Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-22
THE MAN WHO TALKS

It is very common in these days to hear ft said that such a. one has inttia- tive and such a one lacks inltiafiyes and now and then youth are told they must have initiative when many or them have no idea what it is. lnitla-s tive cannot be expressed by single quality. person who has initiative has the sense, coolness and Judgment l to do the right thing in crisis, or unexpected confusion. Initiative can- not be bought for cash or acquired l in a month. It takes experiences and discipline to qualify anyone to meet the unexpected with the efficiency that he would meet the expected. Taking the initiative requires ability to lead in any new movement or to correctly promote any new design. It Is efi-
 ciency backed by originality 1t pays.
 There are too many gaps in domestic l life, and gaps create unhappiness more or less intense. One of the mistakes of married people is keeping to them selves things which they should con | fide to their partners. Sometimes the
 worry thems and sometimes there is no defense because that which is withheld Is either irregular, or utterly wrong. People who are keeping se-. but they cannot be natural. An 9t- mosphere of restraint grows out of this practice and it is always chilling. Distrust is the weasel that is sure to creep in and suck the ife-hlo0d out of harmony. It is better to share your worries and your joys than to unbal- ance confidence. Love is a good deal l like lightning-the reason it doesn't strike in the same place twice is be- cause the same place is not there. Keep true and you will surely keep happy.
 A western parasrapher says: "Wem- en remind us of angels because they are always flying around" This truth garbed as a joke contains self-sacri- I fee and constant. patient service which keeps them ever busy and commands our love and respect, and excludes the women of cosmetics, frills and f1utter whose vanity and idleness makes a l burlesque of life. If mistake has I been made in the artistic conception 1 which made stone angels for ornamen- I tation, represent the female sex, no I mistake has been made in symbolic l ing the divinely inspired women whose 1 good words and good works and un- daunted courage and loving faith and glowing hope have ennobled the race, l by angels, beautiful in design and ex- pressive of the heavenly graces.
 1 What Is money good for but to l spend? This is question oftener l asked by those who spend money than by those who save it. It is good to look at until you have sufficient to i give you a feeling of security, or to l purchase that which you most desire; l 1t is good to loan at a legal rate of 1 interest to promote business and in crease it; and it is good to use in business. or for the promotion of spe- | cial laws which will enable you to in l crease what you have several hundred per cent. because you have been made a monopolist- It is good to have so | other people can tell you how to spend | it, and so that your heirs may feel l the eagerness of desire and the hope I that your demise may not be too long
 delayed. It is good to give away, and l it is good to burn if there is danger of its burning one out body and soul. l We are all looking for happiness,
 but few of us seem to get what we consider our share. It is doubtless something we could not enjoy too much of, although we dream Of eter- nal happiness when we really desire leverlasting peace. What is happiness I We are told that whatever mans possession may be mo man is happy unless he thinks himself se." What is | peace? A condition produced by be- ing free from fear, avarice, ambition, lenvy, anger and pride. A thing not
 so very easy of attainment Happi- ness is a state of enthusiasm result ing from material or mental attain mert, and peace is state of lovely concord" Happiness is a song-peace a prayer. There Is a distinct differ ence. but we need both, and both arc heavenly. The worst enemy of both I is selfshness-the guide to both ser vice to man as we'll as to God. Why we do not enjoy more of either does
 not need special elucidation.
 In these days of so much sickness do you think of the pain and anxiety I of those who watch and wait. We are prone to lose sight of this great army Il of watchers and walters whose service I often only ends when the silence o1 l death reigns-when loved ones have departed. 'Beautiful Is the activity l that works for good" said Robert Col lyer," and the stiffness that waits for good blessed the self-sacrifiee of the one and the self-forgotfulnesS of the T other'' The valley of the shadow ot | death is not pleasant, but those who can say: Thy rod and thy staff, even
 there, comfort me-, find it to be a I place of peace. Love presides where these watchers and walters serve re- gardless of weariness or cost. Love I flows down from God to man and surges back from man to God--down from parents to children and back again, and the only thing better thar
 being loved is loving, just as giving is
 better than receiving. Heaven bless | C1GSG WdLCuGIS ana WA1E6T5.
 System in all the walks of life de- serves to be carefully cultivated. The people who have most in this life an6
 enjoy most are not the ones who lack
 system. Material disorder has mucf
 more to do with ill-health than many people recognize. The merchant can
 not find one clerk In five who recpg-
 nizes the worth of system--the doctor
 cannot find one patient in ten that Is conscious of the value of system. Mar
 doesn't wish to be orderly and tenn perate in the walks of life. Physi-
 ca1ly and materially he is oftenest tho
 victim of disorder. He dislikes to dc l as he is told, even when his life de J bends upon it., He seems to be nen- coHfermist by birth and a rebel from
 choice. Lack of system spells failure
 l everywhere from the schoolroorn tt the hospital. Every board of healtf is system asserting itself against ths evils which arise from lack of 1t. Sys- tenn Is necessary to obtain the perm.
 anent peace for which so many arr
 now yearning.
 Some people think if every ons could do just as they please thil would be a better world to live In
 | when such freedom vOiIld prodilca {