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Show Howe owe About : Ordinary MenToo MenToo Men MenToo Too Much CharityParental CharityParental Charity ' Parental LoveWM Love _ . _ . . _ _ . _ . _ , ----W----M W M - . . , - . . _ - . _ . _ . - _ . _ . * . _ - - . * , _ . . _ - . . . . . - , . . _ . _ - , _ B - * _ . . ' * . _ _ * . .M M . _ * * I Ir - _ . _ . -r r " - rBy * By ED HOWE HOWEI I I RECALL nCCALL being 8tm star staitled tIed " some "ome ome ye'lfS yelfS ye'irs yeirs ye'lfSago ye'irsago yeirs1 ' I InCCALL ago ca Cl On : reiding re'ldng reldng re'idling reidling ' [ a : ; statement etatement In a abook abook abook book thit th'lt thlt th'tt thtt ' ' on onl one I . } < the ordlmry ordln'lry ordlnlry ordinary ' men have havereal havereal havereal real Intelligence nteI1lgence intelllgence [ ; ; : that thnt poets , philoso philoso- phlloso- phlloso phllosopliers philosophers philosophers - phers pliers , pi pr piofessors ofes ofessors ! > ors and prophets go so far farIn farIn farla In their specul speculitions specuIUonb ttions , that the3 they the ; ' finnlly finally finnllycamp finallycamp finallycamp camp far beyond the truth truthI I was wus startled by the statement be- be because because be because - - cause throughout my life Ufe I have been beenreading beenreading beenreading reading books of ot the Intelligentsia lntelhgent'3la lntelhgent3la ' de- de dedarIng declaring de declaring - - claring darIng that ordinary ordinarJ people are weak weakcreatures ' \ weakcreatures \ cak cakcreatures creatures , and must be constintly const'lntly constlntly const'tntly consttntly ' ' dl dlrec.ted dlrested dlrccted rec.ted rected rested . b b5 ) } preichcrs pre'lchtrs prelchtrs pre'tchcrs pretchcrs ' ' and writers writersI I think this great compliment was waspaid waspaid waspaid paid us bHerbert bv b\ b hs \ Herbert Spencer SpeDl.er SpeDler . ; and there thereIS thereis IS some evidence to ss'irmant ssirmant \ win 1n ' ant It In InHussln InRussia InRussia Hussln Russia the orrifrmtry ordin lryVolllng iry lry \ vvoiking \Volllng Volllng womking , Amerl Ameni Amerlcans Amenicans Americans cans are accepted ncceptl ncceptcd ( . as superior men menand , and sent for as ns foremen In hulldmg building hulldmgfa'Ctorlcs buildingfactories buildingfavtorlos fa'Ctorlcs faCtorlcs factories ' , lailioads lalhoads ialhoads , power nnd and lrrlga irriga lrrlgatIon irrigalion irrigatlon tIon lion dims d'lms dlms ' , etc ttc cte But note the contempt contemptthe contemptthe contemptthe the Rus Russian ! > 1D.n 1Dn . ] Iciders le'lders lelders eiders ' expre express < ; s for our ourwriters ourwriters ourwriters writers nnd and statesmen 1 I None of theIr theIrnotions theirnotions theirnotions notions aie me ate accepted acceptedI I gl\ gl gas give gle \ e a credit aba abos above , e c to Hel Heibert Herbert bert Spen Spencer Spencon Spcncer cer con for the compliment It nny m'lY mlY may ' have havebeen havebeen havebeen been Samuel Samue ) Butler ; 1 should have havebetter havebetter havebetter better remembered the name nnnre , , In glntt- glntt gmati- gmati gmatitude glntttude giatl-tude giatl tude - tude Anyway Any\\ay Any ay \ , both menhive menh'1ve menh1ve mien-hive mien hive , - ' come comedown comedown comedown down to us uc ; with reputations rellutat10ns for un unusual unusual UQusual usual Intelligence Intelhgence and nnd leirning le'lrnlng lelrnlng learning ' ; and andlet andlet andlet let ordlnaiy ordlnalY ordinary vvoiking w01I"ang w01Iang woihing " citizens rcmem remem rcmember remember rcniember ber that timat such a man mun belle\ belle believed belleed belmesed \ ed they are areI arethe arethe arethe I the source of reil re'11 re11 ' Intelligence Intelhgence , and nnd m in mfuture infuture IDfuture future combat rnlstiken mlst'll.en mlstll.en mlstllen mist'iken mistiken ' . notions of ofnlters ofwriters ofwriters nlters writers , and stitcsmen st'1t&men st1tmen statesmen ' ( . & " with "Ith Ith more moreIgor morevigor Igor , . \ Igor . . . 