White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-12-23
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By ED HOWE 5
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A clever paragraph, yet 1t isn't true.
Millions OF men and women advocate
reforms of various kinds consistently,
intelligently, honestly, and without
hope of reward, for the good of their
children, their friends and neighbors.
All reforms are forwarded and finally
established by the efforts of the silent
majority. The efforts Of those who
make reform a trade are not very
effective; we are suspicious OF the
professional good man, but all respect
and heed those among our neighbors
who believe in better world because
of the knowledge, born of experience,
that better world will prove more
profitable and comfortable for every
body.
It is generally said there was never
before such shiftlessness as exists to-
day. Millions of men are recklessly
squandering money who will later
need few miserable pennies to pro-
vide necessities. Statistics proved, a
quarter of century ago, that 80 per
cent of men are very poor after reach
ing sixty-five, and become charges on
public charity or grumbllng relatives
If the general shiftlessness is greater
now than then, and increasing. will 1t
be possible to provide sufficient num-
Der of almshouses In the immediate
future?
Men, women and children have had
habits; all are familiar with the fact,
from hearing 1t bawled by critics all
their lives. Why are new books Is
sued every day to tell us of our
faults? Criticism does not cause us
to give them up: indeed, 1t seems
Look how we behave about pro.
hibition! Have we not been fully
warned as to the devilishness of rum?
Therefore why do not the critics en-
gage in raising corn, and thus do good
by reducing the price Of food supplies?
Why keep up their snarling, to the
detriment of their lives and ours?
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The great writing men seem to
have notion that they have special
mission to point out the shame Of the
world. We common people know IT
as we'll as the critics do, and are do
ing more to get rid Of 1t.
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A mans accomplishments must be
genuine. Pay man tribute he does
not deserve, and the other men will
promptly rip it to pieces; but half the
compliment for women are manufac
tured.
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Some of his critics say Mussolini II
great scoundrel. do not so estl
mate him. His only ambition is tt
bring peace and prosperity to his
country. He is in revolt not against
peace, but against tyranny. Is he not
actually great leader, compared with
leaders like Napoleon, who lost mil
lion of his followers in a single cam
paign? Good causes must have lead
ers as surely as bad causes. Mus
solini certainly found his country go.
ing to pieces, and has now made ii
whole.
Philosophy Is no more than an at
tempt of an individual to think and
| act as intelligently and honestly as
his natural equipment will allow. VIII.
liam James said philosophy was an
unusually thorough attempt to think
clearly. don't see why James should
have used the term Unusually thor
ough." That means effort. No effort
Is required to think clearly, providing
one Is capable Of 1t.
l rarely read that do not encounter
reference to 1.-THE poor slmpleton"
who attempts ito make an honest liv-
ing" No good workman, honest or
intelligent man, ever wrote such a
sentiment. 1t is one Of the sentiments
that belong in the realm Of dishon-
esty or insanity.
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When what is called a divine spark
Is struck and flashes out, 1t may. be
traced to some mean and candid man.
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Millions of foolish people are not
fools; there Is not one In thousand
who does not "know enough"
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A woman spends years In plotting to
get q husband, and then isn't salts
fed with him. This queenly person
expects her man to act toward her
with the gallantry displayed by those
she rejected or couldn't get. don't
see why woman should be so exact.
ing with her man. She knew her
mother was dissatisfied with her ia
Their; she never knew wife who was
satisfied. Why, should she expect to
be?
This is the great age Of cranks. In
the past the cranks devoted their at
tention 10 spiritual things Modern
cranks expect more than is possible
from practical things, precisely as the
anclents expected too much of spirit
ual things One Is about as mis-
chievous as the other.
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People are as moral, as kind, as
intelligent as they ever we're: the
trouble in 1927 is they are more shift
less, lazier. than they ever were be.
fore.
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despise any woman at all like
Madame de Stael. You will recall she