Judge — April 10, 1915 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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ROMISES are fragile articles which most of us toss back and forth with the ut- most freedom and carelessness, imagining that we have a juggler’s skill. They are often scattered to the right and left as crumbs are tossed to birds, and they are usually swallowed as eagerly as the birds swal- low crumbs. A promise cannot be kept until it is first given, and it should not be given except to be kept. He who does not keep his promises gives himself away. A present promise is a future debt. It therefore behooves us to be judicious with our promises that we may be able to meet all future obligations. There is always room for the man who lives up to his promises—and it usually is a spacious, well-furnished room. A man may live down almost any past if he will but live up to his promises, and the best way to live up to his promises is to take care that they are not piled too high above his head. The fewer promises he makes, the more he will keep, and the most prom- ising man makes the fewest promises. Cabarets at Home ‘CENT quotations in the cabaret mar- ket indicate a wonderful development in that comparatively new industry. In spite of the war and everything else, caba- rets are becoming more and more accessi- ble to the masses, and shrewd observers believe the time is close at hand when no home will be complete without its own private self-starting, high-power cabaret. This will make for progress, for what could be of greater assistance and relief to the tired business man when he arrives home every evening than to know that a full quota of hand-painted artists will be there to screech at him and dance around the table while he is trying to eat his dinner? Occasions CCASIONS and events, though closely related, are not exactly alike. A strung-out package of events makes up his- tory, and history repeats itself; whereas, with too frequent repetition, an occasion ceases to be an occasion. In the beadwork | PEPTERINE PDF n ong ea vs = WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS “* Wot's indigestion, Eddie ?"* of time events are the commonplace beads, while occasions are the rare and brilliant gems there strung. An occasion is a happening with its Sun- day clothes on. The man who is able to rise to the occasion, however, is not always a dazzling symphony of sartorial splendor. Some men make occasions, and some oc- JONES A casions make men. Also, some men want to make occasions out of everything; and another class, usually grafters, want to make something out of every occasion. An after-dinner speak- er frequently arises to the occasion and falls down while still remain- ing on his feet. He supposes his speech to be something which fits the occasion rather than a thing which occasions the fits. News from the Crops SPECIAL dispatch from Kansas brings reassuring news about the crops. For atime it was feared that the crops would fail to appreciate the gravity of the situa- tion in Europe and elsewhere, that they would go right along on their own hook without considering the welfare of the rest of the country. But that menace has been entirely removed. At a recent meeting of the representa s of the leading crops, the sentiment was strong against doing any- thing unpleasant at this time, which means that the crops will consent to be planted, speculated in, harvested, moved and financed without undue friction. Brief Decisions MAN may be conveyed a long way on his nerve, but he generally has to walk back. There are a lot of dramati: n this coun- try ‘‘groping for situations’’ who should be looking for jobs. Men and women will never come to an understanding until understanding comes to them. Many persons trying to live the simple life find a lot of fault with the bill of fare. A lame excuse is the natural offspring of a crippled intellect.