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' llie 'lhe lhe 'lime lime Soviet Iciders lc\ders lc ders lciders ' \ in nu Russia sla have havesome havesome havegome some e excellpnt etcellent ' : cellpnt ideis Ide'ls Idels rde'is rdeis ' One is tint th'lt thlt ' the thethOUS'lnds thethousands thethousinds thOUS'lnds thOUSlnds thousands ' of [ Idle le and mlbchrevous mischievous mlbchrevousmen mischievousmen mischievousmen men [ In n the time big IJlg to\\11S to 11S towns tow \ us must give rise l\e l e \ good goode goodexcuse e cu 'Cu"e Cue ' " e for rem'1m1 rem1m1 reunining remaining ' g or get out wto into wtotile intotime intotlie tile time < . couutry .ountry ountry country , . and anl ( earn an honest honect ; liv iiv livIng iiving llving Ing on fm faims farms m ! > In every to\\ to town ton \ \ n thet there thereare theieare e eare are m'ln mln man mini ' } Ch'11 Ch11 chmctcis characters ' 'tCtCl tCtCl ' S I"nown Inown known l " nown to pOlice poice poilce.who poilcewho , . , "ho ho who " live by scheming almost or en entlrel entirely entirelv tlrel tirely lobbciv lohbe1\ lohbe1 robbers lohbe1'fhese \ ' These 'fhese fhese men are re . : > pon ponslblp ponsmle ponsiblp slblp smle for nine mne tenths of the law bre'1k bre1k break bre'1kIng breaklag breikIng ' Ing lag ; the ordinary ordmnry citizen cltlzen with a good goodjob goodjob goodjob job docs does not require reqUlre the attention of ofpollce ofpplice ofpolice pollce pplice a half d07on d07en doyen times in his IllS life life- lifetime lifetime - ' time ' The 'Ihe Ihe most serious trou trouble trouble trouble ble In the tbe \ vvoild world otld today Is too much muchchmlty muchcharity muchchanty chmlty charity for tbe the more than half lonfers loafers loafersdead , dead belts be'lts beats ' and criminals cllmlnals . And .And tbls this tblsexcessi thisexeessise thisexcessive excessi\ excessi excessie exeessise \ e charity Is a ne new " growth growths I Idistinctly Idistinctly lst111CtIy distinctly remember a time when all allcommunities nilcommunities , communities had a vagianci vagUlnc vagmanc } 1'1a liw 1'1\ 1'1 11 law ' \ , ; \a a sa sagrants \ vagrants agrants grants " were ere arrested " with lth conslder'lble conslderlble considerable conslder'lblepromptnebs considerablepromptness considenblepromptneteS ' promptnebs promptness and discretion dlscretlOn , and made to tow01k towork towoik w01k work on the rock rack pile . . Nearly every every- every"hf're everywhere everywhere - " where "hf're hfre ' no now " the \ vagrants agrants sagrants are in chargeof charge chargeof of public pubhc affairsI affairs I * . III . < . Writers Wnters hifchb hlbhl hiblil3 . } compliment mothers mothersIn mothersn in [ n some "a a ways " wavs s . , and misrepresent them themsiclously themviciously Iclously siclously \ In othersWilteis others otber othersWriteis : . WI Writeis Wilteis Hel s almost universally unisersally lJnh er.saJy ersaJy . ) charge chargethat chargethat chargethat that mothers do not 110t properl3 propel 1 I . } e educate educatedaughters educatediughters ucate ucated'lughters