are not SO wise as the Spanish proverb-
maker. who said:
Patience! and shuttle the cards" Most people
shuttle the cards eagerly -nough but the patience
is lacking. Seeking to grasp the stars at bound
they fall back to the earth.
And so, II people at he commencement OF a
New Year adjusted the. desires In accordance
with their abilities and instead Of signing for the
unattainable made the very most OF the oppor.
tunties vouchsafed to them. one would hear less
of broken resolutions and wasted lives
do the duty which lies nearest to thee which
thou knowest to be duty said Carlyle. THY
second duty will already have become clearer"
Tho Turning Of New Leaves.
Good resolutions have almost gone out of fash
ion. On the last night Of the year we no longer
sit down to review our past lives and resolve to
be better and wiser" than we have been In the
past. 1T is OF no use making resolutions. never
can keep them" is the plea that is usually prof.
fered This is a mistake. however. II is com.
mendabe to resolve Ian alarm clock helping one)
to get up half an hour earlier than usual IN the
morning even though It resuts--as. alas! II too
often does-in one getting up half an hour later.
II people could live more in the present It
would help them enormously In the keeping Of
good resolutions. So many people persist In be-
ing Just little ahead all the time
Tomorrow" they say, I'VE will reform" but
the tomorrow OF their imagnngs never dawns.
Ancient and modern philosophers have agreed
as to the dangers of procrastination. Such wide
ly diverse people az Horace the Latin poet who
fourished in 65 b. c.. and pushful persons who
flourish ieXceedingy) at the present day. Join
Issue In this particular.
who begins, possesses half the deed" says
Horace.
Dare to be wise; make a commencement"
DO II now Is the curt command OF the mod
ern apostle OF Hustle Again. Horace says, III
you are ignoran: how to live Alright. give place
to those who have learn ID the lesson"
Get on or get out" says manikin following
In more concentrated, II 'ess courteous language
the same line Of thought on a somewhat lower
plane. The one was concerned with the things
OF the soul and the spirit; the other with worldly
advancement, There are some who contend that
the two cannot go together, but IL las has been
contended by many men of wisdom) what man
Is Is of more importance than what he has II ia
well to make spiritual advancement as the years
go by. IL we have not made progress, we have
gone back. The soul never stands still. Time has
no terror for those who have learned wisdom
Pass thou. wild heart.
Wild heart of youth that still
Hast half a mind to stay.
grow too old comrade;.
Let US part.
Pass thou away.
Some people drag the follies and immaturit,es
OF youth into old age There is wisdom I'm ad.
justing oneself to time. to profit by past expert.
ences, and to acquire that sense OF proportion
which refuses to magnify trihes into tragedies