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SWhen When the age of reason arrives arrlve'3 arrlve3 ' ifit It if ItIt IfIt It ever e\er e er \ does cJoes we " will "m m admit that theman the theman theman man who "ho ho " goes about tuining tuintng tm nmg olT off unnecpssary un unnec unnecessary necessary nec s8nry lI lights hts left burning bv hv by careless care careless careless less people peopl , . , Is Ie ; a better man than the themenn themean themean menn mean per persons ons who left them thcm burning burninghecause burningbecause burningbecause hecause because the expen expense e Is not ch'1rgecl ch1rgecl cltirged chirgedto ch'1rgeclto cltirgedto ' to them We IVe will wl11 also like better th'O thO the th'Ostring thestring thostring ( ' string 5:1cr saa sav 5:1\ 5:1 51 : \ er cr Few rcw families keep heep a sup supply supply supply ply of new string on hand band ; when whenctring whenstring whenstring ctring string ; Is needed It USU'lIIcomes usuillv USU'lII\ USU'lII USUlII usually ' \ ' comes from froma a saving woman who has a bill b\l1 b l1 hill ' \ in 1D the thedrawer thedrawer I Idrawer drawer of the l kitchen rtchen table tableA : . * . * . I IA A man n asks < ; ks me "Who Who " In your opIn opinion opinIon 1 1Ion Ion are the fifteen greatest livln living livingAmericans livingAmericans I IAmericanc Americanc Americans ; ? ' ' ? ' I have ha\"e ha "e e \ " " written "rltten rltten him I T be betieve believe I IJreve Jreve tieve they are compirativply comp1rabvPly comparatively unlmown unknown unlmownmen unknownmen unknownmen men , . , some of them possibly posslblv hidden hiddenn hiddennvvay hiddennway n nvvay ' ay In small towns or on farm farms farms'lost farmhMost : , I I'fost 'fost fost 'lost lost ' of the noted men of the presenthave present presenthave presenthave have been cilled c'lIIed clIIed celled ' to Wishinpton Washington W'1shIn W1shIn ' ton to ad adrise ndvise Hoover ' " ' Pre President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRoosevelt < ; lc1ent lc1entnoose rise \ Ise Prp President < ; l rnt c ( noose\ noose nooseeIt Roosevelt \ eIt In thp thE ' present emergonc emergency emer emergencyNot cnc ; Not one of them mcisured mC'lsured mClsured me'tsured metsured ' ' up to realgreitness real realgreitness greitness re'ltness reltness ' In the recommendations reeommendatlon 1 I 1h'lve Ih Ihive h'lve hlve h ' ve seen In print prmt My correspondent correspondentalso corr correspondentalso cponrlent cponrlentalso ; also " wishes "Iche Iche ; < ; me to prepire prep'lre preplre prep'ire ' ' n a lI list t at of offifteen atfifteen offifteen fifteen of the greitest greatest greitestmencnns re'1testmerlcans re'1test re1test ' \mencnns mencnns \merlcans merlcans Americans \ . Inall In Inall inall all our history I 1 have ha\"e ha "e e ' \ " only three threec1erly threeclearly threecleirly c1e\rly c1e rly clearly ' \ In mind ' ' Bomamin ncmam1l1 Benjamin rranklinwould rranJ.lIn rranJlIn rranklin rranJ.lIn"ould Franklinwould . "ould ould would " hcid he'ld held head ' the list followed followell by hY ' Ale Alec Alecunder Alcfnnder nnder under Himilton H'lmllton Hlmllton Il'imilton Ilimilton ' ' and nnd Tohn John Adiros Ad'lm Adlm Ad'ims Adims ' ' < ; If IfI Ifurged Ifurged Ifurged I urged to add arId arld other names name , , possibly pO3lblv " ' Ishould 1 I 1cllOUld Ishould cllOUld should ; select John D Rockefeller Rochefeller , , Sr SrJ SrJ SrJ J P Morgan the elder , and Thomas ThomasA A Edison- Edison Ddlson EdisonI . . - I have ' never ne\er ne er \ belle\"ed belle "ed ed believed belle"edGeorge believedGeorge believedGeorge \ " George Washington was truly creit.ind creitind greet re'lt relt ' , . 