St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-10-12

but in spite Of his great ability, the
income is steadily declining. Are
some of our suffering big institu-
lions being robbed by their own OIL
Gals, through the payment Of out
rageous salaries?
In book copyrighted In 1928 a
selected list of forty men Of con-
siderable age and prominence wrote
what Is intended to be inspirational
messages to the young. ALI Of
them, with two exceptions, are I'M
natural, not understandable, and
in some cases, foolish. The head Of
a great university includes this IN
his message: "Take Gods armor;
hold your ground, tighten the belt
Of truth about your loins, wear In
tegrity as your coat Of mail, and
have your feet shod with the stabil-
ity of the gospel Of peace; above
all, take faith as your shield, to en-
able you to quench all the fire
tipped darts flung by the evil one,
put on salvation as your helmet, and
take the spirit as your sword"
/ try to be honest and decent in my
judgments, but to me this is dread
full stuff. It isn't beautiful, it isn't
sensible; it has no appeal whatever
mo excuse for existence. Yet ask
ten average Americans to write for
large audience, and seven will at
tempt something like 1t. The writer
quoted is probably an excellent man.
In his private capacity no doubt
his opinions are sound, helpful and
interesting, yet when asked to write
message to mankind, he thinks 1t
his duty to write nonsense. It Is
another Of the American ways that
cause so much establishment abroad;
no really creditable foreigner, asked
to write a message for the young,
would sign his name to such mean
ingless and foolish stuff as this
Men are meaner than women, yet
for the best interest of themselves
and their families men try to get at
the practical sense Of things. Wom-
en- refuse to do It. One Of the most
surprising things / have encoun-
tered In long years OF reading is the
statement that there has never been
a woman philosopher. Why Is it
that In the long list of the specially
wise there Is not the name Of a
woman? I can see no natural rea-
son why women should not be as
wise as men, since they have lived
as long, and experienced as much.
{. One explanation is women
have fought the men instead Of
worked with them. Women do not
always win, but the general goal Of
their sex is to make slaves Of the
men. Winning men work; winning
women 60 In for society, amuse-
ments; play cards, dance, or do
snowy welfare work with funds pro
vided by their victims. The
philosophy Of every woman Is fur
Their weakened by the gross flattery
showered upon her when she Is
fourteen to twenty-five years old,
and the false impression she thus
gets of herself interferes with cor
rect thinking when old and neglect
ed.
Something I once heard I have
carried along in my mind for years,
as new, important, and inspiring
hope. I cannot remember whether
1 read it in newspaper, book or mag
azine, or heard some one say It;
nor can I recall the name Of the
author. :. Briefly, the statement
was that If man practices good
behavior for its own sake because
It is finally easier and more profit
able than bad behavior, and renders
his success In life more probably
such practice improves his inteln-
gence; strengthens and betters his
brain, as other organs Of the body
may be improved by exercise.
Thus a well-behaved man has a
double advantage: 1. His good con-
duct pays him, In increasing his
comforts; 2. He 10 pursuing the
course In life best calculated to i'm
nrOve his Intelligence and hia char
acter.
The story told during the war
that a German soldier ran his bay
onet through Belgian baby, and
carried 1t all day as q trophy. was