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Show WOODCRAFT AT PARK CITY The term of office for state officers was changed from two years to four years Election of state offlcerj then was held and a spirited election it proved to be as several ballots were required for a choice in several instances. in-stances. The results follow. Mrs W P. Westerrield, Park City, district guardian Mrs C. Daly. Salt Lake, district dis-trict chaplain. Mrs. R Sullivan. Mid vale, district agent Mrs R. Boyd. Salt Lake, district magician; Mrs. S. Bacon, Eureka, district attendant; Mrs. C. Crawford. Provo. captain of guard: Mr6. S. Moore. Murray. Inner sentinel. Mrs T. Broberg, Salt Iake, outer sentinel. Delegates to Portland national convention In August. Mrs. S Haytnan. Ogden; Mrs. T Stockings, Salt Lake. The next state convention will be held at Provo in 11U7. After the lodge work was finished a short program I was given by the members of Park City circle, No. 481, and later an elaborate banquet was Berved to all. The train left Park City at 3.30. and the visiting ladles thanked the Park City lodge for the splendid hospitality hospitali-ty extended. oo MAN S POSTURE. Earl; in the game the animal man was having a bard lime competing with the other inhabitants of the jungle. He was shrewder than the) and he pitted his brains against their strength and endurance To his mind the suggestion came to rise up or his hind legs and to release hi6 forelegs fore-legs from the duty of carrying him; It should be possible to change his center of gradty, and two legs were enough to carry any animal around. Mowkll wus right. The monkey tribe constituted the only people shrewd enough to see it in that early day. and at thai the tried to compromise. compro-mise. Said they: This walking on the hind legs la a good thing in 6ome cases, but there-Is there-Is about half the time when the old way is the better way We. the1 ban-derlog ban-derlog have more wisdom tban Mow-gll. Mow-gll. We will walk on two legs whe:i that is best and on four when tha: way is best." The banderlog missed the essential point The reason for walking on th? hind legs was to free the forelegs Tor j other work Work more important i than walking. The upright posture Is far from being be-ing a perfect posture for man. In the thousands of years that he has been walking that way ho has not wholly rearm need himself on thut wholly rearranged muiseii on inai basis. Many of his anatomical polnt3 are on tho old basis. Prom an incomplete incom-plete adjustment the appendix results, and. in Its wake, comes appendicitis From it conies constipation and the lis' of ills that follow It. In many things in life we gain by following our animal instinct When in doubt ln many situations the way to trump is to follow instinct However, this is not true of postuiv Man holds himself upright as the re-suit re-suit of the call to higher things. Hl9 instinct would make him slouch and slump The spirit In him calls on him to toe, to stand straight and square, to hold his bend up and his chin in and to look straight to the front. The auimal In him. the great Instinct In-stinct that has come down ln his germ plasm through the ages, bids him to slouch. When the best in him Is dominating he stand6 four square When he is worn by sickness or by age he stoops One of I he helpful chapters In Ba.i croft's "Posture of School Children" Is entitled "Erect Carriage as an Ex pression of Intelligence and Char.o ter." Ho says: , "That n person standing erect looks' to be more intelligent and energetic than one ln poor posture needs no ar gument; it Is self-evident Under this appearance, giving it reality, Iie6 the biologic fact that the erect position has been coincident with the development devel-opment of the brain as it exists in man " . mtVtl'tlo fcnrr r-ln -fClc posture and posture affects mind, Bl Bancroft quotes Darwin as follows: 'The free expression by outward signs of an emotion intensifies it On the other hand, the repression, as far as this is possible, of alll outward H signs softens our emotions. He who Hi gives way to violent gestures will in- Hi crease his rage; he who does not con- H iroi the signs of fear will experience fear in greater degree; and he who remains re-mains passive when overwhelmed with grief loses his best chance of re-covering re-covering elasticity of mind. "These results follow partly from the Intimate relation which exists be-tween be-tween almost all the emotions and their outward manifestations; and partly from the direct influence of exertion on the heart, and consequent ly the brain " H PERSEVERANCE. Savonarola was one of the most picturesque and Influential preachers the world has ever seen or heard. Oj The huge Italian churches In which HI he thundered forth his sermons were B too small for the throngs of earnest HI men. women and children who crowd- aM ed, sometimes even fought, to hear mM him Once a young man of m-ble Roman ni family, who at the time was studvin? for the priesthood and afterward be- mM came a powerful archbishop, made a pllgrlmmage to Savonarola cell in H order to converse with him. They discussed manv subjects of H interest to them both, and finally the visitor, immensely impressed by the H earnestness and brilliant ersonality H of the great ominicau, asked this question; "ear father." he said, "what do you H think is the greatest of virtues?" Hi Savonarola's dark eyes looked H straight into the eyes of the young H man as he answered without hesita- tion. "perseverance." H Then he went on to explain "By perseverance I mean persist- H ence. staying with a thing through thick and thin, remaining faithful to the end. H "For. think of ii. my son. Of what H possible use is any virtue unless we H add to it perseverance? H Hundreds of thousands of people Ut start well, whether in the church or the armq. r in business, or the pro- HI fosious. But bow many of them HI end well, finally reaching the goal which they have set for themselves?" He pointed to a well-thumbed edi- H tion of an ancient hook. H "That beok tells us there were 600.- HI 000 men." he continued, "600,000, be- HI side women and children, who went HI out f Egpt a few centuries ago in Hf search of the promised land. H "How many got there? H "Out of the hundreds of thousands HI of them there were Jusl two men who entered the mllk-and-honev country. That is to say a great many began H tht journey very well. Indeed, but only H two of them ended well. H "Another who began lite well was ludas tacarlat. "The reas'-n he didn't end well was 9 because he lacked the virtue of ier- H severance." IH The wise ol dnionk spoke solemnly as he clasped the hand of the young H man before him who was about to H -mT ou his life's work. "It Isn't enough to begin well," he reiterated. 'Nor Is it sufficient to H continue to do well only for a lime. Hi Nothing amounts to anything at all HI unless we hold on and persist, stay with it. remain faithful to (he end. Hfl "This applies to you and every one, H for who is there who is not laboring pi to do something in the world? WM "It Is Important first, of course. to see to it that we lav a good foun- H datlon. But in building a house there is not only the foundation to con- H sider. We must build on higher and hu h. r until we have driven the last nail in the highest pinnacle of the K ' So in life. If we expect to reach mm success we must carry our work to H perfection, persevere, stick to it, re- Hr main faithful to the end." mm |