d'lughters dlughters daughters ' In sex matters mntters Theie There Thel e nev nev- never never never - er " was "as as a mother \ who ho neglected such sucheducatIOn sucheducation sucheducation sucheducationI educatIOn educatIOnI I hu has liave \ e a long bene belies believed , ed the time 10\ 10 love 10e lose \ e of par parents parents parents ents for chll chlldien children ten Is tlie tile the thing tiling that never nev nev- never never - er fills f'lUs flUs falls ' And parents add a patience patienceand patienceand patienceand and self selfsacufice sacufice sacra mfice in deiling de'lhng delhng dealing ' with theIr theIrchIldren theirchildren theirchildren chIldren that Is n nbout about out the most credit creditable creditable creditable able thing to be said of our mlser.lb1e mlserlb1e miserable mlser.lb1erace miserablerace miserablerace miserableraceSome . race raceSome Some parents , poor wretches , have haveb'ld havebad havebid b'ld bld bad ' judgment , but fierce d devotion dotlon do\otlon do otlon < . , \otlon otlon \ to tochildren tochildren tochildren children nevpr newer ne . pr falls so far as I IU1\ IU1 has IU1e IU1obsen haveobserved \ e eobsers obsen obsers ed If love for our children children111 childrensill childrenwill \111 111 sill ' \ 8m save sale e us " we "e e will Wlll all aJ ) final finally finall ! ) } get to tohe'lven toheaven toheiven toheivenSome he'lven helven heaven ' he'lvenSome heavenSonic Some Sonic children chldren ) ma mn ) } fall faU to sit on the theright theright theright right hand of God bcciuse bec'luse becluse because ' of mean mean- meannE meannecs meanness - nE ness necs ' < : g to their thelr pirents p'lre'1t plre1t pare'mts paremts ' ' ' , , but If 10 love lose ' e of ofchildren ofchildren ofchildren children 1 is & sufficient sut11clent virtue to save case "a a " \ e us usI , I exp expect ct to find nil an all pirents p1rents parents there tht.re thtre ttmcre . * . w . . 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'A A ' boy is isnOle ismote Isnoie nOle mote oltcu otten otters disquilifled dlsqu'lhfied dlsqulhfied disqu'ilifled ' tban than qualinedIn quahhedin qualifiedIn quahhed qualified in economic life by n a piolongcd plolonged 11 } olonged educa educa- e educatlon education uca- uca ucatIon - tion tlon " H U G Wells WeJs ) has long been say say- saying saying - ' ing Jag time spent In a uni\ uni unierslt university uniersity \ % erslt ) is east easted \ wisted 15t 15ted ' ed , and a 11 tiaining tmaining ainlng in Idleness and andron androw androw ron row dv dy d Ism Cngl Engl Englind md mud Is dehbel'1tely dehbel1tely dehbel'1telycutting deimbem delibontelycutting 'itchy itchy 'itchycutting ' ' cutting Its educational bud budget et ; . and .111d 111d it ithac Ithas ithas hac has ; nevci ne\"el ne "el el never \ " been as foolish about e edu education education n ncation cation a as > have Americans Amerlcan ' : ! whj wl1J whr ha.e hae have ha.estendllv havesteadily havesteadily . stendllv steadily made it more e expensive c"tpens\ c"tpens ctpens c"tpense " pensis ! \ e a and andIneITectl andlneffectlse andIneffective andIneffectiveOne IneITectl\ IneITectl IneITectle lneffectlse \ e IneITectlOne lneffectlseOne One of or the Impressive Incidents Indents ( . ! of ofmy ofmy ofmy my life has been knowing an un old wom woman " , wornan om oman an who had had two \ vvoitliless woitliless Ot thless hus husb'1nds husb'inds husbinds b'1nds b1nds b'inds binds ' , several se\eral se eral seseral \ children , and on an a\- a as- as aerage