South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-31

| ton. Put your regret into action,
into w@rds OF Kindness. love and
sympathy. into acts OF generosity and
sweetness. A mistake IS no disgrace.
providing that the mistake is made
but once y man that is bitten
twice by the same dog Is betted
adapted 20 that business than any
other"
. A man said 10 me tho other day:
Mr.. I've seen better days" May be.
but he did not look IL You can not
srind with the wind that Is past I
am glad your grandfather was such
a great man but you can not get into
heaven on his virtues Whenever
man fails in life he tries 10 live on
his ancestry. am responsible for
the future only and not for the past.
/ would rather be the grandson OF
monkey than the grandfather Of one.
[ am not held responsible for what
my grandfather was bit I an re-
spOnsiDle for what my grandsoLs viii
be. DO not make the unnecessary
confession that your family is de-
generating To tell that your grand
parents were such great people may
be a very great reflection on your
self Boast less OF your ancestry and
more Of your posterity.
Why do you want 10 live life over
again? Il know SO much more"
Your real trouble is that you know
more now than you put into action.
Il is not lack OF knowledge but lack
OF practice that is your real trouble.
You know the laws Of health but you
defy them every day and then pay
the doctor to cure you and your
folly. You complain OF nigh prices
OF food? Seventy-five percent of
the people today eat too much. They
dig their graves with their teeth.
Success you want? Well do you
want TO pay the price2 No you do
not. and that is your difficulty 1t
takes tireless energy. concentration,
application. thought. and most peo-
pie are too lazy to use them. We
eclipse ourselves by ourselves and
then we blame Fate.
Parents are always advising their
children to do tlds and that in the
foolish hope that the children will
believe their ears rather than their
eyes. but they will not. Every pre-
cept that you teach must be prac-
ticed il you want it TO enter the
childs character Every father that
smokes cigars is teaching his son 20
smoke cigarets. Every mother that
is careless about her household
duties is teaching her daughter to be
q poor house keeper and thus curse
future generations. II IS better to
live in a garnet in bachelor quarters
and die unmourned by posterity than
10 be compelled TO live with a dirty
housekeeper.
We need today more Of the living
that takes the day when il comes and
makes the best Of it possible and a
little less Of the life of regret-living
in the past. In today walks tomor-
row. The future depends on what
you do with the present. Set your
ships compass toward a certain port
and then steer toward it-let come
what will Sufficient unto the day
is the evil thereof" Our great
trouble is that we want large guar
anteed slices OF life and are not will
ing to take the mama that falls
grain-elevators filled with daily
bread
Is life worth living? THAT de-
ponds on the liver" Yes it depends
on the worth OF the life that is be-
ing lived. Some day you will have
to give ar account. You are not
your own-ye are bought with a
price" Some day you will have to
give an accounting Make every day
a new day. a day Of resOlution-each
new day may be the beginning of a
new pear If you viii only make it
so. A mere date on the calender OF
eternity is Of no particular value.
Let US just promise ourselves that
we Will make each day just n little
better than the day before. We will
just make this world little better
because we have lived In it-and
all the people that we touch a little
better because we have touched
them.