The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-01-25
Are You Missing The Best Things?

You business perhaps; eight hours in the of
V store home read the newspapers and possibly the cioi
pages of magazine play game of cards go the show spnc
evening occasionally social function bed and gel
mp The next morning 90 through the routine again
Or perhaps you a lawyer doctor mechanic Your
daily program practically the that described for the
business continuous grind Of duties connected with your
employment light diversions session of sleep aud then 20
through the mill again II ism essentially different if You
although the monoony be still pronounced The
ordinary life made up principally of strenuous efforts TO
with the the part of the day followed by the
pursuit of things that supposed TO furnish pleasure and re-
laxation.
Such is the system into (which most of us naturally drift
not be well for pause long enough inquire whether
this mode Of living really the best give ourseves9 Ism I
II possible that can have larger and happier lives without
having of the material things that commonly supposed TO
be essential to human happiness and well beng Isn't it possible
that missing lot of the good things which cost little
nothing but which would make lives infinitely larger and
better
few evenings ago of the biggest gave
an address in Chickasa lie ExGov Brmbangh of Penn
sylvania known possess of the minds of the nation
There charge for admission but than handful of
people heard him. Mr. umbough discussed topics of vital cur
rent interest in way that houh proyokng. entertaining
and inspiring. few weeks Former President Taft
sture in Chckasha but only small audience heard him. This
man of massive intellect whose has been sch
TO only few in this world eminent iur lawyer and
man possessed no attraction for the majority of the people of
Chckasa To touch with the personality of such
privilege and TO hear him mental smuant but only
few OF people sufficiently interested hear him. Other
anen men with messages that of vital interest have had
liar experiences here
Only in exceptional can any of lis plead that we don
nave time to go to hear such Mr. Taft and Mr. Brmbaugh
the truth is that have time for anything that do
and needn't try put any fmsy ourselves The
reason that Interested in their don't
want to hear them This merely that negectng and
missing opportunities for te enlargement and enrichment of or
minds acquiring points cannot have if we keep
ourselves immersed wholly in the daily grind work and the
pleasures we ao ourselves in times of leisure In word e arc
overlooking opportunities to add to mental possessions and
thus make ourselves better and women with larger capacities
Tor usefulness and happiness deliberately refuse give
selves the things for the highest development of human
bes thereby allowing minds to become fbby from disu
No matter what ones vocation may be- he constantly need of
mental muants to spur him into thinking about matters other
than those with which his business profession brings him
contact and such those mentioned above have the ability
and the personality to stir the most sluggish mind into
y Regardless of how much he prosperng business and
now much he aecumgatng in the way worldly goods the
whose mind ISM growing daily the road to the pable
eledup soul
But is not only the great lecturer with an inspiring mes
sage who can enrich minds In the books which you have
your home and in the public library volumes that will serve the
same purpose What are you reading? The plea of mo time
rao no more Vad here than III the OF those who make
the same excuse for not going to lectures Dr. Elliott pes
dent OF Harvard university has declared that anybody
Weeducated man by devong fifteen daily the
sort OF reading Who ruthfuy say that he doesn't
than that much time every day? enough read the
man thg to read books that will contribute mental growth
diet OF fiction literature the place
did provoking books wherein the brightest and
the greatest scholars and thinkers give the their
OF the problems of science history and philosophy How long
i been since read book that really you
gave it?
Have fallen into the daily duties and the common
run OF pleasures and diversion? Most of have
that Why turn about and come ont of t Whv houd we
wuly starve minds and mponers our lives? is foolish
way to live and there for it. Elhu Burr gno
ant blacksmith spent hs moments porng books till he
became the worlds greatest ngust Abraham Lincoln read few
books carefully by the light of burning pine developed
mind ot amazing powers More knowledge and ability
to think clearly is what the world needs for the all
vexaous problems and is also the every individual
Tins pearl OF great price be had by anybody who seeks
Chicago hotel that the price rooms and meals
ust come down to level and that up to hotel and
restaurant owners to start the movement Well nobody pre-
venting them.-Topeka Capital
JUST IN passing might not be out of place
at the man who abor under the haucinon that he is the
biggest man IN the community the time the least inde
pendent Tor he has vulnerable points any of the
Gus lesser lights BY the philosophy this big man should
keep IN mind the fact that should punishment
less he IS ready to take it-Shawnee Morning News.