Norwich bulletin., 1922-10-07
THE MAN WHO TALKS

BIS own JuOgH1GnH 10 G9At1AQAtty Nf1Qe34- rate ene's capacity Is to suppress the en- deavor to give it 2 fair chance If we do not believe that We can do things worth | deing, we shall net put forth the heees- safy effert to do them. Of course the | danger Is always present of being exer- 1 confident in our unaided ability which | keeps us from seeking the wisdom and | knowledge of those who are able to ad- wise us At the same time with most people the tendency is ever nFesent to distrqst themselves, and where this Is done they never make the most of what they have Suppose one is rsmbiing through the woods and comes to several diverging paths and is in doubt as to the one he ought to take. It Is . matter that calls for judgment, and after the decision has been made, then trust your judgment And it will be found that the more the judgment is trusted, the more reliable it will become.
 Why not have in our colleges and uni- versailles courses of study to prepare young men for public office? Such schools have been in existence for long time fitting young men for the ministry, law, medicine. and school teaching. In recent years schools of technical character have sprung up all over the country, teaching journalism, civil and mining en- gineering, the textile business and al kinds of manual training. All this en- deavor has counted for efficiency along these several ines. No young man could be ordained unless he was graduate of one of the schools of theology; eyery young lawyer is called upon to pass the bar examinations; every school teacher mzA have q certifcate showing a fitness for teaching. At present what credentials do public officials have showing their training for their respective positions? Is there room for better and more intelligent public service? If we want this we must first improve the official.
 There is the best of reasons why the state should have the services of coal administration, The majority of people. knowing the recent conditions of the coal and railroad strikes, are perfectly willing to pay their appropriate share of the necessarily advanced cost in production. But they are in no mood for toierating any proiteering on the part of those who handle this commodity. The people do not propose to have capital made out of their misfoCtunes and inconvenience. Why should one dealer on the same day ask SIS ton for coal, while another was selling it for $16? It may be distance in transportation forbids a flat price for an communities in a single state. At the same time we need an administrator ss a protection from exaetion. He is also needed to protect frsm unjust dstribu- ton. The size Of a mans pocketbook ought not to determine the size of the pile of coal he may justly have ip his cellar. a
 Do we no6 see some trends toward re- l pubiicanizing the whole world? The un- l fortunate and long-coutinued turmoil in Europe is reviving the old question Ultimately will all independent nations resort to government by popular repre- | sentationT The trend is doubtless in that direction. but the question arises if
 things, certainly seen dinly at present,
 may not cheek this trend with jolt. To 1 say the least, all intelligent nations viii I move slowly in this direction. Tn theory l democracy is the ideal form CT human i government, but it involves requirements ] on the part of the people at large that 1 very few thus far have measured up to
 There is no mistaking the fact that as 2 nation grows in intelligence and wealth l there is a yearning to govern themselves at least, they insist upon the selection 0. l their own Eulers. When well managed i 8 democracy is the most satisfactory form 1 of governm ment-
 | Has the enfranchisement of xvoznaz 1 tended to lessen that refined deferenc. l which the opposite sex has been wont tC pay to herr With the growing sense o1 1 co-equa1ity has there not been a core
 spending withdrawal of. those polite cour 1 tesies which were once supposed to belons
 to her inherently? Perhaps one's obssr
 vation of the matter has not gone fal
 enough to prove anything definitely (i l Is only comparatively short time sine, l female suffrage became a law of tht l iand), but one can't help feeling that al l intangible something has arisen betweel the sexes in the last year or two that ha, not tended to the unity of endeavor o1 ! any great moral or political question Very likely this acceptance of new poiiti cal privilege has made the average wom
 an more self-reliant. If Eo it has workei
 in the right direction. But is 1t no equally true that there has been on tn
 part of man a growing disposition tha
 she shah have a fuller opportunity fo exercising her seif-reliance?
 The writer of this paragYaph was no
 bitterly opposed to, neither was he en
 Enthusiastically in favor of, female suffrage
 There seemed to him some very stron reasons why a larger use of the ballc should be put into her hands On tn
 other hand, there seemed to be som things worthy of consideration that milf
 tated against it. Again I say that tn
 time has been too short to attempt an
 tabuiation of permanent results. Ther
 can be no reasonable expectation that i the short period of two years the infu ence of women in lifting the political fel 7 into clearer atmosphere should | clearly marked. In the past men hay aligned themselves into two groups . those in favor of shady politics and thos opposed. In the last two years the vot has shown no radical change from the el
 lineup. Tn the past one great menace
 good government consisted in the ia,
 that so many people of the better sol
 failed to vote. The testimony of the lat , two years shows that the menace is sti
 here.
 Shakespeare c7fned many expression
 that will live and woFthily so, and anon
 others this: Man is the paragon of an mals." Admitting that Hamlet was rigl
 in his diagnosis, yet it is true that ma
 is not so completely the paragon that I e may not. learn many things to his adval e tage from the lower animals. Some
 the sub-paragons of the lower world
 the spider that is not very attractive
 personal appearance. but his patience Fl something marvellous and patience : eomething that most men have not wf
 to spare. After the spider has spun h
 web with almost infinite care if one nut . | lates it he will set to work at once V repair the damage. Mutilate it again ar : again the patient little creature win r
 store it. and as long as you damage 1t l
 will restore it to the limit of his strengt
 Here is a lesson for most of us when u l. work we have done needs re-doing. V e are apt to lose heart and patience It IT here where the spider is the paragon"
 When shall we IeaFn that the BibIe ";
 not intended to be a text book of sefenc .A One does not look to the Bible for i