, 1921-11-17
TuE IMPORTANCE OF LITTLE THINGS.

corn Of the toe is 4 small thing. 1t is also, NJ
times when unduly oppressed, a most az
and overwhelmingly painful thing. 1t is caused most
lv by ill-feelng or unsuitable shoes. Too long, 100
short, too wide, too narrow or possessing olher iau
that may cause friction or pressure upon one par
ticular part of the foot or one particular Toe.
In giving you the cause of the origin OF a corn De
under no misapprehension that you are about TO reao
a scientific lecture on chiropody or that you nave
stumbled upon n smooth piece of footwear propaganda.
The professors who are devoted to these branches Oh
human endeavor and relief of human suffering are
not only willing but qualified to toot tne'r Respective
horns. A..
Our object is simply to call attention to one OF the
small things of life that makes itself felt exerts an
influence out of all proportion to its size destroys
moro peace and happiness in brief time than can be
carefully built up by painstaking care In a whoie gay
There is even tragedy in a corn. Assault and Dat
terry, manslaughter, first degree murder. NO one
knows the possibilities ensuing from a corn.
An incident in illustration is this: A crowded eie-
waited train came speeding into the station with its
air whistle screeching franticaIy. When the tram
stopped everybody piled out. Nobody knew the cause
of the commotion. In response to the whistle a
platoon of police was on the platform to quel the
riot, whatever it was.
In the course of time these facts, contained II the
police report, were deduced:
In the crowded car a well dressed man, having
gentleman" written all over him had unintentional-
" trod upon the toe of a lady, said toe having thereon
a small but extremely belligerent corn, actively in re-
belion against a snugly fitting boot which circum-
scribed the inalienable rights of all corns to life, lib
erty and the pursuit of happiness. The firm contact
of the masculine shod foot of the gentleman with the
tender aching toe Of the lady wherein was located the
corn in question, more fully described in the preceding
paragraph, was the occasion of a scream of blood
%curdling quality and hairraising dimensions. This,
from the fair possessor of the corn. Chiv-
alrous straphangers and gallant holders of seats that
should have been occupied by others, believing that
indignity had been offered to the owner of the
corn arose in their wrath and started a fight. Theirs
not to question why? Theirs but to do and die. The
connection spread to other cars in the train. Con-
ductors and motormen were ignoranttof any cause for
the riot in progress. They only Knew it was in
progress.
with the rescue of the gentleman who had inno-
Gently inhamed the populace and the corn, much dis
arrayed, bruised and maltreated, the lady came for
ward and told the simple story of the corn upon her
toe.
Traffic was resumed, the status quo restored and the
affairs of the world returned to normally.
And so it goes. No one knows what may grow out
of the small things of life. What momentous Incl
dents hang up trivialities. The treading upon a corn
in the actually while it may be painful, is yet a lit
tie thing, unimportant and of no concern to the world.
Figuratively, the treading upon a corn caused a world
war and the sacrifice of millions of lives and billions
Of property. Had Austria been more careful Of her
step at the crowded Serbian reception, or Germany
more solicitous concerning where she placed her feet
in the environs of Belgium, the world were the hap
pier today.
The moral is plain. Have a care for the little
things and watch your step.