The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-11-16
WITH THE
HIGH SCHOOL
CLASSICS
By MARGARET BOYD
(S by Margaret Boyd.)

Its place in the world without constant
struggle. One of the keenest OF all
struggles Is that between the estab-
Grafton. whether Of plants or animals
or men
Long ago, Abram and Lot, the older
generation and the younger. found
that ''the land was not able 10 bear
them, that they might dwell together"
and they separated, the young man
going TO live In the cities of the plains.
the older one going to live n the coun-
try Of Canaan Their example has
been followed by many millions since.
The age-old struggle between father
and son is embittered by the fact that
neither recognizes IL as part Of the
natural working out Of natures laws,
but each regards his own case as
unique. There Is In hardy families an
interval OF from ten TO fifty years
between the time the son feels cap
able of taking over the management
Of the farm or business or profession
and the time the father feels ready
to step out During all this period
II il 10 the young mans interest TO
push his father out Of his place, and
II IL to the older mans interest 10
hold his own. The result is usually
much the same as that observed when
young tree grows up close to Its
parent oak. After both have strug-
gled In vain to monopolize all the sun
light and water within their area,
they compromise by growing normally
on the side away from each other and
by dying of on the side next to each
other-so that you will never see
perfectly developed oak unless you
6nd one that stands alone.
The struggle Is bitterest where the
father comes into his fullest earning
power late In life-notably in the pro-
fessions Of medicine and of the law.
IAN unpracticed observer" says DR..
Johnson, expects the love Of par
ents and children to be constant and
equal; but this kindness seldom con-
tinues beyond the years Of infancy;
In q short time the children become
rivals to their parents. Benefits are
allayed by reproaches, and gratitude
debased BY envy. The opinions
Of children and parents, OF. the young
and the old, are naturally opposite. by
the contrary effects of hope and de-
spondence, Of expectation and expert
ence, without crime or folly on either
side. Thus parents and children,
for the greatest part, live on to love
less and less"
-. the Lammsters had been
brought up in that way that they
never suffered a pinch Of salt to be
wasted, and yet everybody In their
household had Of the best, according
to his pIaee."-siIas Mariner.
There are wasteful persons and
thrifty persons in every nation; but
when the percentage of wasteful per
sons IL very high, we speak Of the
nation az wasteful, and when the per-
centage Of thrifty persons In high, We
speak Of the nation az thrifty. Amer
lea has the reputation,of being one of
the most wasteful nations on earth ;
France has the reputation Of being
one Of the thriftfest.
One drawback to popularizing thrift
In our country IL that 20 many people
confuse thrift and stinginess.
Part of our extravagance IL prob
ably due to the fact that we are still
close to pioneer conditions when game
and fish and timber were so plentiful
that there seemed no possibility Of ex-
hausting the supply, and consequently
no need for thrift. Part Of II Is also
probably due to the fact that many
Of our housekeepers grew up on farms
where there were always pigs and
chickens and cats and dogs to eat all
table scraps and kitchen waste.
Broken bread, bits of meat, thick
parings and uneaten food seemed no
waste when thrown into the swlll
barrel, to be fed 10 the pigs Nova
days, however, the farmer knows that
his pigs and chickens thrive better on
proper diet than on table scraps |;
and what was formerly fed to them
II now buried or burned.
When a farmer kills q beef or q
hog or q sheep, there II usually much
waste. Often he wastes the very por-
tion Of the animal that meat-eating
savages and meat-eatiag animals con-
sidsr the choicest part Of the carcass
the blood and giandular organs In
the large packing plants. where q few
cents saved on each animal slsugh-
tered amounts to hundreds Of thou
sands Of dollars In year, there II
no part Of the carcass allowed to 60
TO waste No one speaks Of the pack
ers a. stingy-but 40 efhcient. With
them the value Of thriftiness shows
because the quantities handled are -
larps.
When our homes are run a. en-
ciently 40 the large packing plants,
we shall have more housekecpers such
a. the Lammster sisters -housekeep-
srs who waste absolutely nothing and
yet provide their families with the
best Of everything