Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-08-18
DIR. SMITH IS WELL
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Takes Well.

The final numbers on the program
of the Askov Home Talent Week
the two lectures by Roy L. Smith, D.
church in Minneapolis, which were
given Friday afternoon and evening.
and the staging of MRS. Wigs Of
the Cabbage Patch by local talent,
Saturday and Sunday evenings, drew
capacity houses.
The afternoon lecture Of DR.. Smith
was given in the park and the weather
was ideal. He was introduced by v.
S. Petersen who managed the Home
Talent Week. Mr. Petersen said that
he had heard DIR. Smith several times
over the radio in his "Fireside Philo-
he had mentioned something about
that frequently local talent was not
appreciated He thought that this
is one place where it is appreciated
and therefore decided that it would
be we'll to have Dr. Smith appear in
Askov some time. The result was
that he came.
The subject of Dr. Smiths afternoon
discourse was Some Wild Notions /
Have Known" and he certainly ex-
ploded many of the old sayings and
proverbs. His talk was filled with
good humor, optimism, and sound 10
gic. His audience listened attentively
and enjoyed it from start to finish.
Only once was he disturbed, when a
dog on the street was barking. The
Doctor said: There must be one with
a season ticket"
Love is blind" is one of the old
sayings. Dr. Smith said it Is good for
some of us. But love Is not blind
said the speaker and he went on to
prove it. A mother with love for her
son knows more about him than
others. She sees hope which gives
him opportunity. Love is not blind
but hatred and malice are blind.
Christmas comes every time we
have the spirit, said DR.. Smith. The
weather has nothing to do with it.
Things don't make happiness. It isn't
the thing that happens, it is the man
it happens to and the spirit in which
he accepts such happening. The right
man can bear reverses. And smiles
have not gone up in price. Laugh and
the world laughs with you. Shore and
you sleep alone.
The old saying of "A bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush" was
also exploded by the speaker. Wash
ington was a wealthy man. The bird
in the bush was liberty He fought
for it and won freedom for you and
me.
Some say there is nothing new in
the world. 1t is only to those who
have their eyes closed. DR.. Smith
related the newness that comes to
every child-that of graduating from
the monarchy of the high chair.
Then there is the first day in school,
the long pants, graduating from
school, etc. The speaker told of the
first day he looked into the eyes of
his son-that was a great day and a
new day, and in later years when the
boy came and said: Pop. / think
I'll make first" He meant first base
on the base ball team. 1t was an
other new and great day. DR.. Smith
said his boy has taught him more
than college professor. He taught
him, if nothing else, what patient
man father must have BEEN"
Sorrow and gladness are ever new
and God is always astonishingly new.
Dead men tell no tale" is mis-
take, said the speaker. Abraham Lin
coin, Theodore Roosevelt, and Wood
row Wilson rule very much today.
Only 12O called Jesus of Nazareth
master when he died on the cross at
Calvary outside of Jerusalem.
practice what you preach" The
sneaker said he does not preach the
life of Roy Smith, but the life OF
Christ. The preaching should be OF
a higher plane. leaving room for the
practicing to grow, something to
strive toward.
DIR. Smith complimented the Amer
lean Legion on their Home Talent
Week idea and for carrying 1t out.
"Can Science Save the Worlds"
At the evening lecture which was
given in the d. B. hall. DR.. Smith
was again introduced by v. S. Peter
sen and the subject this time was
Can Science Save the World?"
The speaker said that science has
given a luxurious, convenient, and
marvellous world. He mentioned the
auto, the movies, the newspaper press,
radio, and other wonders. With the
radio added as a great spreader of in
formation the day is past when any
man can tell any other man what to
think.
There is more beauty. art and mu-
sic available to the average man to-
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