Show JL 0 Between B 0 You and au Me e Common sense is the rhe most uncommon kind of tense By HAROLD DELL WRIGHT T t. t to Number One lilt Hit it would sure euro be a Gods God's r If It every even feller would let everybody cl else do the things that ho wants everybody every every- body else to let him do himself At the Ule same time there thero aint no sort of or sense ense in lottin lattin the other feller reller do to you OU what wha t you OU wouldn't do to yourself Dill Bill DID ID you 1 0 ever notice how many of ot our old proverbs and sayings are born of ot a very human wish to justify an nn Inhuman selfishness By ny making excuses Into proverbs we tr try to make selfishness respectable Well between between be be- 0 tween you and me most of these old saws need reeling If you dont don't look out for youri yourt your- your i t self no one will look 1001 out for you rou I suppose that choice bit of d devils Il's vils vil's philosophy dates back to the time when Mr Cave e Man was first struck with the lie bright Idea that It would be easier casler to steal his neighbors neighbor's stone hatchet than to find a good rock and make one for himself To most of ot us In this present generation gen of dwellers dwellers and hatchet hatchet- men this ancient proverb Is the law of life and the gospel of ot success By ny It we Justify er e every crime we commit against our neighbors To our children chil dren then It Is mothers mother's milk But consider those who have looked out for themselves so zealously that no one now would look out for them If It they were walking blIn blindfolded folded on the edge of ot the pit By their selfishness selfishness selfish selfish- ness the have forfeited r right to the respect of ot their fellows and enJoy enjoy en en- Joy the unselfish love lon and confidence of ot no man woman or child Having never hesitated to betray others to their own self interest they are met meton meton on every ery side by eyes ees of suspicion abhorrence abhorrence ab nb ab- ab and hate Surrounded by self seeking followers but without real friends they hear always as they pass vass the warning cry of the people unclean unclean I IThe I IThe The Lord helps those who wiio help themselves says the cop as ho hp dips his paw Into the basket of the old 1 I The Tile moment one dis discovers overs t that the only thing of real importance Importance Im im- In life is thing living that t moment one begins truly to live iThe i The In the arch of i keystone u a well lived life is this To 10 freely freely free free- f It privy l ly grant to others the lieges and rights one demands 1 for ones one's self And to limit j demand for ones one's self the privileges t and rights one grants grunts to f others c t Most Must of us are so busy making making mak mak- ing a living that we have no notime i 1 time left In which to live 1 T f But nut to make male a side Issue of i. i I living in or order ler to live li is not t Intelligent to say the least t j 4 i iI Business politics the sciences sciences t I and arts religion e education education luca tion and whatever er else we s I commonly bother about a are at t best only side Issues of living Great souls have lived greatly greaty great great- ly Iy y without most of ot the things i which we of these days call can necessities ne ne- t and to which we give i our lives t peanut vender And The Lord helps those who help themselves says sas the banker who puts his soft sott white fingers Into the earnings of the time workers workers work worle- ers the little all of the tile widows and the meager savings of the old But some fine day du a suffering long people will rise up and ond cry with righteous resolution and terrible meaning The Lord help those who dare to help themselves 1 Yes the of give an and l take is sound and good when It is wll written tt en down exactly that way wn But when one writes give in n almost invisible In In- vIsible letters and spreads take in capitals capitols clear across the page e there Is something wrong with the line Give Gi or you shall not take tale When all is said and done no one mn may draw unlimited checks on the Lank of Life without occasionally snaking mal deposits And by the same token tolen that which one deposits one r Is permitted to take again because It ItIs ItIs Itis Is ones one's own If we give hatred hatrell we weare are hated If It we give friendship we have friends If It we respect others others respect us If we trust no one no one will trust us If we give ghe nothing noth ing we receive nothing If It we refuse happiness and well well to others we cannot hope to take the like for tor our ourselves elves Do you OU remember what happened to the tIle goose that laid the golden egg Well lVell but did you ever ask what happened to the poor fool tool who killed tho the s slie bI He lie went fiat flat broke that's what happened to him 0 Yes you see he figured he could coul l s save ve all expense of ot caring curing for tor the j goose and take toke all her ber gol gold l by the same operation He thought he could give nothing and und take e er e everything and he found the error In n his calculations too late 7 There Is every ery reason to believe that If this tills person had given ghen his goose c some decent encouragement or Of t hown shown some sume appreciation of her efforts In his behalf he could have tUI continued to profit If he had hod given ghen her the three square meals per day nod and the com nest to which she sho was Justly entitled and had taken her out to u movie morIe once In a while or treated her herto herto herto to some sort of ot a sundae now une and then between eggs he would be enJoying en en- jo golden omelets for breakfast even