Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-15
THE MAN WHO TALKS.

When Lady Astor told her English l constituents there was a difference between workers and sshirkers' she 1 coined a phrase which made John Bull l sit up and take notice And the l shirkers everywhere are more numer- ous than most of us dare think This class is private nuisance and pub lie burden, and they cost every city in the country the size of Norwich thou-i sands of dollars every year in bad debts; and the workers are taxed more in profits for goods in order that the dealers may be kept from bank ruptcy. The good citizen is the one who works and who pays. Shirkers simply add to the burdens of others and to the weakness of the state and the government. What they are duties and responsibilities. And many a shirker thinks of himself as patri- ct. i It may be well to remember that linen like bullets go farthest when ! they are smoothest." He gets on, best who avoids friction. and who denies | himself the qualities of the sponge. | The square dealer still continues to be l the winner regardless of the criss- i cross habits of the men of this, age. When it comes today to the law of supply and demand in men and mate l rial, quality is the thing which is alal mingly short. The way we do 1 tnIngs which make for greatness al ways counts for or against us. There is no toboggan slide to success It is | only the common roads the six-cylin- l cer auto can take us over. Honest ae- ton and smooth methods win all that is worth winning.
 Do not get devoted to any one thing | ana become too enthusiastic over it. whether it be an ambition to be veal thy or simply good. The one-idea man, whether devoted to self or to his Maker, soon becomes a monomaniac, l WniCE at once diScredits him. Rare is the person, let me tell you. who is all ways sane. The monomania of selfish ness seized Germany and by her acts she unset the world; and all mankind seems to have gone mad, It looks as | II monomania may become epidemic like the bubonic plague. or any other man C stroying disease. Men today are craZily demanding everything for | themaelves, regardless of it's effect upon Industry or business. This mono mallia for personal gain must subside and dance or sanity be restored be- fore the nations again prosper.
 Man asserts his rights and makes his demands and does not seem to, recog-
 nize the limits of either. Reason is the only judge of these limitations. but man declines to submit to it. Nothing
 will go right in this world regardless
 of balance; and balance cannot be ig- nored since an unwritten law makes it imperative. Without balance there
 is always disorder, and that is discord.
 Men cannot escape the just conse-
 quences of their acts. Cause and eff
 feet operate correctly in all the af-
 fairs of men. No man can be dis
 honest or unjust and realize the sense of honor and righteousness an honest and just person does. We can as easily make ourselves victims as mas teis and in our disregard for truth 5 we otten do it. aH 5 Our moods make up the comedy o1 5 life; and in way we are all come f dians Our faces are more changeable than the skies in gladness and disapi : pointment; and to witness all the
 phases of fife is to laugh. If God
 made man the only creature who laughs, which is doubtful, he also
 made him to be laughed at! We art D all inheritors of a million moods. w c have more moods every day than W, 0 have fingers and toes. and lying be- z. tween our ambitions and attainment,
 
 . and laughs, and perhaps three time . as many smiles! Man is a creature 0 : fantastic, blessed. sad and meltin, '- moods; and is as changeable as tn, Il weather and Boston has fifty-thre, e different kinds of weather in a day n Without our moods should we be in
 teresting? a
 q As we look toward Germany hoy g many have noticed that she doesn' V look like the last match in the tray q the one that will not burnt" German
 seems to be most rapidly recovering
 her sanity and ready to take the in
 dustrial and commercial leadership 0
 the world. The Germans aver the - have been outnulnbered, but not out o generalled," and since unionism. whic j. is rending most of the nations of tn
 earth had German origin; and tn Ie German unionists are willing to mak 1 long days for half what our union "a demand for a short one, and hay VI agreed to, give daily one hours wor ,t to aid the government how does tn German claim of superior generalshi look to you? Just at present it seem I'll difficult to positively judge of the mer l. its or demerit of the German claim. le Do you think we hold in close. es Id teem enough the dear old mothers, an 1- the lovelight we used to see in thei l. eyes? This is a busy world and a bus Ee fife, but is there any good reason wh le we should not, cherish the one wh aI cared for us when we could not car n for ourselves, and pra yed for us whe we could not pray for ourselves. an
 who told us of the Better Land an
 Strove to awaken in our hearts tf
 everlasting hope? Can you tell wh lg we do not all of us find the sinapI ,e record that she left behind as grand g
 that of the soldiers which we toda
 cherish in our mind2 Oh. these mott
 CTS who by labor and fidelity mad - home happy-where do they get the ne reward? A large part should ocn N from us.
 There is one thing we must all ad ne init, that if we are religious it takt d. something more than the meeting
 house and loyalty to it to prove i
 for it requires something within | ou which shines without, as '.the soul ur calm sunshine and heartfelt joy
 Should not religion make us5 appef
 different from those who know it not :. Is your religion working out in yol character which will stand inspet e- tion by man and God? In your It
 lation to the church you are helpir
 to hold the banner high; but holt in ing up the banner is only a sma t. part of it., We all need enough r, all ligion to wipe out our vanity and SC
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