Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-13
THE MAN WHO TALKS


 harmful to the body, therefor along this ground the question does not en- ter the field of moral discussion. There are some phases of the. habit that are open to criticism. l. Boys of a tender aga are apt to be stunted by the use of tobacco, and especially by cigarettes which is the worst form in which the weed can be used. g. The habit is all together too expensive for some people no luxury is warranted when it curbs a necessity. 3. The majority of men smoke too much, and that means some bodily harm, soonen or later. 1. Many smokers have inexcusably bad habits,
 In that they blow tobacco smoke into other peoples faces. and flick cigar asn- es into other peoples eyes, especially on the street The non-smoker whether man or woman, is entitled to some con- sideration.
 Do we fully realize the import of what Is usually called the minor gracess Those little things that do not ris to the dignity of character, but yet have much to do in establishing'a mans rep utation. Take, for illustration, the grace of socialibihty,, which Is simp,y suitability working on the> job Why 1 can't we give a touch of good nature to the act of shaking hands with one an- other and in the exchange of usual ei- vilities? SocialibiNty opens for us rich mines of pleasure and satisfacton xllich l otherwise would remain undiscovered and closed The man who carries 8 grouch around with him never gets any where either with himself or with oth- CTS. It is a touch of sociability when passing boats give mutual salute It i is a recognition which makes both par ties feel just a Iittle better. Men on | fishing smack clad in overalls and l jumpers, or on dainty yacht dressed l in white flannel will wave their hands 1 at you, and the women their handker- 1 chief, and by doing 1t they will catch ! more fish and find added joy in yacht ing sociability works everywhere. If l Peters wife's mother lies sick with fever inquire after the old lady's condi- tion; it will brace up the whole family. Scientific men have very much to ten l us about the uniform activities" and i regulatory processes" of nature. Now i it all sounds very big and learned, and may have some basis of fact-in thet 1 ory,, but to the common every day ob- server of natural phenomina it is all 1 science to explain the unseasonably hot \ day in winter and the relatively cold day in summer and his glib answer win 1 be that it is only "a variation of type" 1 But when this variation of type" sits 1 on the throne most of the time; while l here in New England there are at 1 least seventeen variations of type" 1 jostling one another for places on the i throne in the course of a single day, l the common every day observer begins l to inquire just what that type IS. Doubtless there is some rational ex- | planation of freaks, but nothing ttns l for ~1,a the common observer who has formed the strange habit of seeing a real un- likeness in things that differ.
 There are a great many people in the world today. as there always have been who amount 10 a great deal. There have | always been a great many men and women who have thought much of themselves, and have been perfectly
 justified in doing so. There has a so
 been an equally great, and perhaps vast
 ly greater number, who have been
 highly though of by others, an1 in so
 doing there has been no error i, jllG-
 ment. The general who oonduUts 2
 great military campaign, dim; a vast
 army into victorious battle. thinks
 something of himsef and others thini
 he is right. But there are times wh er
 the biggest man on earth is made to fee
 very small. Let him be on a steare1 l just out of sight of land E9nen some thing happs 10 the engine-and the
 engine in a steamer as well as n an au- tomobie or a human being sometimes
 gives trouble The sea may not be
 rough, but the craft plunges with the long swell. Of course there s no dang } CT, but the young folks stop their play
 ing, and many faces grow white. Soor the motion of the boat is communicate to the digestive appartus anG
 that makes music in tht air" The boat stops just fort! minutes. but they are helpless minutes } Lord Kitchener was successful in many s battles, but the waves of the Nortf
 Seat got him.
 Sympathy in human hearts arisel
 through the identity of susceptibility
 Every living persons knows what it i to be cold hungry and sick. ever
 though it is not to the point of fatality
 It is because we are susceptible t e these things that we sympathise witt
 those who have been touched by them
 When we see others in affliction we no o only see that they suffer but how the.
 suffer, and probably why. Because W
 at any time are liabile to experience tn
 ills of life makes us very sensitive fo 1 those who are touched by them Thi , identity to others through a liability t
 suffering is the basis of all of our be
 nevolent work and societies. Withou It 1t there would be no Home Missionar n Societies. no American Boards, no Re
 Cross work. They are all the outwar
 expression of this idea; as we khoy
 something of what suffering is, we wi . help the hungry, clothe the naked e shelter the homeless, cure the sicl | There is no grander work on earth tha
 this.
 - The whole world reiofces over tn -e present status of the Irish question Ma
 urally there have been differences
 opinion as to the merits of the que, se ton due to different racial viewpoint ,e and principles. But the whole ciyiI;ze
 world rejoices over the settlement of d
 faculties hy other means than resort
 arms which usually settles nothing sa
 isfactorially. Peace is certainly ind le cated in the fact that there is alread
 an armistfce4 Nobody any long;
 wants to witness the overthrow of re: v- son and good will that has beeh show 2 by both parties in this unfortuna
 country Ths common wearness
 strife and murder has led to the hos ., that a real settlement VII be foun V The meeting of Dominion premiers n- London, with their broad stateanani t. ship and unbiased judgment is helpi1
 this cause. Ireland with strong q IT minion parliament would have a grea se CT voice in world councils than as a fir ,k republic with six coerced counties.
 the latter case she would be no mo
 than Finland.
 e. According to the New York Times n- which seems to speak with authori |. we have in a realistic cartoon, ne ~ version of the discovery of poison-iI
 It would appear that our common a