Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-16
THE MAN WHO TALKS,


DO you get down hearted. II you
are inclined TO magnify your troubles
Just smash your magniticf No per-
son needs anything which makes sInat-
ters worse TO become down hearted
will put you IN the way to be down
end out. You should decline TO be the
cause of your own ineff1eie.cy and
your own distress. People who do
not have the sense or the energy to
sweep the clouds from their minds
still need to learn how to live and
how to laugh. Good cheer is one Of
the real assets in life. 1t makes
man become good sport OF. a good
Christian. A person who becomes
morbid or sour is simply cuTdiing
the milk of human kindness Get
negative to people who hehitualiy sow
the seeds of blighting suggestions.
The other fellows opinion whatever 1t
may be is a better thing to laugh at
than to take seriously. Hit the trail
for yourself ard steer clear of the
imprints of Satan.
A near philosopher defines marriage
as the shortest cut from romance TO
reality. OF course, this docs not
seem to be a. good definition TO those
who haven't crossed over; but all the
rest of us are compelled 10 marvel
at this fellows sagacity: and we
know how he discovered it. There is
no teacher like experience to make
deep impressions. Pope says the
romantic are those VINO either admire
q fine thing or do one; ana we recog-
nize the average beau seems capable
of doing both. The reality is in
some cases all it was thought TO be,
and in others as different from the
dream of youth as is a bed of vases
from a crown of tl1orns, hence the
reality may be pleasnrable or some
iY,or cav Frxra
consorts are only one In heaven and
IL mates are only one in the home,
home becomes like heaven, and the
reality may have, all the delights of
romance.
While smile is usually taken as an
evidence of good nature, there is often
more than that in a smile. A smile is
no Indication that a person would be
an agreeable companion or bed fell
low. 1t pays to be on your guard
against the possibilities of a close re-
iation with smiling stranger. A
smile, as pleasing rs it usually is to
any one. is not easy of Interpretation
It may be the smile of; conceit or. con-
temptation which bodies no good. The
smile that don't come off. once so
popular a subject for newspaper writ
craven image. It does not pay to take
too much stock in smile until you
have summered and wintered it, A
smile and a smirk are first cousins to
one another; and they resemble each
other as much as first cousins do. Do
not he a willing victim to 4 smile TN
less you would make yourself cheap.
Every smile needs be guaranteed.
The leading educators of this coun-
try are condemning in the school system
the course of study which not infre-
quentiy breaks down the health of
hard-worl1ing and ambitious children.
They believe the place for pupils to
study is IN school IN school hours and
that when the work is done they
should have the time to play or to
enjoy their homes as any regular hour
workman has. The idea is to have the
student work in the atmosphere of the
schoolroo,n and The presence of
teachers able to assist in the solving
of problems instead of taking studies
homeland ,aboring over then where
there is no one competent to assist
them. Pupils who are interested in
their work do not have to be watched
by a teacher with a. harsh and threat
ening voice ard 1esh-stinging rat
tan. The duty of teachers in The 20th
century is to awaken pupils to u love
of study, not to puzzle them with prob
lens which would Wrack the nerves Of
a high school graduate; and to show
ing them the way out of thei:. difficult
ties instead of putting puzzling prob
lens in their way which often result
in the impairment of both their eff
cheney and their health.
A child who asks questions gives
evidence of a desire to progress, and
it is akin to sin to suppress him.
What matters it if they do seem to
you to be idle questions SO long as
ffnxr 80 4I,4 1J,tlI I,r,
ant. He is looking for the how and
why of things, and if you had looked
sharper you might have enjoyed the
child's quizes: but now he is alarming
you for fear he will discover how little
you really know. Well, there was
never a person in this world SO bright
that he might not have to play the
part of an ignoramus in score of
different directions. Many of Our
greatest orators do not know how to
saw wood; and many great general
could not make success of his cam
paign if there was not a good cook to
sustain him as well as troops. None
as people think we are. The quizzing
child ought to bs respected if he
seems too ardent to need encourage
ment, and as many OF his questions
should be correctly answered as pos
sible. This is the parents opportuni-
ty.
The women are SO unfamiliar with
a mans wearing apparel that at
Christmas time they overload him with
slippers and red neck-ties apparently
not aware that it would be next to
impossible to overstocl1 him with
suspenders or socks The men are
guilty of the same lack of judgment
when they oSersupply their female
friends with bon-bons and perfumery
instead of gloves, handkerchiefs or
dollars. There are do Ibtless more use
less things bought in December than
in any month of the year because the
buyers are plunging for favor instead
of attempting to be practical or to
meet iife's necessities. The popularity
of giided punk for Christmas gifts has
wancG, and the trend is toward the
practical. A brush broom is better
for q fellow who does nos keep the
dandruff off his collar than e go1d-wire
tie-piE; and silk neckerchief tc
take his best girls complexion instead
of his coat never comes amiss. The