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Show I MIX SENTIMENT AND SENSE Place Is Found for Both In the Life That Is Well and Wisely Ordered. Few, Indeed, nro tho persons who like to bo called sentimental. Tho word has become associated "with tha Idea of fickleness and weakness, and Is often applied to simpering women and ethereal Ideas, says tho Indianapolis Indianap-olis News. Tho man who clings to the business policy ot his father vhon that policy Is contrary to modern Ideas Is said to be actuated by sentiment, which is often a charltablo way ot saying that he Is too slow for tho age In whlih he lives. Tho woman who pots her son until ho becomes a whining man, forever seeking nn ear into which to pour his troubles, Is said to bo blinded by sentiment, nnd tho son is pointed to as a victim of sentiment, sen-timent, i Tho chief objectors to sentiment bo-, long to tho cult oJ common senso. It. is thoy who call attention to tho errors of tho misguided business man and tho overlndulgent mothor. To them tho conduct of such persons Is Inexplicable. Inex-plicable. Instead of analyzing It they dismiss It as being beneath tho notlco of their Ideas ot a normally constituted consti-tuted mind. In fact, soma advocates of reason especially those who havo grown away from the tendor omotlons of youth, adhere bo firmly to thelri doctrine and Its universal application that thoy become sentimental about It. Fortunately, tho extremes In both cases are raro. Tho bulk ot humanity. Is more happily constituted. It realizes real-izes that there is a placo for scntl-' ment and a place for common sense, and that thero is no sharp lino bo-tween bo-tween tho two. Most sensible persons admit that affection plays a largo) part In the world of affairs, and af-j fectlon is largely sentiment When sentiment meets a need oenso Is obllgod to recognlzo It. Whatever force tradition has Is sentiment, and common com-mon senso admits that tradition plays a strong part In government, business busi-ness and recreation. But those who lean toward sentiment muBt also bo awaro that tradition Is llttlo less than tho accumulated fruit of common com-mon senso. |