The Washington herald., 1918-01-26

the river. he would not stop, but Tapped
as he ran, and a huge crocodile thrust
his head up out of the sluggish water
and said, Why in such a hurry? 1
have long desired to make your ac-
quaintance. Stop and let's talk the
matter over"
, And the dog replied. 1T Is to avoid
such companions as you that am
in such a hurry"
So look out We want you to win.
| And young men. I think, are often
| tempted because Of the Loneliness OF
boarding-house lift. The room Is small
They rarely ever go there except to
sleep or change their clothes. In the
winter 1t is cold and in the summer
1t is hot. and they feel they must have
a little recreation.
So he takes a walk; thinks he will
| come back pretty soon and write a
| letter home to mother-dear old moth
| er. how he would like to see her face.
He meets congenial companions and
| they overcome his conscientious scru-
Piles. He goes to a billiard hall, to a
gambling room. to a saloon. He will
go down to the house of her whose
| door swings into hell. Oh, he Is with
the crowd and he has got to keep up
with the crowd he is with.
Grants Reformation.
Hamlin Garland, In his "Ldfe Of Gen.
Grant" tells that Gen. Grant, when
he was young lieutenant out on the
Pacific Coast. was going the pacs that
| kills. and one day Gen Grant sat
down and had a good heart-to-heart
talk with himself. He said, so long
as this habit commands me, am
| not fit to command men," and right
then and there he signed his declara-
ton of Independence. He fought his
revolutionary war and celebrated his
| victory.
Oh. II he had not, then, sir, Robert
2. Lee would never have given him
his sword at Appomattox. II he had
not, he wouldn't be sleeping yonder
on the banks Of the Hudson. II he
had not, he never would have gone to
the White House as President Of the
| United States.
And the man, / say, who continues
to go with bad company without re-
gard to consequences, sooner or later
will find himself losing out Be sure
the semaphore shows a clear track
before you rush into the block ahead
OF you. A sound apple in a barrel
of rotten ones will soon be fit for the
slop like the rest Of them. You 20
with a bad crowd and 1t won't be
long until you will be as good for
nothing as the crowd you are with.
Each Of US is standing at the head
OF a procession reaching from here
to the Judgment. I will stand here.
I will influence this man. I will die.
He will influence that man and he
will die and that man will influence
another man; and sir, I have started a
chain OF influence that will reach from
where I am to the Judgment, whether
it be good or whether it be evil.
You are standing at the head of
| procession, every one Of you, and I
want you to be ready for the right
thing and be ready forSthe emergency.
Il didn't think" is an expression un-
worthy Of a wise young man. That
was only intended for fools.
1t Is said that when France declared
| war against Germany in the Franco
Prussian war, they rushed to the
home Of Won Moltke. who was then
head of the Prussian army. and they
raped on his door and said, Gen
eral, France has declared war"
He said. You go to my office, in
the upper right-hand corner in the
pigeonhole. and you will find dis
patches and orders, written and sign
ed. Send them and call me in the
morning at O'Clock"
And Won Moltke lay down and went
to sleep. and in the morning at Z
o'clock, 10000 seasoned German troops
had started for the French frontier.
No wonder the French were not able
| to compete with them.
Be ready for the emergency.
Do you know that ninety-four peo-
pie out Of hundred that are sixty
seven years Of age or over, are either
being supported by their friends or
the country? Ninety-four people out
Of hundred that are sixty-seven