Omaha daily bee., 1918-03-31
Comb H0NeN
By EDWARD BLACK.
Oldest Inhabitant and Careful OBJ.
server Point With Pride.

server Point With Priae.
"Pride is like the salt which savors
the earth" remarked the Careful OBJ
server Yesterday morning when this
sage of sapient sayings drew mental
bead on his travelling companion, the
Oldest Inhabitant.
These peripatetic pals paced IN
glow of glorious spring sunshine and
Observed that false pride is the hidden
rock upon which many n1ortais are
manned to be saved by realizatlorl
that il is unwise for the spirit OF mani
to be proud like swift-fying motor
ist or like miss with a georgette
crepe inclination and cotton voilef'
income. II
Front Page Stuff. aF (.
T have often thought that il is the
part of folly to. get chesty because
ones sister has new piano or be-
cause brother can. do tricks with
cards. Being proud over the accon-
plishmerts of relatives reminds me OF
the fiv in the fable, which hustled
under a tumbler, but did not get any,
where. The only substantial way of
getting onto the front page or being
mentioned in the dispatches is to do
something worth while, like inventings
a substitute for the near. stop" re-
marked the Oldest Inhabitant.
did you ever read of the toad IN
the fable?" asked the Careful OBJ
server. Before that toad began to
swell up in his pride one bright day,
he was we'll thought of by his friends. !
He had credit at the grocery store
and sang in a church choir. This toad
was on the way to an honoref and
useful career and might have had a
large and enthusiastic funeral with
prominent citizens serving as pail
bearers. He might have had street
or a cigar named after him. But, alas,
and alack, he could not stand pros
perity. He got all 'puffed up because
his daughter won kitchen cabinet in
popular girl contest. He grew so 4
proud that he burst and lost not only :
his self-respect. but was held up to
scorn by his friends. Had he gone
along in the even tenor of his way, B
he might have been elected president !
of his Improvement club or servedson
the grand jury"
Wear Same Binders.
"All of which corroborates my con-
tention that false pride often begets 4
lost opportunities. False pride blinds
our vision to the great things which /
lie just ahead of us, and it causes us
to lose our way in the mystic maze
of life" rejoined the man who at.
tended the first church oyster supper !
held in Omaha. ,lS 4
"Yes, indeed, pride rides ahead of
fall" replied the obesrvant one. "And,
yet, am sure that we agree to the
proposition that pride is 4 prerequisite
to proper living. Pride was given tQ
man that he might hold himself above /
the beasts and little lower than the I
angels. When Eve beheld herself in I
a pool in Eden's garden she set ana
enduring example for her descendants
and there seems to be no immediate !
danger of that example being desre- !
garded. Personal pride is not to be |
decried, but unrestrained pride carries
its victim far afeld." %> /
Yes, Pardon Us. 4
"On the other hand" explained the
Oldest Inhabitant, II maintain that a
lack of pride is as baneful as an ex,
cess of this human attribute. per 3
son who is devoid of pride is. a dere-.
lict on the seasof life. He does not 4
care which wind may blow, nor to
which port he may be driftinss Hegis 1
not even picked up as salvage. T d tas
proud of our friends, homes, free ifi~x
stitutions, gas factory and Camp Fire.
girls-that is what IcaH pardonable I
pride" - 5
Haven't you heard of purse -prouds 1
peopie?" asked$he Careful Observers
F'"Yes, money does upset the equali-
brium of some folksS but l have not z
been upset of late by any burden off
!. And have you read about the meek~
inheriting the earth?"
We are not proud, are we Sam !
uel?" - !.
Nope" X >