1nd 'and and ' ' doubt Lincoln ' \ wis was 'lS lS ' We hwe hive hwene hivenever hivenever ne never , er hid h'ld hld h'id ' ' i 'l l ' greit gore'lt gorelt greet ' soldier sohlier e except eecept cept possibly pos posslbly possibly slbly sibly siblycome some come < ; ome unkno unknown unknow " n man mnn who never neverhad neverhad neverhad had n a chance rife \ Meismeil l\fe'lsmerl l fe'lsmerl felsmerl ' isuierl hy by world worldstandard'3 worldstandards worldstandards standard'3 standard3 standards ' we have lane ha , ene never , er had n a gre\t gre t great greatliterary gret1Iterar greitliterary ' \ 1Iterar literary mm m'ln mln min ' ITenrvV211'ice Henn TIenn ITenrv \ Willicc W'1tl'lcc W1tllcc \V211'ice V211'ice V211ice ' ' ' g-r\nd g r nd grind grndfather grindfather - grindfather ' \ father of or the present secietiry eclet'lry ecletlry seciet'try seciettry < ; ' ' of n ag agrlculture nriculture ? rlcuIture rlculture , . wns wa's was wa ' a country p puson p'l150n pl150n ' uson usonWind 'lnd lnd Wind 'lndfarmer Windfarmer ' indfarmer farmer farmernc1 , ' \ ind \nc1 nc1 incl cime C'lme Clme ' ver very , ' neir ne'1l ne1l near ' ' preitnessIt greatnessIf g-re\tnes g re tnes greatness - ' \ < ; If an Infallible Inra11ihle ) [ list "t t " of the fifteen fifteengreatest fifteengreatest fifteengreatest g-reatest g reatest greatest - Amerlcins Amerlc\nc Amerlc nc Amerlc'ins ' \ ' : ; 11\ 11 11m living \ m or dead ( deidcould lc'l lcl ' could he prepired pl'ep'lred pleplred prepared ' ' few " would ould be wide widelv \ wideIv Ide IdeIv Iv lv known , , perhips perh'1p'3 perh1p3 perhaps ' ' t\ t \ two t0 , 0 thlrd thirds < ; of them theni themnot theninot themnot not hno known know ' it 'lt lt 'it ill 111 'ill ' do not believe beUe\"e beUe "e e " n ' ' I 1 \ " onE oneprofessionil oneprofcsslonil > profcssIon'll profcssIonll professionil ' polltlcnn poHtIcl1n politician poHtIcl1n"ould \ would \\"ould "ould ould \ ' " be he e on onthe onthe onthe the list hst , , . sevoril se\"cr'll se "cr'll crll several \ " ' business men ml might mightmake mightmake ht htmal.e mal.e male make . It The nnnner m'wnpr mwnpr manner ' In which wemarched we wemarched wemarched marched cheering checrmf ; Into the present presentAmeric'ln presentAmerican presentAmerlcin Americ'ln Americln American ' ruin and tlie the w \ weikncss eikness c'll cll ' nc'3 nc3 ' , ) we welllsphved wedisplaved wedisplived lllsphved displaved In eIToits effoits effOl ts to got gct get out , have havegreatly hav havogrcitly , . greatly c'ltlv cltlv ' discounged dlscour\ged dlscour ged discouraged ' \ me ns as to AmerIC'ln Americm AmerI Amenl Amenlcan C'ln Cln can ' greitness gre'ltnee greltnee gre'itness ' ' ; " . . . . . No little llttle fairyttC'nds fairy ittpnds \ttC'nds ttC'nds ttCnds 'attends attends ' \ ' ' ' inv 'lnv lnv mm m'ln mln min ' to tobring tobring tobring bring him good luck Inc1 , no little tittle devil devilattends devilattends devilattends attends inv 1m man mantohilns to blln Ming him bid b\d b d ' \ luclc luck luclcIn luckIn luckIn In the course oC ot of : a n year venr or n a life , . whatbasehill what whatbn'5ehll whatbasehill bn'5eh\ll bn'5eh bn5eh ll basehill ' ' \ placers players pla ers cill C'ln Cln ' the good and rind ball'breahs bail'breaks bail ball breaks 'breahs breahs 'breaks ' ' arebout nre are ' \ ibout \bout bout about eH even e.en een . n Good bre\h bre h breaks breakshive broikshive ' \ h'lve hlve hive ' come to all of us frequently frequenth , and andwe andwe andwe we ha\ ha have hae \ e not tnl taken en proper ad\ ad adantage advantage advantageof \ antage antageof of them ; ; : frequently trefuenth } we all fall fail to h'ln hln hin h'lndIe hindie hmdie ' dIe bad 'breiks breiks breaks ' br ( > 1ks ' ' ' as w " well "c1l c1l ell a as ' ) we might might'rhls mightThis mightThis 'rhls rhls This ' Is thetruth the the- - truth , . and I know hnow It well ' \ wellbut el1 , , but whit wh'1t wh1t ' I heIlc\ heIlc believe heIlce \ e 1 Is < ; I am the un tin unluc1 tinluckiest nnluckiest luc1 luckiest lest man in the thp , world \ orl * . 4 . S . SIn In tlie thc the gentlest gpntlest "lfC lfC w n " Ife lie ' there Is n a touch touchof touchof touchof of tlie the Old Ilirry Hirr Ihrr ; she doc does , > not chow show chowIn showIn ; showIn In mingling mmgln ! with the lhe nel.hbol nelhbol neLhbors nei " . hbois " but but"hIch butwhich butwhich "hIch hIch which " ( does loe < ; show In mInllIn minylinh min : , , liii ; , ? withi witht with 1 . t husbmd huch'1nd huch1nd husband ; ' If It "I\"E "I I "E E "I"E'Cle " wlyeb wives \ " \ wcie \'Cle 'Cle Cle were 'CleIwns ' \Iwns Iwns alwiss alwissas ' \ ilwivsas Iwnsas as politen polite \n n ' \ ind and sontle gentle ; ( , Tltlp \ with ah husbindsas husb'tndsas hu'm hum husb'tnds husbtnds " } ) ' 1s 1sas < as telephone gul pills gull " ur nrf arr . with subscribers subscllb subscrib subscilbers 'rs rs ers ( ' , . there " would "ould ould be fewer bad hus hushandc hushands busbands handc hands handst ; handsDuring t * . * . * . During ' the prespntitlon precpnt'1tron precpnt1tron presPntztion : ' of a pIa play plavI playI ; } I attended recently , , an nn actor men mentroned mentloned mentloned troned tloned n a Contented Farmer rarmer T'armer Tarmer ' , . whtreupon whereupon whereuponthose whtreuponthoce whereuponthose thoce those ; In the audience burst Into Intolaughter intolaughter Intolaughter laughter 4 S SI I I came to Miami Mlam'1 Mlam1 Mianii ' , , . rii rl'l rll Fli ' , , this winte-r winte r winter winterdisgusted - , , ds disgusted [ usted beciuse bec'1uce bec1uce because ' : Hinnah lI'lnnah lIlnnah Ilinnah ' , , the colored coloredwoman coloredwoman coloredwoman woman we employ nt at home , never ne\"er ne "er er \ " en enI entered entered entered I tered my room \ without wltliotit ItllOut putting the theI the"IndoW's thewindows thewindows I "IndoW's IndoWs windows " ' down do\\n do n \ . , If I hid h\d h d hod ' \ them thcm up , . orputting or orputting orputting putting them them up If I hid h'lc1 hlc1 ' them do down