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Show CUTTING to in: so.mi: WOULD Oh. I don't know, said tho optimist, 1 hues aro not so bad. People have nn Incurable habit or complaining. And tho croklug old ho-Cacandrn that repeats re-peats continually his rerraln that "the former days wore bettor than these." Is simply an Ignorant old gentfemnn whoso food does not agree with him says Hurst's Magazine .?'u,k, about ",l10 l1Heo '!"t kills!" why the pace nowadays is precisely the pace- that does not kill. Wo go fast Hut tho faster the Barer The traveler whirling nlono at fifty miles mi hour on tho limited from .Now ork to Chlcngo stands much 'ess chance of coming to grler ttinu great-graudfnther did In 1813 when he ireked from Philadelphia to New York Horses, take 'em by and largo, have Kicked to death and smnuhed up In runinvays more folks thnn automobiles automo-biles have Injured A man Is pretty Becure almost any-whoro any-whoro In tlila country. Ho does not linwj to carry his rifle, when Im goes o church, to bo ready for the prowl-ng prowl-ng redskin .He does not have to freeze in winter by an open tire :n n log hut fun or cracks, nor linu chills and fer In suminor rrotr .Malarial .Ma-larial pool Mon of i.a !(.. hi 0- be . whereas t liA the yi 'U u;j ju n"oiu were ul- i ways lighting each other and, when iney ceased, tho occasion wns Improved Improv-ed by starting n civil war. Every man at some tlmo was a soldier, The devastating plagues of former tlmc3 havo been dono away with. Smnll pox is practically unknown. Cholera has disappeared. Tuberculosis Tubercu-losis Is curablo ir you take it In time Tho Insano arc decently cared for nnd not allowed to roam the highway. Hospltnls arc everywhere. So nre public schools. Only tho nobility had parks a century ago; now everybody's nurso maids walk In them by dlfy and trumps sleep there by night. The telephone, telegraph, postal service, express companies and rapid transit, all make lire fuller and richer and save us time ror other things. The fact Is that lire Is so protected nnd the ttnfortunnte arc so well cared for that wc arc developing n now worry, wor-ry, and we are afraid that tho earth will becomo too crowded, because the population Is not sufficiently thinned out by war and disease. Wo take off our hats to tho beautiful beauti-ful world. It's clearing up and going to be n lino day. There ara more pretty babies, moro charming girls, more husky lads, more contented women, wo-men, moro ofllclcnt men, better preachers, preach-ers, JuBtcr Judges, cleaner politicians, purer water, moro tnBty biscuit nnd gravy and higher wages today than over before. And It's getting better right along. Geo! Wo wish wo could livo a hun. drcd yearn from now! Hellevo us, Its going to bo SOME WORLD I |