Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-07


We shall give our gold in princely
sum,
But what did we give to-day?
We shall lift the heart and dry the
tear
We shall plant a hope in the place OF
We shall speak the words of love and
cheer,
But what did we speak to-day?
Dear Aunt Madge:
1 think we shall like Boston pretty
well, after we get used to the ways
of the people. The hardest part of the
case is to get used to it. for as
'Lisha says, we were not brought up
in the ways of the city folks of this
generation. l tell 'Lisha, maybe we
are sort Of behind the times, and mar
rowlike" He said I'm glad we are"
'Lisha's quite set when he makes up
his mind, and sometimes 1 think he's
right.
We went to hear man speak about
1.-The New England Idea" and he said
a lot of good things about the way
our fathers used to think and do, and
he wondered just what will be the
condition of morals and religion in a
generation or more to come. He
seemed hopeful that it would come
out all right because, said he. this
country is the melting pot for the
people who come here" 'Lisha says
that's just 1t, and that's just the
trouble. He says it should not be a
melting pot.
"Now, look here" he said, lets look
into this melting-pot business. Into
this pot are put lead, tin, iron, copper,
silver and gold, and then it is put over
fire, melted and thoroughly stirred
then it is set away to cool and it
the way through. 1t is better than
the lead or tin, and maybe better than
the iron that went into it, but what
has happened to the gold and the sill
ver?"
thought of that; the gold and silver
are the New England Idea. and that
idea is the Bible idea" That's it,"
he said. TT seems to me that we
need to keep the gold and silver just
as they are. If they need shining up
we'd better get at it," said he. Il
have read about men who, long ago,
used to spend all their lives to find
way to change the cheap metals into
gold, but they never found the way
If. only such a method could be dis
covered, there would be no need of
that mans melting pot"
'Lisha." I said, that method was
discovered more than two thousand
years ago, and l don't think it has
had a fair trial yet l mean the gospel
and the church." "Of course" he re-
piled, hadn't you thought of that be-
fore?' IF the gold and silver didn't
look so much like copper and lead,
perhaps things would be better AS it
is, the only way to save the New Eng
land Idea is for the Mighty Chemist
to change this lead and tin and iron
into gold and silver. But, first of all
gold must be gold and silver must be
silver"
'Lisha is so queer in his ideas. but
sometimes l think he is right. My
love to all the sister NJ BIS.
Aunt Fanny"
Dear Aunt Madge and the Nieces:
On the way to the worlds eighth
Sunday-school convention, l visited
Picking and became interested in four
college boys who acted as special
guides for our party. Two of these
students are now in America, and you
may be interested to read what a New
York paper says about one of them:
Sam Wang is Chinese who came
TO America few short months ago to
study for the Christian ministry at
II noin
has the heritage of forty centuries of
REORGANIZATION that was ancient
when Western Europe was still
wrapped in the stone age and Ameri-
ca may or may not have learned to
pick up club with which to fell an
animal
Sam Wang is a philosopher. and
sam Wang keeps his eyes and his ears
open; He brought a contribution to
the local papers to-day. and to-day is
election day. Sam Wang has been in
america only a few months, as before
remarked, and yet, Wang. the Ori-
entail. knows more about the issues
that are being fought out at the polls
than do four-fifths of the male voters
and Observation-Disclosures of the fe-
males.
Sam Wang is the most progresses
ing son of the Celestial Kingdom that
was ana the modern republic that is,
He is graduate of the University of
fish may be measured by the follow
ing contribution that has not been
doctored by any American:
THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND
THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.
whether the Washington confer
ence will spell the eternal peace of
the world or continued war is a cues
ton the world awaits the answer to.
There VIII be no peace in the world
unless truth, established through
Justice, has been worked out. Presi-
dent Wilson drove thousands to war
with the cry. The world must be safe
for democracy but because of the
greedy self-seeking of other nations,
or possibly by lack of unity by the
states. this sacred task was not ac-
complished.
AS result the world has been
driven to unrest. The troubles in Ire
land and the troubles in Korea are to
be blamed to this failure to carry out
the object aimed at by Wilson. Be-
fore | go further, let me ask a few
questions: What does civilization
mean? What Is mans highest ideal?
What is crime or sin?
civilization means refinement or
reclamation from savage state
Now, what does Savape maaup To vor