Alma record., 1921-06-30
FROTH AND FOAM

stood upon the beach of large lake just after
had spent its fury and to other parts The
which had been tossing angry all night slowly and
sueny subsdg though hareuctant their usual
few scattered gu soaring aoft uerng harsh
cries and keeping keen downward in search OF prey The
just rising and as 1t came slowly out OF heaVy Dak
clouds which still spread itself the eastern sky it
brought plain wreckage which had been tossed
upon beach by the and kissed into dazzling whteness
the roth which quvering unduatng masses
along the margin of the lake.
The very beautiful it balanced itself the
stirred by the light breeze which all that left Of
the strong wind which had been raging so furos 1t swyed
gently back forth rocked by the which still lap
ping uneasily upon the beach
stopped and gathered some Of in my hand
suddenly leaving only wet Shiny residue which stopped
wash off in the feet turned and walked
up the length little nearby and turned
small hotel to breakfast friend CHANGED
to be inside and fell to visiting SO interested dd we become
did note the passing Of the minutes into hours until
whistles startled into knowledge that dinner time
has arrived -~~"- $50 isssS,
Some little time after dinner again the direction
of the beach thinking admire the foamy
along margin the lake But astonshment they had
all disappeared and in their place irregular black line
which extended for distance up the beach and marked the
the Of the the night before Disappointed
away, the circumstance setting train Of thought in
my mind. fTs q Ss8
The foam had been very beautiful created by the
storm outved by only very short period few
and the light glstenngwhte oamy substance f sub
stance could be called which had danced lightly upon the
edge the lake and had piled itself into considerable in
places utterly vanished and had left recognizable trace
had served useful purpose, far
could except please the for brief OF time True
had possessed beauty marked degree when the had
shone upon had lacked all other desirable characer
tics 1t possessed utility endurance and had rendered
vice to the world.
And yet many content spend time seeking
merely foth foam of life We desire excitement pleas
novelty daily with opportunities until like the
they vanished leaving only the Shiny residue in
hands And then wonder why life stale and ugly and
grow sick Of living.
For the really worth while things of life not like the
gsenng foam upon the beach They stability and all
the other desirable qualities which the foam does not have True
they lack the ghtnes the wheness the dazzling appear
the foam when kissed by the but not created by
the of excitement emotional appeal they endure long
after the Of life have swept leaving
perchance, at times somewhat spent upon the beach.
is the stable things which and form charac
ter Education, hepfuness useful labor congena companion
ship rendiness, religion the doing with might what
hands find the choosing of the worth while things life
to the exclusion of those which not worth while all these
things, saith the prophet and others which similar
will make life very much worth the living will endure long
after the white foam upon the beach has been reduced
black line ts9*scM :@sAg