The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-07
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erything seems to
be disrupted and it is hard for us to
see the silver rift in the cloud which
hangs SO darkly over us, l feel that
now is the time for lis TO be calm.
Now is the time to be sunny. Now
is the time to smile. Hard to feel
SO, do you say? Granted-But do.
you think that your boy over there
would be happier if he knew that you
were gloomy and respondent?
think not. None of us have given all
we have to give. Perhaps none of
us have done all that we may be
called upon to do. Do we try to find
pleasure in doing and in giving: I'm
afraid not. When you feel that you
have more than your share of the bur-
den, just look about you and be as
sured that you are only one OF null
titude who are doing, giving and suf-
fering. Don't be discouraged. Get
a grip on yourself. Don't ever allow
yourself to slip Remember the lips
must smile though the heart may
break Think What smile may mean
to some one whose heart is as heavy
as your own And so let's catch the
sunshine while It's passing. Store it
up in Our hearts and resolve that we
will be brave, strong and CHEEKY
though the heavens fall. If we can
do this then the victory which we are
sure to win will not seem to have
been too long delayed nor will we
feel that it has cost us too much.
Since leather is SO scarce shark
skins are becoming profitable and
I'm told shark hunters are rcaping q
harvest on our Southwestern coast
They don't name the species of
sharks; Now if it is money sharks
| believe they could do quite a busi
ness in this territory as this breed
seems to thrive as we'll in the north
as in the south.
| amt quite sure whether it was IT.
Ward Beecher or Bill Nyc who said
& 44e
Maybe it was some one else who
said it. But the time has arrived and
now is when | can exclaim just as
vigorously give me liberty or give
me square meal, but ! prefer the
square meal.
| read quite an extensive article
t'other day about the greatest labor
savers ever used. l forgot whether
it was an incubator, a churn or a
wheelbarrow, anyway, ] want to say
that the greatest labor saving device
that know anything about is money
enough to hire some other feler to
do the work while sit in the shade
and smoke my pipe.
If there's one thing which gets my
goat a leetle mite quicker than any
thing else, it is to meet and greet
person with a CHEEKY smile and hello,
old man, and be answered by a grunt
that hog would be ashamed to im-
itate.
Mr.. Hoover admolshcs us that if
we would be strong and win victory
we must 60 back to the simple life.
Now | just want to say that Mr..
Adam and Mother Eve didn't have
any the best of lis (at our house) in
the simple life, except i'll the way OF
clothes. | want to help in every way,
but I'll be darned ii | want to. don
a fig leaf suit till the weather mod
crates. Do any of you?
| am not given to speakin i'll of my
nor do ask many ques-
tions. Neither do | worry over
things | don't understand. | know
that the silk worm produces silk.
also know that the butter fly is now
a producer OF butter. But III be
everlastingly skewered if | can figure
out what they use at Washington, D.
c. to produce so much red tape. Do
you spose they use tape-worms:
Some one has suggested the idea
Of muffling the sneeze. Now, by
golly, that's a good idea. Also let |
him go a bit further and muffle the |
snore. If the pent up energy OF these
two nuisances could be applied as a
motive power 'twould save millions of
LOAo Vi Nodi anu thS lam OoA
trains in the United States. Good
dea. Get busy.
l notice an adv. like this, How
May l be Beautiful" Now while I'm
not beauty specialist | will say that
lean cut features, fine complexion
md rouge don't constitute beauty
Not none a-tall. A bright sunny dis
position and beautiful character are
ar more to be desired than comely
eatures. Why | have known people
whose features we're homely almost
o ugliness, yet who to me seemed the
most beautiful people l ever met.
The memory of life lived beautiful
y fingers far longer than the men,
'ry of any physical beauty for beau
iful life ends not in death.
l notice that bald headed men are
. be exempt from the army because
! bald head makes good target for
he Boche to shoot at. Now that is
,ood news for the bald tops, but 1t
pells ruin for the manufacturers of