Evening star., 1925-05-20

and pass him by without speaking
the next.
A little observation, too, helps an
swer the question. Surely even the
busiest person must realize that he
has walked by a good acquaintance
without bothering about the formality
of saying ''How-de-do."
Another test-a very good one-is
the effect such actions have upon one &
self. Usually the one who is last to
speak to others Is the first to resent
such conduct from a friend. much as
the man who delights In playing prac-
teal jokes Is the first to holler when
some one plays one on him.
Do you feel sore and hurt when
some one you like passes you on the
street seeming to look squarely at you
yet without deigning to even nod?
Then look for the beam In thine
own eye, for the probability Is that you
do the same yourself, yet do 1t so
unconsciously that you scarce are
aware of IT.
We come, now, to the second ques-
ton: What is the best method of cur
ing ones self of the habit? To answer
it, we must, in sense, work back
ward over the ground already covered.
1t is necessary, of course, to know
that one sometimes fails in this
everyday courtesy before one can ap-
ply any remedy. In the eyes of the
law ignorance is no excuse, but III
the eyes Of God 1t must be. That is
where God is better than man-made
law.
When a man realizes that he is at
fault he has taken the first step, and
perhaps the greatest, in curing him
self. Without this realization he is
likely to get nowhere.
The next step is to make a deter
mined resolve The world has long
been making determined resolutions
and breaking them as determlnedly,
you say.
Well, we cannot help that!
AS long as men are men and women
women there will remain the necessity
for resolutionss. What if the New
Year resolution" has become Il Joke!
Every attempt at proper, needed and
decent seIf-improvement is worth
while. even though 1t amounts to no
more than many weighty resolutions
unanimously adopted" at meetings,
Every resolution, seriously consld-
cred. leaves an impression upon the
brain, an impression that some day
NAV work up into life and love. We
are reminded of the very famous hour
ad. 'Eventually-why not now?
So each proper resolution that is
worth considering at all leaves It's I'M
preston in, our mind, and II we do not
do the thing now probably we shall do
it later.
That is the hope of mankind-that
we shall do it later.
We arrive as babies. and our moth
ers dream of what we shall do. Look
ing at her 3-year-old, the fond
mother pictures him beloved and great,
i - kar a
come to her eyes as she dreams.
AS children we play, and work bit,
always with the idea that we shall do
big things later. In the flush of young
manhood we dream anew our mothers
dream for us, and, although foiled
here and there. are determined that
we shall carry out our best dreams
later.
So life slips away. d succession OF big
resolutions, and perhaps tiny deeds,
every crest of the wave giving won
derful view, each trough causing us
to look back with regret.
Yet there is a big crest just ahead!
So we make another resolution.
The crux of the whole matter-to use
the words of Koheleth--is to be as de-
cent as we may. God knows, most OF
US will not hurt ourselves.
1t is only by looking into ones own
heart that one can tell If he really Is
the type OF fellow who does not con-
sistently speak to others, and it Is only
by applying the Golden Rule, to- some
extent, at least, that he can ever cure
himself of this or any other obnoxious
habit