Life — January 4, 1917 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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Three Ages of Man LANG! Cling! The fire-bells ring, And down the wild, excited street With panting breath and racing feet The boy speeds off to see the fire. Br-r-r--r—r!) Br-r-r--r—r! Alarm clocks whir, And in the cold and carly dawn With muttered oath and smothered yawn The man gets up to build the fire. Tick! Tock! Slow drones the clock, And in a reverie sedate With dreaming eyes and nodding pate The old man sits beside the fire. McLandburgh Wilson. Start a Neighborhood Club 'HE neighborhood club is coming to. be a distinct link in the chain of our closely knitted civilization. The ease with which it is formed, the in- formality of its methods, its very nat- uralness, make it not only inevitable, but a powerful factor in a more perfect social system. In every social struc- ture there are three stages: First, where neighbors dwell far apart they tend to be neighborly because of the very distances. They don’t live near enough to become too conscious of their faults. Second, where neighbors dwell closer together they tend to be- come more independent, to hold them- selves more aloof from each other. Third, a state beyond this, in which a higher social conscioucness is reached, and where neighborhood clubs are formed to mect the demand for the exchange of views. There is just enough machinery about a neighbor- hood club to hold it together. In a limited area, where the people all live near to one another, the neighbors meet in turn at the houses of the mem- bers, say once in two weeks. Papers may be read, a subject may be dis- cussed, a guest may be invited to give his views. It is all easy and intimate and immensely serviceable in any com- munity. If there is no neighborhood club in yours, start one and discover what benefits may be derived from it. *“LPFE: The Community Revival 'HE announcement in the churches. The call for money. The committee meetings. The building of the Tabernacle. The debt on the building. The rounding up of the local clergy. The training of the choir. The arrival of the Evangelist. The inquiry into finances, The jitneys’ delight. The putting up at the best hotel. The opening night. The crowd. The cheap songs. The sale of song books. The demand for contributions. The slangy sermon. “Salvation is free.” The collection. The excitement. The alleged converts. The after mecting. The death-bed stories. The sensational prayer. The later converts. The later collection, The benediction. The Evangelist’s eager inquiry as to the collections. The pious joy of the many. The disgust of the few. The afternoon meetings for women. The collections. The after-school meetings for children, The collections. The Sunday afternoon meetings for men. The collections. The big Sunday jamborees. The collections. The noise and the confusion. The six weeks of it. The weariness of everybody. The Evangelist’s departure. The certified check. The large bills for expenses. The wane of excitement. The letter back asking for money. The drifting away of converts. The realization of the utter futility of it all. The arrangement for another revival next year. more N APPOINTING A HEALTH OFFICER TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE STATE, WAR, NAVY AND POST OFFICE, WE WOULD ALSO ADVISE YOU THAT WE WILL REQUIRE THE USE OF THE WHITE HOUSE AS A SERUM FACTORY. comichooks.com