The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-03-03
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THNGSf

No man has the right to live a NOR
ally neutral-tinted life. Society de-
mands that you make your presence
known. Allow no man to carry your
part of civilization.
Do not stand around wishing
for a promotion; but get to work and
have any sense of honesty, they will
see it that you are better paid some
times.
So 1 hear you whining again, do [?
Why do you do it? Does that whine
help any? You would better roll up
your sleeves and knock little hard
err. Knocking helps a lot, if it is the
right kind of knocking
If you are strong man you will
never catalogue your discourage
ments: you will not tell your friends
about them; you will be too busy
mastering them. 1t is the conquered
encouragement that makes it posi-
bic for you to announce victories.
A life insurance policy purchased
at as early a date as possible will buy
you a play time when you really need
it; it becomes burden sharer later in
life, and it gives you a sense of fu-
ture security.
Today is yours, but tomorrow be-
longs to the man behind. The man
behind is the one you must reckon
with. You have not been doing your
best for few years, and there has
grown an overcoat of fat around
your brain. Unless you work up,
you will be passed, and nine times
out of ten, when you are passed, you
will accuse the one who passes you
of being sneak, and migrate, a low
down, underhanded traitor to your
kindness.
You will find there is no good mon
ey made by worrying about what the
world thinks of you. The world has,
you know, several hundred millions
of other people just as good and just
as bad as you to think about. Re
! member you count one, but you never
count more than one, so stop worry
ing.
When you are jealous of man,
you work up your case of prejudice
| by a few "supposes." Then you as
sumo the "supposes" to be true; and
when the person, you have hung your
'suppOses" to, comes in sight, you
have "spell of hate" "Supposes"
are dangerous things to judge your
fellow men by, and they make little
souls.
If our civilization is to advance
we will have to fight unto death, the
| liquor business, the white slave traf-
| ic, the red light district, all forms
of narcotics, gamblings of every kind,
and many other public nuisances.
$%$$
| A conviction is a strong persua-
sion. Do not mistake opinions for
| convictions. Opinions are easily
! changed, but convictions cannot be
easily abandoned. Opinions lie on
the surface of the mind but convic-
tions are to be found at the bottom
| of the heart.
There are two prayers all men like
to say. One is the Lords prayer, be-
cause Christ taught it, and the other
is ''Now lay me down to Sleep" and
| they like to say it because it suits
them and was taught them by their
mothers. AS you stop to think about
| it, what words are sweeter than
| these?
''Now lay me down to sleep,
[ pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep:
| If should die before I wake,
I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to take.
All this l ask for Jesus sake. Amen"
May the simplicity of that childlike
trust remain in US always.
When meet a man who is always
in complacent attitude, know he
is on the downward grade.
Any nation that hides behind false
security will soon be dragged at the
chariot wheels of its enemies.
There has been certain nation show
ing its fangs to the United States for
a number of years. It now seems
more than likely we will have to pol
ISL our sabers, take our war secrets
from the archives. and teach the
to do this, but it seems we viii have
to. We have an invention that viii
make Submarines float upon the sur
face like suckers after a discharge OF
dynamite. We hate to have to use
It, but it is more than likely the job
will have to be done to get world
peace.
If we are sons of the hour and not
representative breeds of another age
we viii soon be in the worlds fight
We must use the weapons of ou1
hour We are, believe, the children
OF the new epoch. We live in the
midst of our cycles. We recognize
no nobility but utility. By it we
make work the highest caste. AL
men are now taking off their hats tc
old glory. And woe to the man, who
IS mean enough to accept its blessings
but would refuse to defend it. This
is the date, now is the hour for you to
make an inventory of your national
patriotism. Are you q flag maker
and the flag supporter, or are you IN
der 1t for the spells you can get?
When Theirs was at the head OF
the French Republic, he submitted
to the critical survey OF a friend the
draft of some important manifestos be
was about to issue. eyes" said the
critic, after he had examined the
document, the matter is clearly ex-
pressed, but I miss the ease and flu
ency of your usual style" ssAh, p
replied Theirs, s'I have not worked
them IN yet. The ease viii cost me