The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-08-14
Flowers for the Living
"Why walt ill man 10 dead to
tell the good things Of his iife?"

Seiiins ms wares ana Keeping every
body in jolly mood. Well. We've
got one in our own little town. His
name is Louie Lear. Louie is a happy
drummer. but he don't go by that IT,
tie. He is known officially as COM
mercial travelling representative for
so and So II Won want 10 make
travelling man sore just call him a
drummer. We called Louie a drum
mer Just to tease him because he is
so good-natured you couldn't tease
him anyway.
Louie is different than most drum
er, commercial travellers. He likes
to have a nice little home among the
mountains where he can enjoy life.
likes the life of the village rustic as
sort OF contrast to the road. so he
, settled down in Canon City. which is
just enough countrified to enable one
to see cows and chickens once in
awhile, and just enough Gifted that
you can get about what you want In
of the dry goods stores.
Louie likes canon City anc Canon
City likes Louie. He became full
fiedged citizen OF Canon City about as
quick as any man we know Of 1t
wasn't three months before he was
calling about everybody by their first
names and knew their whole family
history from Adam up. He didn't do
ture to be friendly and get acquainted
with everyone.
Louie believes In Canon City, and
as director OF the Chamber OF Com
merce is doing all within his pover
to make IL bigger and better.
There are artists who paint on can
vas and others who do 1t on their
faces. But We know who does IL on
cake sand candies. Did you ever see
Clyde Nelson make an ordinary cake
look like a beautiful valley of flowers
and woodland? You've sure missed
something If you haven't Clyde
never took lesson at the art In his
life, but he can stick a batch OF FROST
ing in a little cone-shaped piece of
like a masterpiece by Michael Angelo
Clyde has the artists eye for har-
monious minging ow colors- He has
the engraver's hand for placing his
creations with precision and proper
ton. He originates his designs and
keeps them In his head until time to
tell his hand where and what 10 do
He improvises to very large extent
and some Of his best work in decorat
ing wedding cakes and the like has
been done on the suggestion OF the
second.
Caterers the nation over are comb
ing the country for men who can do
these things. because II Is gift in
Itself. and but few possess II. Yet.
Clyde, seemingly unaware OF the ar
tistry OF HIS brain, the ability OF his
eye and the cleverness OF his hand.
stays on in Canon City. Personally.
we are well content that he should.
He is q likeable fellow. good citi-
zen. a reliable business man and
staunch friend.
Mrs. w. A. Chapson has lived in
Canon City for good many years and
not one Of those years have past that
that she had not had more friends at
the end than she had at the begin
ming. The reason Is that she Is a
woman without arti6ciaiity, without
hypocrisy and without malice. She
Is woman who lives by the Golden
Rule. In fact, she goes the Golden
Rule one better by doing unto others
more than she wants done unto her.
For years Mrs. Chapson has taken
deep and sincere interest in those
who have fallen into misfortune. She
~ a - ~fs.s~ IN - a
sick and she helps the unfortunate
who has stepped into the uncertain
path. Many OF her friends could not
tell you this because they are not
aware OF It. They know that she Is
good and kind and considerate. with
world of sympathy and understanding,
but they do not realize how she To
utilizing these splendid attributes.
The reason IN that she follows the
practice Of letting not her left hand
know what her right hand doeth. 1t
lis only when those whom she has
aided sing her praises that the truth
comes to light And that. Is none too
often when the principle Of giving
credit where credit is due" is coDsid-
cred much, II Ia much too often In the
eyes OF Mrs. Chapson.
Many men viii tell you that their
! lives would have been far different II
| they had not realized the value Of an
education until It was too late. But
| Robert Duncan II one of the present
xencraticn who realized very quickly
| that n he wanted 10 get anywhere 10
this world he had 10 know something
worth while. When he WAS n the