Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-20

last evening in addressing himself
especially to the boys and girls Of
the community. Aim high" he
said. It's no harder on your gun
to knock the feathers out Of an
eagle than it is TO shoot, skunk.
And don't be so fresh that they'll
have to put you in salt to keep you
from spoiling," and Il tell you boys,
know as much as you can with out
blowing all the packing out of your
cylinder head or puncturing your
tires" are some of the admonitions
given young people. In part he
said:
l am glad and thankful that we
have a Fourth of July, when once a
year we uncoFk our enthusiasm,
and eat peanuts and drink red lem
onade, and shout like COmanche
INDIANS, and let the world know
Fthat we still appreciate what it cost
to lay the foundation Of this. the
greatest nation Gods eye ever has
seen or that his hand ever made.
And | am glad that we have a
Christmas, when we recall Him that
was born in the midst of the NAL
odors OF unwashed beasts.
am glad that we have an Easter
when we recall Him that burst the
bands Of death that none e'er brake
before and rose in conqhering ma
jesty to stoop to death no more.
am glad that we have a Labor
Day when we pay a just mark OF
tribute to the man with the dinner
bucket and the calloused hand who
is such an important cog in the
great commercial machinery of our
prosperity.
am glad that we have a Thanks
giving when once a year we sit
round our sumptuously laden tables
.aRd recall the fact that as a nation
have never gone to bed hungry,
we have never scraped the bottom
of our meal barrel and we have
never known what it was to be
without food and that our granaries
can feed the world. It's a great
thing.
The young man who will sit in
school and fill his brain with use1ul
thoughts or the one that will go TO
church to learn something about
God-he is a bigger boy, she's a
bigger girl, than the one that loafs
around on the street corner with a
crowd, my friends, and spend their
lives in frivolity and tomfoOlery OF
the world.
The man that walks home sober
is a bigger man than the one that
will 20 home drunk; the girl who
is yirtuous is a million times bet
fer than the one who sells or gives
AWAY her womanhoOd. The one who
prays is a bigger man than the one
who curses. So you are big or you
are little, largely owing to where
you are in the world.
Like a girl, when she is about
II years old, when mother intro
duces her TO a young fellow, she
her eyebrows and says,
well mamma, who is he?"
When she is about D. she will
say. Well. mamma, what is he?'
and when she is about 80 she will
say Mamma, for Gods sake, where
is he?"
Place in World.
s%ou know Squire Jones-he is
Squire Jones in a little, jay, rube
town because everything there sort
of magnifes the Squire and min
imizes the Jones. but bring him to
this big city and turn him loose on
the main street and let him butt
into the crowd and look at the sky
scrapers, and you know what hap
pens to the Squire. 1t is squeezed !
out of him and he Is nothing, my
friends, but one in great big |
crowd. So you are big or little, Tie !
is a big man back there but he is !
swallowed up by the great thing
that we call the Crowd"D largely /
owing to where you are in the !
world.
So you are big or little, largely !
owing to where you are in this old I
world
And vet how many little people !
we have in this land. although they /
have the greatest opportunities to I
develop and grow, the world has /
ever known. You are the one that /
puts the limitations on your sue !
cess. We put no social, we put no I
financial limitation upon you. You
ran go just as far as your ability !
and your decency will take you.
And. If you are handicapped. we
lidn't put it on you put it on your
self because of the gang you go
with and the life you live. You are
he one that puts yourself out OF
he running-not US at all. Now /
say the man who is sober is bigger
han the one who drinks, and
lrunkards are made from moderate
thinkers; drunkards are never 4
made of total abstainers-never,
One may drink and never get drunk
1ut it's only those who drink that
ret drunk-that's sure, So, you
will never get drunk il you don't
rink. That's a four to one shot.
nd lead pipe cinch.
You take all of the drunkards out ,
4 the world tonight and leave only
he moderate drinkers and you
won't wait long until you'll have !
mother crop of drunkards. Not
cry long. You can't beat the
anne, II
There have been a good many :
eople tried to drink the breweries
ry. They have all had to go up 3,
gainst il and take the conse-
uences and since running the risk :
{ being a moderate" drinker is so !
reat, I commend you to the eau !
ion of a French minister who was !
fficiating lat a wedding Of two +
Dung people He said. Marriage is j
blessing to a great many people, :
nd a curse to others. and a risk I
} everybody who will take the ven
ire. Now do you wish to take the I
rep?" '