Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-12-28
ELK NOT |kNOCKER BUT
 VERY lENIEN7

# sBy Ebert Hubbard.
 K Its of our brothers we M |rite upon the sand;
 8f rtues on the tables of love I ls md memory.
 not a jiner, but if I jine ers, I will begin with the
 hd probably end there.
 Ekbut any special written code a, the Elks stand for a cer- kndard of intellect and eth
 nan with an elk's tooth on
 tch chain or antlers in his
 hole has no quarrel with
 He accepts life and finds it
 He may not be so very wise
 very good, but since he
 that he is not wise and is
 to admit that he is not so
 .ood, he is wiser than he and better than he will ac- \ kdge.
 Real Elk is Lenient.
 true Elk does not condemn,
 pge, nor rip reputationc up
 ck. Realizing his own limi-
 B he is lenient in his judg-
 towards those who have been
 ed by fate beyond their pow
 resist. This quality of mercy, , noticed is strongly implant- # Elk nature. Your Elk does
 eep over his own trouble, but
 he stricken soul on earth his
 of pity are near the surface.
 Elk loves children, respects
 ge, and so far as I have seen,
 t incline especially toward
 terence to feminine charms. < any instances I have imagin- ; Ee Elk revealed a just appre- In of the elevated spheriod.
 In all your life you never saw bf these sons of Elkdom going hlone and cutting in the les; his irrigation is all the
 of good fellowship. And his t fault lies right here in this
 of conviviality! he sometimes Hoes it. To be an Elk you have faith in other men, faith Yourself and faith in the uni Source of Perpetual Youth. he Elks all look alike and are bf one age. Just what the age have not yet made out; it lies 1ewhere between Q and 50. No is more than 50, no matter how he has lived, and none weighs |e than 200 pounds. They all e joyous bubling hearts of tn and no whiskers. Lilacs of their lives and are always ,oed. I never saw an Elk who
 very rich excepting in kind and good cheer, nor did I ever one circumnavigating on hic CTS. I have been occasionally led by hearing Elks relate stor- that are slightly gamboge, ted on the edges but although ;e tales or persiflage had Neu- ltel flavor, yet there were al IS acepetic supplies to redeem mass from mortifying mi pee. The Elk is not troubled ut saving his soul. In fact, he not troubled about anything. haps this one distinguishing ture; he does not worry nor Ike the red rag of wordy theo- ical warfare. He believes that rything is all right, or nearly and that his task is to do his k and not, bother other folks more than he has to. When Baba said Blessed is the man , does not bellyache,' he had Elk in mind. An Elk es his medicine-sometimes with vry face-but he always takes medicine. Often he overcomes lptation by succumbing to it, if he trips and falls he is up in and joins in the laugh of
 bystanders. You can not m a man who laughs at him. he Elks stay right in the game. l never heard of one retiring m business. When death calls an Elk the Elk is apt to sell l a bill of goods and then shake dice to see who shall pay lron's toll.
 he Elk does not seek to pry , the future, for he realizes per- ;ly we'll that if he wants he'll W all about it. There seems be little danger that this ternity will evolve into reli- n. Most religious people take ir religion seriously, but the
 takes his with seltzer. He WIS that truth IS the point Uf V; that all is relative; that hing is final or absolute, nor it be in a world where nothing but change. So the S religion is now and here; to take of all good things in mod sion; to give love and kindness ause these things come back; to supply a scrap only to the l who repeatedly asks for t, will accept nothing else
 is a matter of accommodation. o do good is the first prong in Elk's creed. And he realizes, lg wise, that the way to bene-I yourself is to benefit others. for myself, I am strictly on the } cart so do not affiliate very ely with the boys, but if were ng light and wanted to borrow ,r maybe 20, I'd tackle the first I met, without an apology or