Show F sr ED HOWE 1 by the belt bell syndicate inc I 1 know an old lady said bald to be a L ovely lovely character who spoilt seven sons bons anil and daughters and nine grandchildren if they wanted to remain out of school she said certainly children can call be children but once when the boys went to work she aided them when they wanted to lay off she said they were sick when they wont went rabbit hunting As AB a result they neier never kept a job very long she waited on oil all of them lit in a manner slie she thought was wag flue but which was really shameful iler her children find and grandchildren or are all worthless when tills this old lady indy dies she will be greatly surprised for st peter will tell her tile the truth no otte one ever told it to her on earth and she hns has always sup posed she would go to libben sure keepers of shops have haive a poor opinion of customers la is it just or unjust are people as unfair and mean its ia shopkeepers say they tire are still I 1 have observed that shopkeepers pers compliment a few so to do bill collectors Is it possible that only a few deserve compliments I 1 was talking the other day with the keeper of a aorist shop she was speaking of mothers day the day when people are supposed to buy roses und and send th thain tin to mother the flower seller sam tho that t while people cheerfully paid high prices for funeral bouquets they fire are stingy to IQ buying flowers with which to celebrate mothers lay day instead of ordering gorgeous bouquets ahby 7 order cheap ones and dont seem to have their hearts in it ahen a troublesome person U 1 finally out of the way it la Is possible to celebrate with funeral flowers every men man who has failed likes to say his riches are not in gold that lie he has been of more use to the world by giving rood good advice than successful men have been in material affairs afT airs A few men have been useful who have done nothing but give good advice but they tire are extremely rare the world to la on oil it a gold basla basis men fall fail or succeed ns as they make money nione what pleasure the young man in school gets out of thoughts of what lie ho Is going to be bel I 1 for lie can make himself believe it but the old fellow gets little pleasure out of conceit lie he has tried everything and knows what be can do while the aung young fellow hitts has tried nothing and can easily imagine himself the greatest inan in in lit in the world I 1 was talking lately with a young woman who lias has an all ambition to ile be come a contort concert singer site she sald that in her dreary practicing site she was en cou raged by tile hope hone of finally tenall giving the people pleasure what an old flimflam flim film flam that giving the people pleasure plea suie ihl iler her real ambition la Is of course to charge the people three dollars for tickets 4 it if you cannot interest people nt at least do not bore them you ou can accomplish com that probably bly people generally suffer euffer roost most from being more bored you come to a conclusion you ou know a good many others will not accept ilow how much are you sou willing to concede to avold avoid a disagreeable useless row and argument you are entitled to your our opinion but you aie are not entitled to demand that tha t others give up their opinion and accept yours very few people seem beem to really think they use only the instinct or cunning a wolf ams tits lit in st seeking eking a mate or in avoiding a trop trap there Is ft a great nol colp ae going on oil lit in the world but about as much of it on oil one side its as another the truth way be got at only by considering tile silent testimony which few use uc u c your think ing decided your our fate and you ion should think accurately and fairly I 1 have no doubt you are aie a good fel low hut but that enough are you vou a reliable fellow are you ou tail inking ing care of your family affairs reasonably well do you devote tinie time to your job many good fellows tire are it nuisance in their communities we have too many of them everywhere A good fellow nearly always has extravagant habits nearly always unreliable tit in money matters rarely the best and most depend able workman in the shop where lie he la Is employed I 1 read the other day of a japanese philosopher saying A judicious selection of ones parents Is the first important step in life just what does the saying nean mean if anything what was the idea in saying I 1 it t since one cannot possibly select ills ancestors liow how helpful Is the suggestion gest lon tills this philosopher might ns well not have written at ill all for he has riot not suggested anything nav thing layng by which one may benefit ills saying has n sort of grew some interest nil of us have charges to ninke make against our ancestors but its not nice to give expression to them nor does it do uny good |