The Coolidge examiner., 1941-02-21

noise terribly at first-then enjoy
ed the silence. The first few
mornings in a summer camp we
were lost without the morning
paper and then forget about it
altogether. When We got back In
touch with the world we found we
hadn't missed much.
While we are trying to make
head and tails of the mixed up
world from our papers and at
tempting to carry on conversation
above the continuous noise of the
radio our sheep herder is finding
interests in the hills, trees, noun
tains and other things about him.
There is no doubt but that he is
enjoying a degree of contentment
that city folk never experience
and the chances are that he is
Just as well, if not better Off
There are thousands of folk who
wish they didn't know about
rumors, and wars, and registra-
tions, and a hundred other things
that the Informed" are having to
worry about every day.
THE EASY WAY OUT
A news item states that: "Gen.
Annibale (Electric Whiskers)
Bergonzli, captured by the British
in the sand dunes Of Lydia, today
laid responsibility for the final
italian rout at Bengasi on General
Tellers, commander Of the 10th
army who died of wounds suffer
ed in the fighting south Of that
fallen port"
That is a good, tho not gallant,
way to place the blame. Being
dead the General can best take
the blame and, anyway, he can't
talk back and deny it. And it gives
Electric Whiskers a chance to save
his own face with his superiors.
1t Is easiest to blame the plane
crash on the pilot who was killed,
and the train wreck on the dead
engineer. The driver of the car,
In head-on smash, who was
burned alive can best be RESPONSE
BILE for the accident.
1t is an easy way out. 1t gives
the living chance to get on.
AFTER 33 YEARS
Up in Omaha last Sunday a
couple was reunited in marriage
after 33 years. They had married
in 1905 and separated after three
years because of "a little mis-
understanding"
The misunderstanding" looked
little" after 33 years. That is
what time and distance does for
most Of our Observation-Disclosures. y
The chances are that long before
the 33 years were up each of them
had decided the misunderstanding
was little-too little. But there Is
the matter of pride. 1t wounds
some peoples ego more deeply to
admit a fault than the fault 1t
self.
Most folk, If they check back
carefully, will discover that most
of the big upsets in life have re
suited from the little misunder
standings" instead of the big ones
And the further one gets from
them the smaller and sillier they
appear. That makes getting over
small silly one so much more
difficult than if it had been a real
ly big one. 1t leaves one nothing
to stand on 1t leaves one licked
in ones own humiliation.
INSTALLMENT PLAN
Babsom says that the English
government is dfscouraging the
installment plan Of buying. II
would like to do away with II
largely.
In our country the installment
buying Is encouraged. 1t is con
sidered the life Of trade. The fel
low who uses it often wishes II
didn't exist but at the same time
he feels that If 1t didn't he would
MT have anything.
According to the way things
look Mr.. Average Man is going to
have to be sweating about some
thing all the time anyway and he
figures it might just as well be
over installment payments coming
due as something else.
One can buy a car, house, a
farm, furniture, jewelry, clothes
and even the baby On the install
ment plan. All you have to do Is
'just sign here, please" At least
that is all you have to do to get
started into nine or ewelve
months sweat 1t relieves the situa
ton to recall that you have to
sweat thru the summer anyway.
The latest wrinkles in the in
stallment plan idea-and we admit
being behind the times here-is a
train trip, provided the tickets
costs $4,000 or more. You can sign
up, take your trip and pay 1T off
in monthly payments.