eyen unto this day Ia By Ily trying Ing to take everything and give gire nothing he lost his ills Income and his goose and proved himself one of the prize fools of history Live and let live is only another wn way of ot sn saying Ing if you Ou do not let lel live e you ou will die 4 No o 0 man liveth unto himself IS not a preachment It Is the plain statement of a scientific fact All Anyone Any Ally one who Ignores that fact dies The ho death of such a u person might not matter so much perhaps but bUl for the tho equally scientific fact that No 0 man wan dieth unto into himself All of which leads to this While no man mon can live without some consideration consid consid- consideration for others each must do his Own wn living thing One can do im in 0 h help fp others othel's live lI but when all I Is ls said un and l done one no one can cnn do the other fellows fellows fellow's fellows fellow's fel lows low's living for him The moment one discovers that the only thing of teal real Importance ortance In life is living that moment one begins truly to live The ke keystone stone In the arch of ot a u well well- lived life lICe is this To freely grant to othe others othes s the privileges Illi and rights lights ou one cue demands for ones one's self And to firmly demand for ones one's self the pr lieges and rights one ont grants to others The best J way to do a particular and definite thing is to lO do it In u a particular particular particular par par- and definite way way- way a WH a a proposition proposition tion which I 1 think calls for no ment went To 10 particularly and anti definitely make living the main Issue of ones one's life that Is the thing Most of us are so ao busy making a n living that we have no time left eft In which to live But to make a side issue issue is is- sue of ot living In order to live Is s not intelligent to sa say the least Side issues are all right as side Issues the Issues the same as ns pepper salt saIt and ond mustard In fact it t is the side issues that give ghe flavor to lifes life's bill of fare But can un one make a full meal of pepper pepper pep pep- per sal salt and nd mustard without stir stir- ning sing up a revolution in the department department department depart depart- ment of the interior I think not Well business es politics the science and arts religion e education and whatever else we commonly bother about are ure at al best besl only si side bide lc Issues of or living Great souls have t a lived l greatly great great- ly Iy without must most of the things which we of ot these lIa days s 's cull nece necessities and ond 10 to which we give ghe our lives You lou sec bee ec it is when une one puts ones one's lIfe ife Into ones one's business instead l of put put- ting ling ones one's business into inlo ones one's life Ufe that one fails nils In living We Wo work at living U like Bice some foll folks farm The rile farm is all light right bi bad ferUle fertile fields wooded slopes un and l well well- watered l valleys valleys but but the till wee weeds ls have ha choked clicked out the corn CUU taken possession of tile the potatoes un and l overrun the gar gar- den deu The Thc guy I Ill lies l all sodden sod den Ien with the damp I a 1111 au and l the tile wheat full lull ripe rille drops its guo good l grains t tot it t each cach breath of passing breeze e. Tie Lie fences ate are down u the hie barn bain u a shanty the house housea a lio el el while pigs pig roan roam at ut will over o the en entire re place Six or 01 se eu hounds on in the front porch lurch a collection ot ut firearms in iu the kitchen coon skins and und fox Cox hides stretched on the south southwall southwall wall of the house and und a well well- well defined l odor of polecat pervading per the of the home tell the stol story Hunting Bunting Is s a pleasant and profitable sI side I Issue to farm life but one does not nut plow corn nor cultivate potatoes with coon dogs Neither dues does one harvest wheat with shotguns or rilles rifles er Newer perhaps In human history were the opportunities for living so bo great as they he are today Certainly our farm Is as large as ns when the went vent forth to sow And the need for great lives is as pressing to toy today day as when the Master said This do and thou shall ll live livert e. Souls have not depreciated In value since Calvary Calvary Cal Cui ar vary but the art of growing great souls souis Is fast becoming a lost art Our trouble Is the weeds of life are getting the start The grain of life Is being Leing wasted wastell Our fences are down and all the tIe hogs In creation have full right of ot way ay In our fields and ond gar gar- dens And this Is so because the tine sl side le Issues of ot modern life take too much of ot our time thought and energy With hb a n full pack puck of or orders lers clubs circles and Interests an and l with guns of ot public oratory the press and polite conversation we hunt the tile coons foxes possums and polecats of personal personal per per- publicity social prestige or public pub lie lic favor or satisfied with n a few skills skins to tuck tack up on the south bouth side of the house Go Co to friends 1 I Let us hoe our corn dig our potatoes and und harvest hanest our wheat But dont don't forget the farmer In the parable who was all for tor bigger and better barns He also died Look out for number one Is in reality a n solemn warning the same as a railway crossing sign Look out for or the cars It means nothing that others can do to you yon Is s to be compared compared com com- pare pared l with the e evil that you can do to lo yourself Preaching Sure ure 1 What did you think I was doing E 1928 1923 by the tho Bell Syndicate Inc Ina |