Life — October 31, 1901 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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‘DROP $250 IN THE SLOT NEW MECHANICAL TOY. In or Out? E learn from the New York Herald that the Rev. H. Field Saumering, rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Nutley, N. J., saidina recent sermon : ‘ I am opposed to Sunday golf, because it is not needful to growth in spiritual life.” How about that cup of coffee the reverend gentleman probably takes of a Sunday morning? And that lump of sugar he very likely inserts? And those new suspenders, and the little stroll afterchurch? Are they all ‘ needful to growth in spiritual life"? Is Mr. Saumering absolutely sure that our moral nature is more likely to warp in the open air and sunshine than “JUST ONE LITTLE Kiss, ELLA, DEAR.” “urne younsenr.” es AND 0 a SEE THEM woRK (Made in Jerusalem.) in one of his pews? Lire has no doubts that his discourse is elevating. So is the breath of Heaven as we get it in the open fields. Parallel Parables. THE TWO LADIES. ONCE on a Time there were Two Ladies at a Shop where Gorgeous and Expensive Silks were temptingly dis- played. ‘Only Six Dollars a Yard, Madame,” said the Shopman to One of the Ladies, as he held up the Lustrous Breadths in those Tempting Fan-shaped Folds peculiar to Shopmen: The Lady hesitated, and looked Dubiously at tho Silk, for she knew it was Beyond her Means. The Shopman Continued: “Very Cheap at the Price, and I have Only this One Dress Pattern remaining. You will Take it? Yes? Oh, Certainly, I will Send it at Once.” The Lady went away filled with Deep Regret because she had Squandered her Money so Foolishly, and wisbed she had been Firm in her Refusal to buy the Goods. The Other Lady saw a similar Silk. She felt it Between her Fingers, Measured its Width with her Eye, and then said Impulsively, ‘Oh, That is just what I Want. I wil Take Twenty Yards.” No Sooner was the Silk cut off than the Lady felt Sharp Twinges of Remorse, for she knew she must Pay for it with the Money she had Saved Upfor a new Dining-Room Carpet. This Fable teaches that the Woman who Deliberates Is Lost, and That We Should Think Twice Before We Speak Once. Carolyn Wells. “ DOLYTHEISM is the natural religion of uncivilized people.” “Yes, as soon as people become civilized, they mostly have no god but Mammon.”