The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1923-05-11
THE WORM IN THE HEART
OF THE LETTUCE

Contentment is glorious thing!
The man or the woman who knows
how to draw the sweetness from life
and leave the chaff alone, is FORUM
ate indeed
But discomfort is the eanlser worm
that eats the heart, and leaves pu-
trid trail Of vanity!
There was story in the April is
sue Of Good Housekeeping" writ
ten by CorneEa Stratton Parker.
Every young married couple ought
to read it. The title is Concerning
A Couple Who Loved Too Well-At
First"
The worm of discomfort gnawed
at the heart Of this young woman.
She visited a cousin in neighbor-
ing city who had married wealthy
man. When she returned, she said,
"She has a large new house and a
new brocade and two new fur col
lars Nor did we wash single
dish. She has servants..... They
entertained right handsomely. In
deed a number Of prominent citizens
came in for tea while was there.
BY the time | was finished admiring
all the new things it was time for
supper, so | remained and ate off
their new silver plates. Every Sat
urday | am going to market with
my ducks and eat lunch with my
cousin in her large new house, now
that / have been able to purchase
me new mantle"
You may not like the story be-
cause it did not end up with "they
lived happy ever after But that
is Just why it is good story-it
tells the truth, and shows the disas-
ter that awaits those who are SO
self-centered and filled with vanity.
There is pitiful tragedy in the
closing paragraph Of this story: "a
very affeetionate man naturally
ehafes under the bestowal of two
thirds Of the interest of the woman
he loves upon something else-upon
ducks for instance"
If your house is small and poor,
make it beautiful by the work of
your own hands. Beauty is not de-
pendent upon wealth.
If your town is small, remember
it is made up with the same sort of
people that make up New York,
There are always congenial souls
with whom you can associate and
enjoy life, EVEN IN A SMALL
TOWN.
If your cousin" has rich home,
remember that rich homes seldom
bring coutentment to those who oc.
cupy them.
In this faithless age. try TO avoid
the Vacclation of the mean-minded.
Look for the beautiful in life-it is
to be found everywhere. New York
has no monopoly on greatness;
Fifth Avenue has no franchise on
beauty. Any half-witted fool can
see mountain But it takes an eye
that loves beauty to find the viloet
growing at its base.
Ii discontentment gnaws at your
heart, don't expose i'll 1t will re-
veal you for just what you are--an
migrate and fooll
If you have morbid lust for
gaddng about and envying the
things that are far away, your true
soul will tell You that you should
hang your head in shame
There used to be an old negro
nanny down in Georgia who lived
in a log cabin on the edge of the
town. Her little door%yard garden
was like a painting in drab sur
roundings; her cabin was always
immaculate with whitewash (put on
by her own hands,; her floors al
ways had that whole$ome cieanli-
ness that can only be gained by
tpeless scrubbing on unpainted
boards.
One evening at dusk she sat on
the steps of the cabin, smoking her
eorn-cob pipe; row of sun-howers
along the picket fence nodded their
yellow heads; the hollyhocks CLEAN
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