aserage av average \ - erage not more thin th'ln thln th'in ' half enou enough h to toe'lt toe'it tooit e'lt elt e'it eit ' . and c.nd cnd wear . . She almost "or.hlp3 or.hlp3 orhlp3 worslilps "or.hlp3every worslilpsevery " worshipsevery : . every livingSuch ingSuch man able to nnke m'll.e mll.e mlle m'ike mike ' . a good 11\ 11 his 11111g \ 111g ing Such uch adstuccessI n a nun m'1n m1n inn ' [ Is s her ulcal Ideal , and J3\1tcess J3 1tcess adstuccess a success successI \ I Ir I r rote rute rate men In thi tlmr tli ' S'lme'lY sinie S'lme Slme same ' \ " wiy \\'lY 'lY lY w'iy ' Those Thosewho Thosewho who " 110 ninko ntl1l.c ntl1lc make . i 'l l 'i ' good 11 living vIng [ > pi tin 1 ' , } thelr their thelrdebts theirdebts theirdebts debts \ with lth rcisonible rC'tson'1ble rCtson1ble re'isonable reisonable ' ' IlrolOptness promptness , , help promptnesshelp some souiewhat somewhat " hat In do decent hum in lU um piogress IHOg piog IHOgress piogress ress , and are In line hne foi f01 for honest promo promotlon promotlon tlon promotlon , al aie ate e our best men Fioin l'lom llom Fionm ' their theirranks theirranks theirranks ranks < . come .ome ome the millions " wlio "ho ho who h'l hl hose hoseslowly hiveslowly ' ' e slowly Io\\ Io IoI \ \ I , } Impro Iniproveil Improsed , ed tlieir their tn\nnCl tn nnCl imnueis m'inuems minuems ' \ sand sandthe11 and andtheir andthen the11 their semilces sci sel ' vices Ice : . , anil anti and been bcen able to dlsUn distn distnguish distinbUSsh [ guish ulsh their nee r'1ce r1ce rice ' 'J J 'I I 'lliere lliere ' here are ure D11fl11m nnnv D11fl\ D11fl mans \ 11m lim 11mIta1l011s limstations Urnitntlons Ita1l011s stations In the creature cnature called man manbut , but If tr he Is ambitious to get out of oflife Itbe life the best there ' is a admittedly mlttctJy ) In It , . he Is good enough and a success * . . * . I ha have hate , e long believed believe a f1 majority ot of otthe ofthe ofthe the people peop1e are ure good enough , con"Ider conIder consider con"IderIng considering considerIng " Ing all nll tbclr their InniHcnps h'1ntllcaps h1ntllcaps lm'indlcaps lmindlcaps ' But Butnow Butnow ut utnow now that times are arc h'1l h1l tau biiiler ' tIer der than thun es e , er bE'fore bEfore everbefore erbE'fore erbefore ' . , I 1 amVa am \Va\ Va \ wavering Vaerlng watering \ erlng somewhat sOlUewholt ; : hon lion honest lionesty lionestv est esty I Is alwivs aiw'iys aiwiys ah\ ah ah1 \ 1 ' s at nt a spLclu specially spuciall3 II . } 10ebb low 10\\ 10 \ ebb ebb11m ebbtluung 11m during ebbduring ang bird h'lrd hlrd hard ' times One I Is most apt aptto to be hone5then honest hone5t \ when \\hen hen getting ettlng ' ilong 'llong llong along fall fair ' Iy ly fairly \ well ell ellhe ; ; \he he Ehe \ lie \ word ord of the man In wor.t wort worst wor.ttrouble worsttrouble worsttrouble : . trouble must Ulust lutist be1bcounted be / discounted /1bcounted 1bcounted most . , ft . * * . * . * . I h have he hale \e e \ lived Il\cd Il cd lined \ a f1 long lung lon time in 111 nn tbe the Unit United United United ed Slltes St'1tes St1tes St'ites Stites ' , and my ' wrongs 'Hong Hong have not notbeen fice-min fice min fleem'ln ficeman been those of a 11 :01\ :01 01 : slive :01e sI'ise sIise ' \ ' , e . , but of a flee- flee fice- fice - - - m'ln mln man ' badly b.1dly b1dly . minaging m'lnaglng mlnaglng m'inaging ' himself hlmselt . . m < ) 1933 Bell Deli Syndlca.to-WNU Syndlca.toWNU Syndlca.to Syndlcato WNU Syndicate-wW Syndicate wW Syndlcato . . . - wiro , Servlcw Servic . * . I |