Show I EDITORIAL Thou madest him a little lower than the angels thou crowned him with glory and honour and set him over the works of thy hands Hebrews 27 An exchange refers reters to time as that long monotonous interval be between between tween pay days No man who enjoys good health all Ws lis life a local man says ap ap predates what it means It takes taxes a spell of oC sickness or two to cause him to realize what a great boon good health is Compared to it there is no greater riches In this I world I have seen mert meni possessed of or a great abundance of or this worlds world's goods who would give it all to be able to walk a mile and sit down and cat eat a good meal but butI I have never seen an individual who enjoys good health who was willing to give it in exchange for wealth I realize a lot of or people do sacrifice their health in seek seek- seeking seeking seeking ing to acquire wealth but every every- everyone everyone one of oC them who secures wealth at a cost would trade back without hesitation to the good old days when when they didn't have anything but abounding good health The Thc following was told at a Washington D D. C C. parent teacher i meeting according to the Journal of or Education It probably explains the thc thereal real reason why there are arc so many parent teacher problems why there is such a n great youth problem and why we have bave the misnamed malady of or juvenile de de- delinquency delinquency In this country A father from one of or the government of of- offices offices spoke against the thc character education program being tried n n the He lie said What they need to do is to teach these chil chil- children children dren then common honesty I bring home pencils from my office for formy formy formy my children to take to school I dont don't care because the pencils dont don't cost me anything but my boy boyno boyno boyno no sooner lays a pencil on the desk than some one steals it Just let the schools teach common hon hone honesty esty and we ue wont won't need character education N An exchange believes belie that there is one class of or persons to whom a divers vcrs license should never be issued issued fools I The fellow who boasts that he I can drink or leave it alone and doesn't leave it alone usually reaches the point where he can drink and cant can't leave it alone Ills His friends then feel sorry for him and say poor Bill liquor got him he cant can't leave it alone and it wont won't leave him alone The post office department is threatening the time honored institution in in- institution the penny post card Reason the post office depart depart- department department department ment has increased its expenses to the point where it needs a great deal more money to meet them If U it increases the cost of oC the post postcard postcard postcard card to two cents it should double the size You cant can't say two cents worth on a 1 penny post card I have no doubt doub a local man says that if lf we would resort to the tor tor- torture torture ture and the cruelties commonly used by the European countries to secure confessions from Crom men ar ar- arrested rested by the secret police for things they didn't do that we didn't do that we could rid this country of or a 1 lot of oC who have come here for the express ex express express press purpose of oC spying A nation like ours is at a disadvantage in dealing with the Red thug nations of or continental Europe There was more genuine interest in this country over the recent election In Britain than there has been In British affairs for many years One reason perhaps Is that we arc paying a lot of or the bills In Britian these days daS and are getting tired of or supporting the Socialist- Socialist Labor government and its fantas fantas- fantastic tic experiments A friend of or mine a local I l man mansa's says sas who lives U out In Kansas 1 tells this interesting experience of or his life UCe In 1885 a car load of or or or- orphans orphans from New York was shipped to Kansas The boys were quarter quarter- quartered ed In an empty store room and the farmers of or the community came in and each selected the boy he wanted and took him home with him to the farm larm The boy helped with the farm larm work until he Jie was wu I of oC age My friend was wu one of oC these boys With that beginning at the ago age of oC 71 he has retired and Is Isable Isable isable able to live the rest of his life Ufe in comfort In what other country in the world except the United States could a man with such a humble beginning accomplish this We worry a good deal In this country about Russia being a threat to our peace a local man says but we ourselves because of or our waste and unwise expend expend- expenditures expenditures Huras of federal funds arc are an r equally serious threat to our na na- na national solvency Another thing which in my opinion is a threat to peace except handling of spies Communists and other enemies working within our borders for Cor the overthrow o of this government by violence and force Corce No other coun coun- country try in the world is so lax in this important matter as we are arc Nothing irritates a really busy man mm more than to have his clothing merchant try to sell him a loafer coat The best vegetable gardens in the world arc are raised about this time lime of the year in the living room before beCore a table littered right right- rightly ly colored seed catalogues President Truman ran on a platform one of or the planks of or which was the repeal of or the Taft TaCt Hartley law The Thc president now is facing in his effort to end the coal strike with the necessity of C invoking in as a last resort the law v he promised to repeal No son no really big deals were ever figured out on the cafe caCe table cloth This one from the Montrel Can Can- Canada Canada ada Star The newly rich woman was trying to create an impression impression sion I I clean my diamonds with ammonia a she said my rubbles I u stun nth th Bordeaux wine my emeralds my-emeralds emeralds with Danzig brandy and my sap with fresh Cresh milk I dont don't clean mine said the quiet little woman sitting next to her When they get dirty I just throw them away Nations are arc never as grateful as they should be to their patriots who have saved them when dis dis- disaster dis- dis disaster aster threatened The most recent example is the vote in England Winston Churchill who fh than hr n any lany other man in the he whole British Empire rallied the people in the blackest hour of or English history and gave them the courage to face a critical disaster at one point in the war was second choice b by the voters of Britain in i n the recent election ele coon It takes lots of courage to be a true patriot t and a real statesman |