The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-09
InEGO! \
O)AYREVIEWED
BEFORE BANKERS
ForIl1er Minister Declares Man
Without Ambition Men
acesto City.


one OF theSbig hits OF the evening
at the banquet5of Group Six OF the
West Virginia Bankers 4Assoc1e-
ton held last night at the Fairmont
Counfry Club. His number was
iasfEon the@program and was sched-
4suled as a humorous address.
re was a humorous talk, but Doc
OF Scott shows best, not as hui
norfst, but as q philosopher. True
sshe kept his audience In one con
tfnuai road OF laughter with his
Clever anecd Totes and sparkling W.T..
ts stfcisms but IL was when he becaLle
85serfous that he received the deep.
est and most sincere applause.
mn aterialism and ldeaIisnn.
Speaking OF the one-time also
lutte separation OF materiaiism and
Doctor Scott pointed out
how those two things have been
welded together in the modern
RorId and how no man can sue
csed unless he uses a combination
sof them In his life.
lev don't always come In one
IN IL. RI said Doctor Scott. II oEce
Knew a couple of lawyers. One OF
them knew everything there was
10 know about the theory Of law
and loved lit. But he didn't know.
how to apply this knowledge so as
sstoamake mon ey. The other lawyer
couldn't see anything that failed
to keSasnoise like profit They
formed partnersh Now one
keeps up the reputation of the Of
flee; the other keeps up the office
Doctor8Sco told now, after thlr,
wears IN the ministry, he mad
gone forth Z to meet the battle OF
sAlife&in IT'S modern form.
lCettIed and Unsettled.
n found things weren't like they
once were, admitted the former
minister. Let me point out the
antithesis between the two words:
settled and unsettled.
e 5ssWhen IL was starting out the
first time, everything was settled.
When children were out into the
world, they were settled. It was
5 settled what business they should
20 into and what girl they should
marry. The children then got
everything from their parents, in
L 81 Iud ingtheM politics, their religion
hose were the times when
every one took it slow and easy.
FsTerything q m owed slowly then.
counting. know,
because was at lit eight years
yseif
heMfel1oW would ELh1nk@ aoout
hissprospects and drive over to her
house aHe2was metal the door by
&herfathers and mother. The horse
was unharnessed and put IN the
stab e.
B ssssetT len the young man would go
to- house and sit in the parlor
4 for am hour orr two discussing the
Weather and the president with
sSher@papa and mama. He would
gradually ooze into the parlor
wheresthe girl was and they would
listenSt to the clock ticking to them,
- ots@o time-1ots of tlme-lots
sof tine!
ows he drives up in his car,
meets her@at the door and dashes
with her#into the parlor and they
opgdown on the sofa. Even the,
clock has changed, its ticking tune
and now says, Get-together-ge
togetne get-toge ther!'
Slow and Easy Days
10y es, those were slow and easy
GAYS. After the minister got
through@the couple settled down.
Yes, that's the phrase-settled
down: just the direction they
did settl e.S$too. Their was no
romance left when the minister
finished up.
But the times have changed
now The fellow used to stick TO
IS wifeIasslong as-as long as she
1asted Now3the minister no sooner
officiates than there is a JOB for
sstheajudg
You|can't settle people these
days. They refuse to settle and
they won't let any one else settle.
theyEfind anything that Is set
ffedSthey4putsa bomb under 1t and
blow tup.
One is because we have
enfarged 9ourEterritory. When we
sat down to eat then we knew
Swha to expect We had limited
ration. We sdidn't know anything
about a balance ration and we
asySgFouldn,tHhaxe# been able to get 1t
fsweSdid . Now wescan have any.
Thing from anywhe
Counts En- Up
only yesterday was
countin Cup the.various things
had had to@ eat during the day:
srapesfrui from Florida, grape
nuts from Michig gan cabbage from
Kennebunkport, potatoes from
land, eggs from China, butter
! from Denmark.------( Here the
speakers,f.sw ords were drowned In
burst8ofs laughter.
sWemustsrealize this new con-
ditionS affairs. We don't know
what to expect and that's what
makes the me5worth playing up
to- Things aren't settled any
more Living has become new
ana distinctsadv
That's what makes it worth
while. We can't live today in a
way and then live tomorrow
III a newsway. We must realize
that out goal must be an impos-'
sibIe onean strive harder toward
accordingly. *
In which we live is.
not an tntelligible world Men do
not grow great in an understood
wor1d. WeSmake progress to high