Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-30
THE MAN WHO TALKS

first of these is character. Now chafac- l ter is the conformity to moral ideals that 1 have become habituai. We say that q I man has character when his living from day to day is marked by integrity. The men who came over in the Mayhower were men of profound faith, and all that ! they said and did was the outgrowth of that faith. Tn their minds the manage l nent of civil affairs was as truly aa act of religion as the conduct of church af- fairs. They grounded their democracy 1 in the principles of character. Unless 1 they ruled accordingly their government would be marked by moral anarchy. In a monarchy character ought to underlie civil activity, in q democracy 1t must. Tn 1 3 monarchy if 2 king is notoriously bad, the people can rise up in holy wrath and turn him out, but if the people, who rule themselves, are notoriousty bad, there is
 no power to turn them out Hence the necessity of character.
 The second requisite demanded for the success of democracy is intelligence. The reason must be perfectly apparent The people rule through representation As they select their rulers, it goes without saying that they must have high degree of intelligence. Nothing is more difficult 1 than the science of government; nothing demands such wide range of ability or high degree of moral power as to make a wise selection of civil rulers. In an absolute monarchy the ruler is not re- 1 sponsible to the people because he reigns l on the theory of the divine right of | kings. They simply take what he IS dis posed to give them, and usually that IS i not overmuch along the line of tlleir
 wants and desires. The poor dupes l stretch out their hands for the few i crumbs they get, and that does not re- quire much ability. But to frame the 1 form of government a people wish to live by, to enact wise and just laws, and to appoint suitable rulers requires the highest order of intelligence.
 The third basic pillar in democracy is the efficiency of the individual. The place where American civic efficiency was born, ! town meeting; 8 political institution
 which the Pilgrims transplanted from Holland. As the church promoted char | acter, the schools intelligence, so the town meeting fostered efficiency which is
 the capacity for doing things. So ths church, the school and the town meeting: New England's glorious trinity of which ] we may be justly proud, because 1t was the soil that produced the fundamentals of triumphant democracy. The town .i meeting gave the promising young man
 
 for public office. If he did well in a minor position he was advanced to a
 more important one. He was advanced I from town to county office, and after
 the republic had been formed, he went to serve the state and nation For great many years efficiency was regarded as necessary for public office
 In spite of a short spasm of heat in : the middle of few days, showing us : that the summer dies hard, the aiitumnal
 season has truly come. Its evidence Is marked all over the field of nature. The 7 cool, delightful nights present evidence only in one direction, but this Is con vincing. Sit awhile by a small lake en-
 tirely surrounded by trees of various species and mark the almost infinite shades of color which they present. : While these coIors are not yet of gor- r geous hue. still they\are reminding us that the sun is rapidly marching into the
 southern hemisphere. In view of the pres i ent coal situation isn't it a pity he can
 not postpone his trip to Miami and other southern points few weeks? Doas not : a, ttnge of sadness come over us as we ' look upon the fading of some Of our pet : flowers? The golden rod and the blue g aster are flowers that have been agree e able companions in our casual ramb- t Iings afield. It consoles us 10 think that c Old Sol with his flowers will come again yI The keen observer of nature notices the a sensitiveness of water to the least i'm | pact of the wind. As one tarries by the v side of such 3 lake as mentioned in the q above paragraph he is surprised at the apparent fitfulness of the breezes. Some U times one-half of the body is disturbed by tiny ripples. These quickly disappear and then a small area elsewhere On the
 surface is disquieted This sensitiveness | to outward impression finds its counter q part everywhere in life. I have knowr |. a scowling face to bring tears to the eyes e of 8 sensitive little girl; and once saw n small boy burst into tears when ht l. heard the rawlings of profane drunker . man. Sometimes the disturbing ripples
 plays on collection Of hearts I ancs ' heard well-known divine quote the > language of profane man in his sermon Y and it fell like a vet blanket over hi:
 audience, really killing what otherwise
 would have been most excellent ad j. dress. The human heart Is plate a! T sensitive to impressions as the surface O It water.
 yi The remark was made in this column las Q week that we must walk all around al n object in order to see it correctly Thi ,f is perfectly true of the great majorit. . of objects we come in con
 
 Y ever, certain other things of which w U can form a right idea only from a singl 'e angle. Many of us have seen The Grea r. Stone Face in Franconia Notch, Ney
 Hampshire. "The Old Man of the Noun
 tain'' has only the profile of face. Seer
 directly in front there is no face at all
 In a case like this 1t would be idle L T walk around the mountain when it is oni; 2 the profile that resembles the humaa
 face. And the area In which even tfi
 can be seen to the best advantage i St very small To see fine painting it doe k no good to look at the back of the picture l. We do not gain anything by looking a
 some things sidewise. While we mus
 walk all around certain things to SC If them, other things will admit of only tn ;, straight look, from one point only
 U Is there not some lone voice fin thi
 wilderness 'of tears and smiles" bray
 enough to say some good word for tn naueh-abused skirts. Is it the insle
 nium of the downward trend of th 70 worlds fair sex-or at least that part it that inhabits the so-called civiiize
 countries? 1t might not be much of a
 argument to say that 1t was saving ( 'l- material if 1t were offset by any mors m considerations. The immoral part of it. ati if that phase of it Is admissible-lie
 largely in the mind of the opposite Sc
 who reads immortality Into it. And 1 oh all such these bitter words apply 2 Shame be to him that evil thinks.n Fro, .. the standpoint of healthfuiness the shol
 skirt has much to be said fin its fayo . In rainiy weather the garments ths
 touch, or are near to the ground natura eq ty absorb the moisture, and to sit eo damp clothing until they are dry, to sa ut 1 the least does not promote good heaIt'