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Show ALWAYS EVIL TO BE IDLE Japanete Proverb That Is Well Worth Taking to Heart by the People of This Country. There is an excellent proverb, which haa been handed downjto one generation genera-tion after another- qi Japaneser It ought to be in", eiefy Wnguaie,Vlt. runs thus, "To do nothing Is to do evil." Perhaps It Is this which makes the Jap so busy,rmarks. the Boston,, Advertiser. vItMsrery tiarcTto catcK him doing nothlnf. EveTTilfl social' Intercourse Is filled with things to do. There Is Infinite bowing and scraping and bending double, before a friend is properly greeted or tea is properly served. But the proverb may not be. compelled to work so far as the Japanese Japa-nese make It work, in order to do good. It Is a question' whether the wise of this country realize as they might, and as the wise ahoul, how evil It Is to be Idle. It1 Is this which leads the children of the city lntoimls-chief. lntoimls-chief. The houses are so close together to-gether that they havo lost the chores jwhlch were once theirs. The chores ,'nro dono out on the farms or by the 'city. It Is idleness which is the curse of the rich and of the poor. Yet It is Idleness which seems to bo tho great desire of the Individuals of our nation. na-tion. In desiring tt they desire evil and they do not realize what it is they wish. . |
