Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-13
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

, today prohibitionists as well as vets
may find quotable sentences here.
"Shew not thyself valiant in wine
| for wine hath destroyed many.
Wine is as good as life to men, II
thou drink it in it's measure; what life
is there to man that Is without
wine? And 1t hath been created to
make men glad. Wine drunk In sea
son and to satisfy is joy Of heart, and
rladness of soul; wine drunk largely
| is bitterness of soul, with provoca'
ton and conflict"
The man who comes into a concert
late and interrupts the flow OF music
| by loud talking was not unknown In
those days, as witness:
Hinder not music; pour not out
talk when there is a performance OF
music, and display not thy wisdom
out of season."
The otherwise stern old man evil
IDENTIFY enjoyed a banquet:
"As q signet of carbuncle in set
| ting of gold, so is concert or music
| in a banquet of wine; as a signet OF
emerald in world of gold, so is a
strain of music with pleasant wine. y
All in all, wine seems to be rather
the winner.
"a man Of counsel will not neglect
thought" he says. pointing to the
necessity for notebooks, in which to
lot down ones best thoughts, before
they take wings and fly away.
Emerson's most famous quotation
perhaps, is: Trust myself; every
heart vibrates to that iron string"
The son Of Sirach said:
I'm every work trust thine own
soul"
Fe had no idea whatsoever of the
modern plan of bringing up "unre
pressed children. ''Coddle thy
child" he said, land he will make
thee afraid play with him, and he
will grieve thee. Bow down his neck
in his youth. Chastise thy son, and
take pains with him, lest his shame
less behavior be an offense unto thee. u
Keep a strict watch over headstrong
daughter, he advises.
Servants he Jumps off this wise;
Bread, and discipline, and work, for
a servant"
In the matter of praying, he said
zone praying, and another cursing
whose voice will the Lord listen tor
Surely he smiled when he wrote:
"He that sinneth before his Maker
let him fall into the hands of the ply
sician"
The necessity for fences and hedges
around property he saw: Where nc
hedge is, the possession will be laid
waste"
AS for those who give good advice.
he said: Every counsellor extolleth
counsel; but there is that counselleth
for himself"
The dignity Of labor he praised
Without these shall not city be in
habited, and men shall not sojourn
nor walk up and down therein. They
shall not be sought for in the council
of the people, and in the assembly
they shall not mount on high; they
shall not sit on the seat Of the Judge
and they shall. not understand the
covenant Of judgment; neither shall
they declare instruction and judgment
and where parallels are they shall not
be found. But they will maintain the
fabric of the world; and in the handi'
work of their craft is their prayer.
The fundamentals Of business pro-
cedure are here: Whatsoever thou
hardest over. let it be by number and
weight; in giving and receiving let
all be in writing"
What interests us chiefly, in these
old writings, is to see how little men
and women have changed in 1900
years; to realize how human nature,
although better, Is fundamentally the
same now as 1t was then.