The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-12-29
1922
By NJ. H. J.


o Future! with all that thou hast in
store for me!
The old year will die tomorrow. To
fx the dates more than man can do
for himself. He knows that the
fashion of this world will pass away;
but as for himself, the secret of the
great adventure is hid with God. The
believer knows that the UNIVERSAL
Father who presided at his birth will
attend at his death and his faith is
serene as to all that can happen. Let
ne die the death of the righteous and
let my last end be like his" Many
die on the day of their birth; others
20 trembingly for pace-our ceme-
teries are peOpled with childhood and
youth, some reach the meridian of
life and the fortunate press .bravely
on to nearly three score and ten !;
others by reason of strength achieve
four score; and there are those who
touch the ninth decade and a few
widely separated ones claim the cen
tury mark.
The myriads who have risen from
the temple of clay to the conscious
life of the spirit Will the Father
deny any welcome home to the
spirits made perfect through suffer
ing? viii those we have loved long
since and lost awhile, give US a smil-
ing welcome and bear US company
through the green fields of Eden
where the tree of life is blooming?
Let US bear cheerfully our hope and
expectation.
When the fotsam and jetsam of
Christmas gifts were pouring in like
a food at the Post Office window, I
looked in upon the sea of trouble and
discovered brother Chittenden who
had sunk under the avalanche of
gifts; and Franie, as the rollers came
tumbhng in, was performing miracles
of service, the Deputy was hopping
around trying to find a life line; /
gave Leona a tip for postal order,
which rescued her for future Christ
mas cyclones.
10000
Students are proverbially mis-
chievous and their pranks prevail in
spite of all the rules that ever were
framed. The F. H. n. school suffers
from these infractions no more than
other of our higher schools of learn
ing-less in fact. We usually charge
it up to profit and loss and let it go
at that; but the petty irregularities
the sly visits to the sugar bag for
the raw material out of which to
make moOnshine sweets is a stealthy
weakness which should be discour-
aged, for, if we form the habit of
filching, it may grow and land the
eulprit in fagrante delicto. 1t goes
without saying that if the subalterns
in authority did his or her duty, we.
should have smooth sailing. To loaf
on the job is no credit to them and it
ought not to occasion surprise if a
blue envelope is handed out to them
some day.
10000
The printer is entitled to his share.
Are you a merchant? a banker? an
office man of any kind? Your print
e1 stationery should be conspicuous
for its excellence. No higher cOmpi
ment can be paid an Office than the
fine stationery in use there. The TWEEN
tieth century job printer has cult
waited taste; he is an artist; for grace
and fidelity of design to the standards
of good printing, he can be depended
upon. We have all these in the jun
Tor member of the printing house of
A. L. Clark & Son. Do yourself a
favor and cast your lot with him.
10000
1t has been said that if you want
to get rich, you don't want to be too
honest. The rogue will get rich in
spite of his rascalities and often be-
cause of them. John D. Rockefeller
Is a pattern Baptist Staunch pillar
of the church; but there was a time
when his religion did not injure his
health; he crowded the little fellows
to the wall and trampled upon every
body that got in his way-was as
ornery as the devil. AS soon as he
got the crowd beat to a frazzle, then
the whole world prostrated itself on
the sidewalk before him and bumped
its head three times on the concrete
in his honor. Now I worship at his
shrine along with the rest of you fel-
lers, because he is making good use
Of his money. 1 believe Saint Peter
will let him in and give him front
seat. We have got to give these rich
fellows time to reform; they will