| Show SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT by F A WALKER I 1 WILLING HANDS HEARTS T 11 E SE are the things that ute to your supreme happiness happl nes and open on all sides the easiest to progress the world indeed would be a dreary place without their friendly co operation there would be nothing worth while in our journey from birth to death there would be no truth or mercy no contented homes no schools or churches no splendid cities no noble pursuits no mighty fleets of ships up on the oceans no fields of waving grain nothing but desolation and sav agery in our yet crude systems of life which must pass current among us until we discover something better we are compelled to depend mainly on willing hands and hearts which in the whole e length and breadth of our land are quietly imparting inspiration to the worn and weary by un complain ing effort it Is so go much a liberal education ol of the head that makes the world a pleasant abiding place as it la Is the mu mn tun union of willing hands and hearts graciously disposed to assume responsibilities and eager at all times to perform their part failure Is marked across the brow of men and women who persist in floundering and panting through bogs of disinclination reticence and reluctance luc tance they have no use for either the plow or the needle they eat and drink at the expense of the willing they tall fall to realize that the proper qualities in each sex in all the noble achievements of life are geniality cordiality di dia lity allty goodwill good will alacrity and compliance ance at this hour the whole world Is in need of these saving qualities especially in the larger cities where hapless hordes are unwilling to accept the changed conditions that followed the war but willing hearts and hands are an gradually changing the atmosphere and encouraging the shrinking apostles ot of laxity and wanton extravagance to be up and doing to these willing hands and hearts the world has lost none ot of its charms the pay envelope comes to them just as regularly as it did in the days of old though not quite so BO bulky the streets are just as bright the shops are just as enticing life and love have the same rythma tic sweetness the dregs of discontent are settling and in a little while through the constancy of god fearing willing hands and hearts we shall be able to strike a pleasing balance between ruinous folly and redeeming common sense and then will come a new era 0 by mcclure newspaper syndic tl |
