Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-10-16 | Page 5 | With Ourselves

WITH OURSELVES The visit of the prince of Wales to this country brings to mind the motto, "I Serve." Centuries ago a very wise man said this: "If any man would b" Kreit among you, let him be your servant." ser-vant." How very different our attitude has crown with the passing of the years. We seem to be afraid that we shall lose our dignity, that vague thing, uur 'standing, if we allow others to call: on us for little services. We intrench in-trench ourselves in a cool reserve toi Irepel any attempt on the part of our jassociates. Sometimes we even cunningly cun-ningly plan to evade doing for others oth-ers We pride ourselves on on our ,abiliiy to steer away from obligations of that variety, never thinking that by I so doing we plainly indicate our own, selfishness Why act as if personal ease was the greatest attainment in the whole woi ill ' We women have been erecting false; standards in the last generation; we are reaping the harvest now; we have failed- to teacb our children the joy, of service We have deprecated some varieties of honest labor that we cannot can-not get others to serve us in our homes. It Is not as great to be ministered min-istered unto as it is to minister to others. Nothing can demean service, but its unfaithful performance. Our gibe-, our lack of consideration and understanding, under-standing, have led to a forgetting of 'li- truth The evil has spread all over our country, to every branch ot labor. When we can once more realize real-ize the trui- greatness of the motto, "I serve." then shall we be at least exerting our own Influence to make this world safe for democracy and for each other.