The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-27

tence had altered through the minds
OF twenty or thirty people you'd he
dumbfounded to discover that there'd
be little or no resemblance to the
like snow ball
Hear as little as possible that is to
the prejudice of others; believe moth
Ing true-well. until you are abso-
iutely forced to do It Always mod
crate what you hear about others and
- -..,.: - esSks '1~x~I - 80
s.dos as everything and If you'd hear
the other side. you'd have diff
ferent opinion than what you have by
hearing one. There are two sides to
everything on earth.
Thou shalt not covet'
Covetousness Mcancst Thing.
The law covers the desire for a
thing IS well as the stealing of the
thing and one of the meanest traits
of character. think, Ia eoxeteousness,
We live in testing world. Be
fore Uncle Sam will accept a battle
ship she's got to stand the test OF
speed. at forced gravity for some
hours. Before he will accept a can
non she's got to be tried. We have
got 10 stand physical examinations,
mental examinations. all through. oh.
most of the divorces and the wreck
age which follows comes from covet-
ing. Oh, that fellow wants that 9TH
err fellows wife. That woman wants
that other womans husband. So on
it goes. 1t comes from coveting
Thou shalt not covet."
Cardinal Gibbons in an article not
long ago, said, Divorce is becoming
so prevalent that marriage Is becom-
/ ing a little better than a system of
free love"
People are too much bent on pleas
ure nowadays. The divorce evil is
called from the false. loose interpre-
tations of the gospel. Every one of
the gospels are opposed to it
There are times when separation
! is just if.abe; there are times when
separation would be necessary.
| think. and even commendab!e, but
remarriage Is the radical evil, and
the re-marriage Is sought by ninety
| out of a hundred. And wherever
SOMEBODY is mentioned in the divorce
! proceedings. that man or woman
turns around and narries the core
spondent thus named. Covetousness.
That is one Of the causes of evil today
and the wreckage of our homes.
/ One reason why divorce is on the
! Increase is the attitude people take to-
! ward divorced persons The family IL
! social unit. ami the social life is a
/ reflection OF the family life and / know
" hat the family life is By what the
social life is. for the social life sim.
! ply reflects what the family life is
! Now, then. if by some miracle every
unhappy married couple could be caused
! to disregard their children and theii
| claims, | think. tens of thousands OF
! apuiicat ions for divorce would be ii &c
and il the present ratio, my friends
! II the increase of crime and dessrtior
and drunkenness and divorce continues
| the American home is going 10 sount
| The depths of hell.
Refers 10 Beattie.
| Here in Virginia. a young man hat
! everything that an indulgent fathe'
could give him. In school he change
Books for wine. cards and cigarettes
/ de married beautiful girl, He sho
her In his automobile. He died in thu
electric chair, leaving a father In I
I6esolate home. with the narrowing
! memories tearing at his heart Arf
,ver the life of his baby are cloud
woven from the worlds misfortune. H
ent another woman TO wander il
! 1ainted shame outside Of LIES Eden o
| ,urity, with the barb OF console nc
}riven into her guilty soul, spurned b
| l pit,less world all because he covete
| mother mans wife, Thou shalt no
eovet"
Look a; Lord Byron. oh. Britain
brilliant hard; ne could have live
| n England's glory, He could hav
slept with Ensland's greatest in West
! minister Abbey. but at the age o
| hirtv-seven he should have beel
:oing onward and upward to create
| lights of glory his heart sent out thi
J litter wall:
I ~ sslI Ian Jnzf
The flower and fruit of life are sout
The worm, the canker and the grie
Are mine alone.
} Thou shalt not co~et thy neigh
boris house" / don't blame anyhod
looked at the beautiful homes and
have said, My. ] hope they will liv
for years to enjoy it."
Thou shalt not covet thy neigh
, bor's house, nor his man servant, no
his maid servant, nor his automobile
, nor anything that is thy neighoors
Don't do 1t!
A friend Of mine. who died som
time ago, Jack Crawford. the poe
scout, was down in New York year
ago and one of the New York paper
: asked him to write poem aoou
what he thought about the city.
l. AO Ilhe Tie SftS, STA
I 'Ttsn't likely that ! could,
'Tisn't likely that ranger
From the borders ever would
r Get accustomed to the furry,
, The loud, unearthy noise
Everybody in a hurry
, Men, women, gals and boys,
Do like the city,
No, / love to wander
Mid the wales and mountains greer
In the borderland out yonder.
Where the hand of God is seen.
Likes the Country.
VI My idea is, If / ever live TO be OH
I'd like to live out in the countr.
/ am a rube Of the ruhes. haysee
> OF the hayseeds. I'd like to live o,
!, 4 in the country near some crackil
!. good town and listen to the bird
I'd like to go to heaven out In tn
!. country somewhere I don't like
live in the city.
Thou shalt not covet."
Down In North Carolina your
fellow was going to school and !
! kept saying he was dead sure I
! would carry of the honors OF II
school. The father lived off on a
e old farm. and he hired an old hor'
and carriage. The horse seemed
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