Norwich bulletin., 1919-05-03
THE MAN WHO ] TALKS

I needs it as often as possible. The sportsman and the picniekers and the vacationers of every sort have heard it 1 already and are filssing or calculating
 concerning it. The call finds an urgent 1 response within ourselves, and to the 1 idealist the old messy New England stone wall looks as good as the shining ] stream or the ever varying landscape l or heavens The primitive spirit ; of nan calls at least once "a year for
 breadth or distant horizon. It calls l for more than the city can give, or
 home can reveal. The open road and the soft shadows and the wild sounds
 of the " wilderness, call to us. The soul of the live man warns to go forth and find God hid behind the sun and shadow curtain we call Life. We think rubber is pretty elastic,
 but wonder if it is more elastic than the average conscience. As conscienees
 are classified there are bad consciences and good consciences; and there is no way of adjudging how good or bad any
 one of them is, since it is capable of l accompanying the possessor in his
 many moods,i- and may be like him,
 good or bad in any hour. It is just as much the foundation of true misery as
 of true joy. If, conscience was really
 'the still small voice" spoken of in Scripture, it would make one serene all of the time instead disturber of the peace in the name of the Lord. Con- science seems to be a close relation to conceit, and as Boyee has said: What we call conscience is, in many in- l stances, only wholesome fear of the constable
 How we do enjoy the May sunshine and sky and birds and flowers and in- sects. The May air carries not only memories of March and April. but as- surances of Jnne and her avalanche of
 roses. If one does not like to work
 in the fields all Nature is a lesson of industry. The May odors and the May songs are an inspiration to all WhC have aspirations. We learn to look UT in the May-time and form, the habit in life which prevents us from looking down; for we do not feel the Spirit above all beneath our feet as we dc in the heavens, although it is there working wonders all the time; and challenging man to. know and to fee
 the. everlasting force which is provid-
 ing for him bountifully every day.
 T Some one has said "it is the looks in other peoples eyes which give us our spiritual orientation." hence it is
 necessary that we should look into these windows of other souls if we dc not always therein see a pleasant ] sight. The effect of eyes upon our selves reveals to others if not to us what we are. It was Franklin whe , said, 1t is the eyes. of other people , that ruin us.'' The glance of the eyt has been recognized as one of tht most wonderful things in nature Elm lerson says: The eye transcend. l our identity!'' As the pulse of th' l soul the eye tells what we are. w r thave the eloquent, the beautiful, tn, F wanton and the warning eye to con , tend with; and the eyes Of interest
 love and prayer to protect and inspir us. The glance of the eye has beel loWe's wireless means of comnunica
 tien ever since man became consciou
 of mate.
 Those who read The Bulletin do no
 consider letter writing to have be
 come lost art, for it constantly bear witness that letter writing was neve = more popular or useful than today Letters are not. thank Heaven. wha s they were once. for they have faliel from the effusiveness and suited eX v pression of the past, which is, eve held up to us as style. We hay 7 doubtless abandoned the style for sub stance: length and elegance of eXpfes sion have given way to breyity an
 lpoint We have marked all those lon . letters "prosey," and we. read ther r. when we have time. Effectiveness ha s jumped ahead of effusiveness and ha
 the road. We modefns buy our pape l. by the quire. not by the ream: and " y prefer to say what we say well, an r say it quickly.
 Do you realize there is such a thin q as bad habits in looks. Some peopl 1 1,:E t l looks what others condemn by speech 2 and substitute looks for praise. " = all must look what we feel, an |, bungling art has never improved na "A ture iii this respect, since the eff
 cient interpreter can read us like a 1. open book without any assistance = The Sunday -go-to meeting face. whe 0 made up, makes one dread th : thought that every day will be Sun day by and by. The long face so lon ; connected with piety looks more lik = a caFicature than q wholesome glo' II of holiness which wIr1ns the hear
 lights up the face, and makes the eye q dance, impressing others that piet e is real personal Improvement, Som - souls recognize God is gladness; an
 some that giadness is a sin. Thus ma |. differs on matters of most importanc ', Some one has asked: How do 70 - meet difficult situations I kleve . try to shake hands with 'efp at lon ' range and never feel any embarrass IT ment until right up against 'en, g never put this aud 5nat together l. anticipation of difficult problems. Or :. half the difficult problems of life tur , out to have been bad dreams, never as N suming the shape of a nightmare, bl 'e just becoming a thorn of expectatio 10 It may take a man and a boy to sol1
 the arithnetical probieu to state pr(
 tportionately how to divide five potf
 I toes equally among six persons; bl
 the colored cook in the kitchen ju at mashes them and does her sum at division with a spoon because sl
 knows how to serve better than sl knows how to figure. l am lookr 'c for no difficult conditions, and brus IS by them before classifying them.
 1t was John Muir, the great natura in ist, who used to face the tempest ,e go out and hear the trees sing hymn :, {. and pray. Few people realize tn
 trees sway and sing and roar ii
 the ocean beneath the lash of Rorea ly This seems like a c-s;1.y idea. doesr Id it" But you go among the wfisperil LII pines and sit, alone awhile and y,
 will find it, as awe inspiring as t T. ocean when you stand alone in at presence upon a hlne- mile beach. T 1 pine tree. like the cypress, is gentle it's manners. and it never screams roaFs like the oak Or the elm, b It swishes and whispers and signs a1 to sings in a most impressive way: al iii, ii has been well said that the hyn
 of the pine is older than any creed a
 will outlive all doubrJ Why do ' hs not become conscious of the praise O All Makers works bestow upon him.
 to Do not concern yourself about wh n. folks say about you: and look out I IT. to overvaiuc what people say to "
 Don't waste time running down ta