The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-29
The Sermon Of the Month
SPOTLITIS
A DR.. Crane Sermon.

Very many of the morbidities, pains, and glooms
of the SOUL said the professor to his class in the Uni
versty of Psyche, due to spotlitis. always pro-
the penultimate vowel in words ending IN tits
with the long sound of in kite.)
(Twenty pencils and fell upon twenty note
books making twenty notes itis-ong l., which would
twenty precious youths from going out into the
world saying brownkeetus and appendiseetus.
The word spotlitis continued the professor, comes
from the word spotlight meaning intense light cast
upon some person the stage in the theatre. The
design is of course to direct the attention of the audi
ence to the person thus Illuminated.
The term was first used by Dr. Achdulieber in his
article in the June number of the Uher Review 1925
to indicate that itch for attention which is not only
here and there noticeable, but also underies and
counts for many other soul LESSONS
Twenty pencils wrote "Achduleber article')
It is often found early in childhood, went the
Herr Professor 1t marks that stage when the infant
passes from being charmingly naive to being Of
fensvey sefconsclous 1t sometimes, IN the earlier
periods, called smartalickitus.
Careful analysis Gum Henker, p. 346) shows that
it due to sngularly tough and ugly mcrobe which
gets into the and produces nflamed condition.
It seems to come into its fullest and most per-
nicious activity in public characters such as actors
preachers, politicians and the like.
Actors have been known to cancel lucrative en-
gagements simply because some minor actor got
hand" Grand opera divas have pouted themselves
into fever because the not devised
that they could be the stage just before each curtain
fall.
Parsons have betrayed violent symptoms of ad-
vertsing when bitten by this bacillus and politicians
have manifested the most surprising spasm.
Twenty pencils set down Surprisingly
But resumed the professor, the disease is by
confined to special classes 1t widespread
the The learned Mark Twain, doctor of Oxford,
pointed out the universally of the desire show off,
The judge shows off the bench, the lawyer the
bar, the schoolmaser before his pupils the bishop
his robes, and the lady in her social manoeuvres The
common symptom is affectaton.
The secondary forms of this malady, however, are
even more interesting. 1t to be assumed that
acquire prominence is beings end and aim The
youth urged to industry, and to morality, so
that they may some day be president" The career
of successful spotlghers is held up before them
inducement to effort
Old age is pitied because is then compelled to
yield to younger folk the center of the stage.
Poets cheaper their work and miss the divine
reward of high fealy for the unheahfu rays of spot
light popularity
Artists scrambling for the same noxious rays fall
into mediocrity.
The spotlight turned upon authors brain
seems to produce certain deterioration.
Many crime is committed, many a home is
wrecked, many love is starved and all good work is
spoiled by thirst for notoriety.
The worst of it all is that go to church pre-
SUNDAY to worship the Master of Humilities He who
refused all earthly honors for himself and advised
to take always the lowest seats, and we come home
to worship for the other six days of the week the God
of Getting On.
(Twenty pencils wrote down in twenty note books:
Mem. Get OnD