downI " n nI I have hfne been disgusted dlctucte-r dlctucte r : : ; - } all winter In InMlnnll InMiami inMiami Mlnnll Miami beciuso bec\use bec use because ' \ 1'lnc Aincy 1\ 1 \ 'lnc lnc ' ncv , , . nt tit n t tlie the time 'lp1.t lp1.t lp1t ipitt ipittwent ' iputment . t ttuent tuent went house " where "here here I J1\ J1 live J1e li.e lie \ . e , . does the theSHUle thesame thesiinie SHUle same tiling timing tilingI I 1 \ wiih was fib \ walklne walking \ alkln on the ( lie 811 sti stieoh c"b cb ects " , I'ltel Iltel lately latelywith ' liteliwith with a white vvonnn womin \ om'1n om1n ' from IndIUM Indiana IndianaShe IndianaShe . She leiincd learned Ie'll Iell ' ned uoscy bossy bos ; y \ ways \ ays 'l l ' is < ; a fi cchool school cchoolte'lc11er schoolteacher ; schooltciclicr te'lc11er telc11er teacher ' \ when hen J ioung young otlng- otlng otlngThe - The tilt tlIt ( of If my h'1t h1t hit mytnt myh'1t myhit ' bi lH hi Im di didn't didnt n't nt ' ' suit lier her , so she sheretched < : ; shereiched he here'1cherl re'1cherl re1cherl retched ' 0\ 0 over 0cr \ cr nnd and ch'1n ch1n chiuged ' e It Occislonilly o Occi Occislonilly C'c Cc ' 1 ' 1slon'111v slon'111v slon111v slonilly ' ( not often ) I rebel rebcl , . and s'1ld s1ld said s'1ldto saidto sildto ' to hel'Put hei hel het hei'Put 'Put Put ' Put that thllt hit h'1t h1t ' brim brio run bick b'lch blch back ' whcie wht'le whtle where ' you , } OU OUfound found youfound it " She he is prob'1 prob1 probiblv probtbly ' h tilling tdlm ainund mound amount ] now nowtIl'lt nowthit nowtint tIl'lt tIllt thit ' I 1 am no gentlcunn gentlem'ln gentlemln gentleman ' , . but she did ItI itT It ItI alwaysthete I T hm have e ne\ ne never neer \ er suited suItLd women womcn , alwfi5thNe nhvnvathpie alwfi5 always , } thNe thete Is something . ibout .bout bout me thev the\ the then thewant \ want wantto wantto wantto to fl fix tho . * . . . As " soon "oon oon ns as a fool pi pioposes ptopose opose . . 'lnother lnother another 'lnotherI anotherplin ' motherplin I thnnis phn plin for more humin hum'1n hum1n human ' betterment uctterment than thnn thanIs is \ < ; possible posslhle , , . the people IIcople "hl'lll hllll " should ' Collle Bonne , somehow Collleho Bonnehow ho\\ ho how hoh \ have he hate h\ h . \ e the PO\\ PO power POer \ er to S'1 S1 sii sly ' to him himow him himovv ' andforce anllforce \ow ow \ Ono ovv O\\ O \ noc'e now no\\ no \ , . \ wove \\c'e c'e ce teve \ ' tiled hied that , , ' ; ' anll and force linn hun bun bick b'1ch b1ch back ' to \ work orl ' Tlie The 'rime rime ccrt111 cert ccrt \111 111 tie \ Upthing 111thing thing tiething hcems eClIlS scents to be w \ we e cannot allord ailord to tctiy totly toby tly by ' ill 'l11 l11 all tliese these plms pi ph ins 'lSC ' is 'lS lS \ we \\C C \ ] liave 11:1\e 11:1 111 e mane : \ beLn been domg doing beindoing beLndomg beendoing some S01Uf " thousands thouColnd1 : > , of ; } veais years eoll s to the theviolent theviolent theviolent violent distuibince dictulbince [ ctm , b'lnce blnce ' of or Industry Indllstry and andpeace andpence andpeace peace pence @ 1933 Bells Dell S Si ) ridlcate-vv ridlcate vv n ndlcxta lca.ta- lca.ta lca.taU . . . - ' iv . 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