The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1919-10-15
Minor Musings

Minor Musings
When a woman admits timidly that
her husband sometimes is a little
hard to get along WITH" you're safe
in betting that he is very hard to get
along with all the time.
How does it happen that having a
lot of money just naturally seems to
make so many of 'em p~erpetually
grouchy?
You may believe you are import
ant in your little community, but
think how important the chief ant is
in his little colony during hill building
time.
If some people had a four-hour
work day and every day off but one,
they'd still produce statistics to prove
that all the worlds work could be
accomplished if everybody did an
hours labor a week.
When the world gets back to the
belief that what we need is not less
work but more of it efficiently done,
maybe we'll begin to get somewhere.
A thick-headed man always gives
thin
Fall fashion note-Women's skirts
are to be longer and mems purses
shorter.
1t must be hard work to spend all
your time trying to figure out a soft
living.
A snob is always ignorant and gen.
orally laxative, which is what makes
him so irritating.
If you can chuckle over the pomp-
Gus acts of small men instead of be-
ing vexed by them, that is the best in
dication that you are not one of
them.
If you can be a politician without
becoming a hypocrite, you may be-
come a statesman.
Today's troubles may be tomor-
rows jokes.
Too many friends are cumber-
some, but a few. are imperative in
every normal mans life.
ga lean horse for a long race" of
course, but a fat horse has the salts
faction of knowing he doesn't have
to ace
Marriage is a lottery" but the
haste with which some plunge into it
would lead you to suppose they think
it is a sure thing" game.
There is hope for almost any youth
who has an aspiration to rise by his
efforts and has no ambition to be-
come a prominent citizen"
You're advised to be light-hearted
but if you act that way. somebody is
to think you're light-headed.
A mothers child never grows up.
She may be a clinging vine at first,
but she often becomes a crushing vine
at last.
A good spender is generally a bad
lender.
Peculiar, but when the head of the
has a "batting' rally, he's gen.
struck out.
When tempted to use the word
LADY, remember that half the wo-
brought into police court on as
and battery charges testify that
heb fight stared because somebody
said hat one of them was mo lady"
A bachelor always pats his friends
on the head and remarks.
children are great institutions" and
then tries to change the subject.
The trouble with the children
whose are perfect is that so
often nothing else about them is.
Lots of people are. not valued at
their true worth-and it's lucky for
IlleLi IHdI tHey re NOT
There are lots of tired people and
few overworked ones, but more peo-
pie need work'.than need rest.
The man who boasts that he's
never afraid to speak his sentiments
usually seems to have d~isagreeable
sentiments.
The trouble with a good many who
do their duty as they see it is that
short-sighted.
If 20 are good a alibis you're not
often good for anything else.
Marriage may be a failure but how
do you know that single old age is a
When a woman spends her time in
behalf of some movement" unless
paid for it she's usually very
young or old or else she's homely.
Another reason why some men
woman suffrage is because
they think it will give their wives
something to think about instead of