The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1921-06-01


it, but by the angle of the elbow
which is his habitual ancle of ap-
proach. When he has violently brok-
en- into the place he chooses he cares
nothing &c the rest. He does not
ask what becomes of those who had
not the strength nor the voice to as
sert themselves. If they perish, what
is that to him? The fittest survive
and he represents the fittest. But it
is not those who fight for their own
promotion and care nothing for the
racial advance who are beloved and
honored by mankind.
Vanity is of all traits the most
ridiculous. What has any person to
be vain of. Nothing. The thing we
call Fate is either kind or 1T is I'M
kind. Now and then by some freak
of canoe a man will be put into the
world endowed with certain gifts.
With another freak of chance will
come opportunity to use these gifts
in a large way; wherein he is hailed
as a success. Success, in the last
analysis, very often comes from the
same place royal flushes come from.
And so, when we see our negihbor or
our acquaintance enlarging on his
own accomplishments, on what he has
done or can do, it is we'll to look be-
hind the scenes a little and see how
much credit is due the man and how
much the tickle goddess. Vanity
whatshas any person to be vain of?
| Do you remember the old time
butcher, with a mustche like worn
out paint bush, who threw in" a
! soup bone and some dog meat and
gave son a nice large piece of DO.
logna?
The latest style secret-Womer
are roughing their knees. But il
won't be secret very long if the
girls continue to wear 'em shorter
and roll 'em lower. The idea is Just
to get the faintest pink effect-a
coat of rice powder, the slightest
touch of rogue on the knee cap anC
a film of powder over that. We are
informed that the effect is quite
charming.
So many of the pioneers are pass
ing these days, the men who made
Montana. They have lived their al
lctted four score and ten, have &C
cOmplished their work and now ar,
passing to what We all hope will b,
their great reward. But in anothe-
way of looking at it, have these me-
and women not had their rewar,
here? They have seen the vale,
grow from land of wilderness int,
one of the garden spots of the earth
they have seen our town develop, on
children grow to manhood and won
anhood, and prosper. They have &C
complished the purpose that frs
brought them west. Knowing moth
ing of the land to which they go,
it not better to take what comfoa
We can in the land We live in?
But in this connection there is ar
other" idea that might be well t
dwell upon. There are not many c
3 the pioneers left, nor have they lon
( to be with us: Can we not, eac
3 Of US, show some modicum of though
fitness and care for the few year
3 that they have remaining. Bozema
4 has ever been kind to our nioneer
( thoughtful, considerate, but even, s
4 there is much more that might /
Z done: In the rush and hurry of ever,
( day life we are all prone to negle
those with whom business does. n,
{ throw us in actual contact. Spend 9
z evening with these. old timers once
z a while. You will hear rare tai,
= and your thoughtfulness will perhal
Z bring some happiness to those WI
live not in the present but in Il
Z past.