Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-12-14
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY.
(By Joseph krOnthal.)

Should seldom throw stone.
| If we have nothing else to do
| But talk of those who sin.
| TITS better we commence at home,
| And from that point begin.
| We have no right to judge man
| Until he's fairly tried;
| Should we not like his company,
| We know the world is wide.
| Some may have faults-and who has
| not?
| The old as we'll as young;
Perhaps we may. for aught we know
| Have fifty to their one.
! Then let US all, when we begin
To Islander friend or foe.
Think of the harm one word may do
To those we little know.
Remember curses sometimes like
Our chickens "roost at home;"
Don't speak of others faults until
We have none of our own.
Atlantic, Me-, Dec. S.
Dear Aunt Madge:
If l may say SO; I am an aunt to
everyone atNhome here. I found this
little clipping, and thought there was
much truth in it. ! have enjoyed
reading the pleasant trips in the
paper. Even if l cannot walk, l en-
joy the sunshine from my windows.
Mrs. A. G. Reed.
Sunset, Nov. 90.
Dear Aunt Madge:
wonder If any of our M. BIS. have
written you what they had for dinner
! Thanksgiving day. have nothing in
teresting to write but here goes
|. For company, I had only a daughter
from Deer Isle, my eldest son. who
lives nearby, and a grandson, who has
been with me twelve years. Our din
ner was very good, and as l sat down
to the loaded table l thought of the
poor and hungry who had no Thanks
| giving dinner. How gladly l would
| have gone without any dinner if they
could have had it.
| 1 wish 1 could had about forty little
boys around my table, to eat up every
thing but the chicken bones. How
| they would laugh, and l would have
/ laughed, too.
| Now come in the presents, cards and
letters. 1 had four boxes from loved
| ones who could not be present-from
| Portland, Bangor, and two from Cam
| den. What do you suppose / did
| when l opened them full to the brim
with good things? l laughed, and
| then cried. Wasn't l silly? There
| were fruit, nuts, candies, lovely
| frosted cake. and in one was a bunch
of large white chrysanthemums. l
| put them in water and they are as
| sweet as ever.
| AS night closed in dark and stormy,
all within was warmth and cheerful
ness. l thought how much we have to
be thankful for. Thanksgiving
| greetings to all of our sisters and
everybody.
| Sadie"
Dear Aunt Madge:
| l was real glad when 1 Joined the
column. All the sisters said "howdy
do" welcome Aunt Fanny and
hope you'll come again." and l felt
| just as if l was at home or was
| spending an afternoon knitting over
to a neighbor's-sort of comfortable
like.
| But when the last American came,
my feelings were hurt just little,
| for some of the members seem to he
| poking fun at me. One man, es-
| pecially. accused me of something
never was, "incognito," whatever that
means. l am sure l never was it, nor
never had or done it, Now" I said to
| 'Lisha, when I saw such big words in
his letter. that man is some young
preacher fellow, and he thinks he's
smart" NO" said 'Lisha, whoever
he is, he amt no preacher, and he
amt smart either. No minister would
be mean enough to call lady such
things" 1 thought I'd leave the col
umn, but 'Lisha says these are dis
armament days, and l mustn't have
any trouble about this.
whats all this about disarma-
ment," / asked him. well you see,"
he replied, after a long time of think
ing elisha always thinkS, its
about like this: On account of the
last big war, the nations Of the world
suffered much in the loss of millions
of men and billions of dollars worth
of property, and they are yet suffer-
ing because of the awful results of
that struggle-women and children
starving and cold and weeping for
| some one who will never come
again. Because of this, and much
more, they have got about enough of
war, they THINK they think. So
their big statesmen have got together
in Washington to talk about disarm-
ing. Well, they each want to stop
war and to disarm, but each wants
to hold on to a few battleships, sub
marines, cruisers, ETC., and to keep a
lot of soldiers and forts and guns and
other things to fight with. They all
want world peace, yet all want to
keep things to fight with. They don't
want any more wars, yet each nation
wants to have WAR TOOLS Odd
isn't it? If they don't want the mil
lions of boys now in rompers and
knee breaches to go the same way
that the millions of our dear boys
went In France, why, In the name 81
mercy, don't they destroy all the ma
chinery in the war mill? If they
really want world peace. let them