The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-10-21
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

If you have ever studied the histories
of nations, you find them when young
marching toward the horizon; they
climb up a way, become heady, high
minded, challenge God, then slip down
the hour-glass of time and become
whispered :legends among the school
children of the present hour.
When all are willing-not merely a
few social reformers and protestors-to
bleed, when the wall of suffering, desti-
tuition and the call of hunger are so
pronounced; when we individually and
collectively, give our loaf to stop the
need; then and then only, will we build
a society that will last through time
When you study evolution, you find
the old sabre-toothed shark that former
ly lunged through the filthy ooze, only
left a past record; while the coral in
sects build on forever. The same rule
works in society. The Master of US all
said: BLESSED are the meek, for they
shall inherit the earth" Sharks of
any kind live for little while, then die
IF you are a social shark, you find you
have no future.
Every little while we find our think
thoughts of the ancients. Most of US
when children read the story of the Ok,
and then knew it was dreamer's "day
dream" but we have lived to see it de-
veloped. The monster Zeppelins and
flying machines satisfy all of the an
cient writer's notions of the Oks.
How we love to beat back the think
ers. For eighteen centuries we have
protested against the teachings of
Christ. About g thousand years ago,
this thought ''legalized Christianity
would answer the stupid thinking of So
ciety, and for seven hundred years it
worked; but since that time we have
been beating those thinkers until we
have reached the point of progress of
cheering innovation. Some sweet day
the world will honestly go to walking
with Christ.
It is strange how we are willing to
pay the penalties of known ignorance.
It is strange how men will continue to
do wrong when they know it is wrong.
A man at twenty-five may see the
purple mountains, speak to US about
them, but we will heap every known
disbursement upon his head when he
takes his pick, pluck and dreams and
starts to climb the mountains to pros
pect for better hopes. It seems the
most of US were bred in Missouri, and
cursify anyone that denies Missouri as
his birthplace,
If our advancements were regulated
by majorities, we would not be out of
the cave age. If majorities had given
US our thoughts, the twentieth century
i L Al
past due; human standing rib roasts
would still be served for Sunday din
ners. For hundreds of years we sang
the tie deum and burnt men tied to the
stake, because they were in the minor
ity. We always roast people before we
saint them,
We are always willing to call man
foolish, queer, strange, cranky. pestl-
lent, visionary when he does not agree
with our old weather beaten ideas.
I Most often such man Is one hundred
years in our advance and we hate him
for being progressive.
When you commence to pat yourself
with satisfaction, we commence to be
dissatisfied with you. When yeu are at
rest, you cannot de your best.
zWhen you are out hunting, and you
set your 'feights'' at a given range,
you win most likely find you are shoot
I ing below the mark. The game is just
a little further away. Slip up the
range-fndsr If you want to bag the
game.
+ usually admire q man who is q be-
+ lever IN the seeming imposslbihtles-
am looking for breed Of giant-think-
ers. The crdinaries are 50 plentiful
they cease TO be Interesting; a babe