Show I F Jottings Fro From Froma I I II Ia I a Prodigal Son Soni I i I Dear Bich To get truthful compliments oc- oc occasionally occasionally from ones one's subscribers such as that from Mr Glassford of Grand Junction surely ought to bring a gen gen- genuine genuine feeling of happiness to any editor in or out of Utah His letter which appeared in your issue of June 21 really prompts me to say that bou- bou bouquets bouquets of that kind better serve their purpose than placing them on the cas- cas casket casket I ket after one is dead when he cannot see or know that they are gIven Sev- Sev BevI Beveral Several I eral times Umes In the past I have tried to I Isa I sa say something like it but I lust could not find words that fit so well in your I columns as did those of your our friend from the Junction So I d just like to say nie me too for the same thing I minus check OccasionallY I try to find time to read something that is worth whIle Then after the reading I try in my teak eak way to remember the essential things s that appeal appell to me as being worth while and that give me joy in trying to remember the main facts Some days ago I chanced to read What Constitutes a Gentleman II Your readers may have read it over and again It may not therefore be beas beas as appealing to them to see it in print again Rg n I do not know who wrote It S ac T found it among some clippings t en from some book or magazine But I am passing it on for lust Just what I think it may be v worth orth to your readers A gentleman will not say of a man behind his back what hat he not say to his face tace A gentleman does not think that his IS a scoundrel the fact th that t he is must be proven before he III say so I A gentleman recognizes his for all his utterances either in debate or not A gentleman plays fair v fair fairand fairand and talks fair A gentleman himself and Is not afraid of those stronger than himself A gentleman gill rather understate than exaggerate hen ahen making his statement to his friends or enemies A gentleman does not carry the gossip about his neighbor unless and cows until he S knO it to be true And lastly a gentleman is one vho aho attends strictly to his own business and lets his nel neighbors neighbor's business alone I may wish I could measure up to that standard Sometimes I find my- my myself myself self falling down therefore I claim no distinction of me measuring suring up to that of the perfect gentleman I note with ith pleasure that one of the timers old Horace Johnson has just pa parsed d another In his jour jour- journe nev ne neof of life lUe What a wonderful thing it is when one passes into the eighties of life and looks back upon the record of a spent sell me life With few re regrets ets with a heart fun full of pleasure with v Ith joy brimming over In the vinter of me life meis is surely something to be proud of ashe as ashe he nears near the end of the long trail I While one still clin clings to life lUe another of those oho vho hate ha trawled tra along the I same road passes on full of years ears full of good works gentle and kind to those v oho ho were near and dear to him in this life and to those who ho knew him best best- such can be said of my old friend and brother Watts I begin to note that the political pot begins to simmer Before long it will begin to boll boil and then how many of ofus ofus us a ill be gentlemen Even the best of us vill aill be cla classed ed In the category of dupes rogues and whatnots m in the whirl hirl or politics What a pity it Is that some of the I dishonest ro rogues es up at the state capi- capi capitol capitol tol cannot be ousted from the payroll as well ell as from office in this year 01 of pOlitical al Strange is it not how some people al always alays ays ant some some- something thin thing that does not rightfully belong to them In the end I d lust Just like to knot how much they have made by dishonesty A tarnished name a loss of character and reputation a remorse of conscience is this the price they pay Is this the final reward Yes that is the end of what Is not aery a ery pleasant day dav as I view it from a lay lay- layman's layman's mans man's standpoint GIve me the clear conscience and the few paltry dollars dollar can go to h l YOU KNOW ME |