The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-03-31

A man In Missouri has Just celebrated
his l02d birthday, and he declared the
reason that he has reached this ripe old
age is not because he did not smoke
nor drink, but because he has never
argued,
Eurekal 1t Is discovered at last, The
secret Of longevity Is never to argue.
This scientific fact will amaze the
world, for w have all been committed
to exactly the opposite theory. We have
thought that 1t was the disputatious
who never died. 1t seemed to us that
they lived on forever, although, at anv
time, we could have spared them with
out a murmur, and registered, as movie
fans say, perfect resignation to the dis
pensations Of Providence at their fu-
nerals.
anyway, here's hats off to the Mis-.
s9ufi c~entenarian who through a long
nsetimls mas abstained from the vice
q arguing. How his wife must bave
aoted on him How his children musf
nave hdored him How his brothers
anu sisters must have cherished hInI
SM,hat a JOY he must have been az n.
friend and companion!
HiahSs one green with envy even
:" rear about him, for, alas! he was a
nlan whose like most Of us have never
looked upon, Fer the individual who IN
content with his own view Of things.
n liberal enough to grant YOU m
privilege OF holding your own opinion
N peace and comfort, without having
20 I'ght FOR them tooth and nail is the
rara avis OF humanity.
we nave thought there 'ain't no sieh
q animal until this white blackbira
happen. e'eS sun
Why people argue has ALWAYS been
one OF the Dundreary things that M
.e,st can ind out, Nobody is ever
s@hNlleed IN an argument, No amount
~ augmentation ever changes ones
views a whit, All that an argument does
N 70 rasp tempers and rouse bitterness
putants. ~ MO
no one gets on our nerves as do thosa
altlleted with the arguing habit, There
~ no one who is 30 little conRenial AZ
the one who Invariably takes tGe "nnoe
slte, point OF view from ours, There Ia
brute, no bully, no prude, no yirayn
WIN whom 1t IL such an affllctlon "a
nave 10 1--we as 1t Ia with a man or
woman who must argue with you over
vperytnlhg You dc and say, or leave
undone or unsaid. ~
hates Inc arg,,er aoa ~"Felfooug
all this nrr,,ing ron i IVY ~ spite OF
Noflte Indoor sport in the majority Or
life ia no mmnrs NNpiaA.s why nome
An NJ ne ", robuiaI nan u IS,
to mako tba st", hoSsV,lolus W Wnlch
most innoc,ons ~. nlost innocent,
throyyiny a Ma s'a.eaietts u like
starving dogs. They spring on II win
G.eIps OF Joy and worry over 1t, tear
II mill finain, y, ttshS ana growl
s,h4ant MaNlhh olssecteu the
each other >~' '"'' Nu'H anu aeNour
For ary,srs rayar .,,,,.
Of h s,,'n 10 the original
"Why Germany want tn no WIN
up Wtth Msris,s" ,nnna W WI ana END
lie hed sna . WUt sweeping under
ryinr her NV ~ SeaS 'a,,tes INTO mar
wbatayar AZ "'"tank ia'Se mar, or
know YIN ~" pe.sohai insult they
spot' Ana ~ m"t.@ ~ the weakest
her %opinion ~ whv msntaa sun with
in bor y VIZ ote more notch scored
nrsiier 'e"S0"s why She mates the
To- ~ ~
ia tnnnsthi@n INV housShoIus IN which IT
IA jn1u w we sllghtest thing
cap rnt'ihs az atRultent over It.
without father vpa"pf}nsV y, spo,n paste
Mas heconea as 1aht,hk 70 Know what
mast V,U,oo"u'e pt NY lasJ tuhe OF tooth
tnnanSW'e you bought. and arguing that
eyf,n p~sre ~ heW-iangled, useless
tnoth ~e"t'e because nobody used
r"otn paste when ne was a hoy. And
,s"siur atgulhg with you about whore
~ arg soihg t2, huN II, and telling you
" pia'e she mas read about that Is
'Gn illlles on but whore YOU get
tuoto paste one cent a tube cheaper.
a. SISTER sally disputing with you
aoout using tooth paste instead OF tooth
peWder, ana Aunt Jane arguing with
you about the kind OF tooth paste you