Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1920-07-14
AS THE EDITOR SEES 1T

AillliOlS OF pEDpic dIE WdiLAHB WIN
such patience as they can master for
the time when prices viii come down.
They have faith that the time will not
long be deferred. But we fear they
are doomed to disappointment. Be-
fore any great reduction can be ex-
pected in the retail market there must
first be a readjustment Of the price
of labor, raw materials, etc. Can you
imagine the laborer voluntarily re-
ducing his wage, or the manufacturer
his product? There is an endless
amount Of time before US, and much
of it will be consumed before the sky
loses its control Of price quotations.
What is a smile? Our office devil
saws it is the spirit of kindness ooz-
ing out from a good heart. And he is
MT far off at that. Did you ever con-
trast the smile of a good man and that
of bad one ? The smile Of the good
man conveys a spirit Of friendship
and brotherlyf love, while that of the
bad man more often resembles the
grin Of hyena. If you don't believe
it, pull of a smiling contest between
one of each. In ten minutes the man
of decency will be warming up to his
NbIhs NtlliE Aiit uioLtUlC VI QE paw IVY
will be ready to fight.
Is the cost of the daily meals wor-
rying you? Then spend twice the
! time in chewing your food. You will
feel better, be more satisfied, and will
eat less. Most people are content to
| bolt down their food and leave nature
to do what they should have done
| themselves. Nature becomes over
worked and soon calls a halt. Then
comes a bad stomach, poor digestion,
peevishness, excitability, and a general
weakening of productive powers. No
/ person can do justice as a producer
unless he is in good health, and good
/ health can only be maintained by a
proper mastication of food.
|
We Americans, in common with
other peoples, are living in a restless
age. Before the world war all Eu-
rope slept in a volcano, dreading the
day when the thunders of eruption
would be heard. That eruption came
almost in the twinkling of an eye,
bathed two continents in the blood of
MILLIONS of men, drove kings and en-
perors from their gilded thrones re-
duced aristOerats from affiuence to
poverty, turned the world topsy-turvy
and made civilization mockery and
a bywOrd Released from the priva-
tons entdiled by war, instead of so
boring humanity, seems to have turned
its head Profteers are legion and
prohigate spenders are even more
numerous. Productivity has swept us
! into a sea of uncertainty and con-
lecture from which not even the wisest
ones can tell how or when we will E.
merge. We are up in the air, knowing
not which way to turn, or whether to
turn or stand still, forge ahead or
mark time. 1t is a condition calcu-
lated to produce even the most ag-
gravating form Of restlessness in a
people accustomed from our early days
to sane and simple existence.
A time will come when we as a
people will emerge from our present
condition of indifference to conse-
quences. 1t may be year, or two
or five, or more and great changes may
take place before we are again q
NORMALLY moving people. But we
Americans are not class to be kept
forever keyed up in turmoil of eX.
citement In some way or other We
will find our level and resume The
wholesome existence we enjoyed be
fore the world was set ablaze by the
fires of war. 1t is hope which buoy!
us up and reeonciles us to the lido
syncracies of people apparently gon'
mad in the game of life.