The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-04-09
Ebert Hubbard's Diagnosis Of an Elk


tcle APPEARED in the Phiiistine in June 1905
Hubbards estimate of men and effecting An2e1
can life were tribute his Country, and his ta;ss
tedness foretold the great ambitions OF tyfant WITH
withered and leaky ear He PAD thc prce OF IN
bler,shed patriotism aboard the i'll fated Lusitanla
have been occasionally panied by hearing Elks re-
late stories that slightly gamboge-tinted on the
edges-but aIthol these tales OF persage had Neu
chatel flavor yet there always was enough Attic salt
SUPPLIED to redeem the from the Notifying nj
crobes.
The Elk is not troubled about saving his soun fact,
he is NOT troubled about anything perhaps that IS MS
one Distinguishing featurehe does nor worry nor SHAKE
the red rag of wordy theological warfare ne believes
that everything is alught-or nearly so-and that MS
task is to do his and bother other foAS more
Than he has to. When Ali Baba said Blessed IS that
man who does not beLyake ne mao Si3teeH Plo"seo
antlered Elk in his mind.
An Elk takes his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with rye
face-but he always takes his medicine Often he over
comes temptation by succumbing to it, and IT ne trips
and falls he up and joins the laugh of the 0yStan
ders.
You cannot down a who can laugh at himself
The Elk stays right the game: heard of one
retiring from business: When death calls TOR an Elk
the Elk is apt sell him bill of goods and then
they shake the dice to who shall Charons toll
The Elk does try pry into the future, tor ne
realizes perfectly well that if he waits he'll know all
about it
There seems to be little danger that this fraternity
will evolve into religion. Most religious people take
their religion seriously but the Elk takes his with self
GER He knows that truth is point OF view that all IS
relative that nothing final absolute it be
in world where nothing is permanent but change 80
the Eks religion and here: to parake OF all good
things moderation to give out love and Kindness Pc
cause things back and to supply scrap only
to the man who repeatedly asks for it. and will
nothing else-this is matter of accommodation
To do good is the first the Elks creed And
he realizes being that the best to benefit your
self is to benefit Others.
As for myself, am strictly the hose-ca1.,
nor affiliate very closely BOYS, DID Il were
flying Igh ana wanted 70 borrow ten or twenty e01e'
I'd tackle the Elk without apology o. ex
PLANTATION. And my needs to him would De command,
for he is not cannish and he higher than
to give the other fellow lift.
And all these things have recorded and set down
as matter of truth
An eye that see nature: heart thar can 1eei
nature: And the courage to follow nature.
am not jiner, but if jne the liners VIII
begin with the Elks--and probably end there
Without any special code creed the Elks stand
for a certain standard of intellect and ethics.
The man with an EIks tooth on his watch cham, O.
the anters his button hole has QUARREL with God
He accepts life, and finds it good. He may not be SO
very wise or so very good but since he knows he IS
not WISE and is ready admit that he is not 50 very
good he is wiser he and better than he viii
acknowledge
The true Elk does condemn. disparage or rip
regulations up the back Realizing his own limitations
be is Intent his judgements toward those who have
been tempted fate beyond their to resist This
quality of mercy noticed, strongly implanted
in the Elk nature Your Elk weeps over his own
troubles but the stricken souls of earth his tears
of pity are the surface.
The Elk loves children. respects old age and so far
rs have doesn't incline especially toward indr
ference to feminine charms In many instances have
imagined the Elk revealed just appreciation of the
elevated spheroid Yet in all life one
Of the of Ekdom going off alone and cutting into
the grspe-hs irrigation all in the line Of good fellow
SHIP And his fault lies right herein this man.
ner of convivalty: he sometimes slightly overdoes it,
But believe this will hold little pisnire apol-
ogy for man ever joined the Elks-he would not feel
at home among them. To be Elk you must have
faith in other men, faith yourself. and faith in the
Universe
The Elks al look alike, and Ill Of age Just
what that age u.s. have yet made out but it lie.
somewhere between thirty and fifty No Elk ever is
over fifty no how long he has lived and none
weigh over two hundred pounds. They all have the
Joyous boyish bubbLng heart Of youth and whskers
Lilacs are out of their line and Ga1ways tabooed.
never saw an elk who rich excepting in kind
ness and good cheer did ever see crcan1nav
eating on his uppers They all have all The money thev
need even If not all they want They make money and
they spend it, and the they spend the they
seem to make "Keen the change is remark the Elks
alwais has in his electrotype.
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