Life — October 23, 1902 — page 14: what you’re looking at

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Fables for Fools. 1 HE First morning the Principal took the Young Teacher aside and talked to her about the Law of Kindness. ‘‘Make the Children Love you,” she said, “‘ and the Bat- tle will be Won.” The Young Teacher accepted this Advice with Enthusiasm. She called the children ‘‘ Dear,” always T Wore a Smile, and spoke to them Politely when they Threw Spitballs. At the end of a week her room was the Worst Behaved in the Building, and her Prinvipal told her that she was a Failure. In the midst of a Tumultuons lesson on the Cat, the Worst boy waved his hand wildly. ‘* What is it, Fred- die?’’ shoe said, with an Encouraging Smile, thinking ho Wished to tell her that the Cat hada tail. ‘ Teacher,” he grinned, “ you ain’t Strict enough with us.”” She Took the Hint, and now Wears a Perpetual Frown between her Brows, but is known as a Fine Disciplinarian. This teaches that a Soft answer Stirreth up Wrath. IL, The Good little Girl one day found her Brother in the Lock closet Stealing Sugar. ‘* Want Some?” he said, Holding out a Sticky handful. Her mouth Watered, but she refused and Ran to Tell. Her mother Looked up from her sewing with a Scornful smile on her pretty Face. ‘I never could Bear a Telltale,” she said. As the Good little Girl stole Crestfallen into the hall she found her Brother Lying in Wait. ‘‘ Take that,’’ he said, Giving her a Box on the Ear. The Good little Girl crept upstairs to the Farthest Side of the Biggest Bed, and Cried herself to Sleep. She couldn’t Understand. She had Meant to be Good. This teaches that the Way of the Righteous is Hard. ML. There was once a Woman who Esponsed the Quarrel of her friend. She secretly Felt her to be in the Wrong, butshe Stood by her Nobly, though she had always Liked the Other Girl and felt rather Sorry to Give her Up. However, she let her see Plainly that she Took her friend’s Part, Declined all her Invitations, and whenever they met Assumed a Distant Manner. In the Mean- time her Friend grew Tired of Quarreling and a Reconciliation was Effected. The first time she Met them Together they Bowed Coldly and Crossed to the Other Side. This teaches that if You do not Forsake your Friend, She will Forsake you. Iv. A Conscientious Girl went to a Church Social with her Cousin, who was Poor but Unworthy. He Generously offered to Buy her some Pink Lemonade but she, thinking that he could not Afford it, Declared that she was not Thirsty. She afterwards had the Satisfaction of seeing him Lead to the Fouatain several times a Red-haired Girl whom she Particularly Disliked. The next morning she Discovered that her Father had given him the money Especially for her. This teaches that If you are Good you will be Sorry. Alves Long. *LIFE- A Letter. DITOR OF LIFE. Monseur; When I protested at headquarters of the lbrary which employs me against the occasional sacrilege of your col- umns, I was virtually answered, “Let both grow together till the Ume of harvest."* So being unable to exclude your paper, I beg simply to remark, on the score of that aforesaid occasional sacrilege (wherein I more distinctly refer to the cut upon ‘One Nightin Hell” and to the travesty on doomsday), that here, at least, is one acknowledged sin- her who respects the church and knows nothing allke so Inest!- mably Joyful and yet #0 eternally responsibly serious as the attain- able fact of living membership tn that supreme community. Indeed, for aught I know, you and your staff are much better Christians than I who chide you, We certainly seem to agree that the gates of hell cannot undermine the church. It s perhaps chiefly a ditlerence of opinion as to what constitutes reverence, what borders on blasphemy, Your obedient servant, William Price (a Jeo SHCLER Hots, Porrstown, Pa , September 20, 1902. Unpromising. TF Lieutenant Peary is correct in estimating that it will cost two hundred thousand dollars to dis- cover the North Pole, the project is not likely to suc- ceed in our time. A lady missionary who should be abducted by Eskimos, carried to the Pole and held there for ran- som, might possibly lecture to as much as two hun- dred thousand dollars in the course of a season of forty weeks. But who is able to bring about such a fortunate chain of events? We must not fall into the way of thinking that Major Pond can do anything. utheran). “po rou KNOW WHAT DAY THis 18, MENKY f° “No. wuat?” “0, HENRY, IT's THER ANNIVERSARY OP OUR ENGAGEMENT!”