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About The monitor. (Omaha, Neb.) 1915-1928 | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1916)
Our Women and Children Conducted by Lucille Skaggs Edwards. WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG. “When things begin to go wrong,” Cecil Rhodes once said, “nine people out of ten, give them a helping hand in that direction. That is why we so often find that misfortune don’t come singly. The first thing that goes wrong puts the victim wrong.” It is most remarkable how things do go wrong at times, how one little an noyance or mishap seems to breed a host of others. There was once a man who, if things went wrong with him before 10 o’clock in the morning, made it a practice to go back to bed again and spend the day there. He said that he knew the day would only prove unfor tunate if he got up again and exerted himself. That is the plan of escaping irri tation one cannot recommend to every body. We poor, ordinary mortals have to put up with mishaps as they come and go out to meet whatever the day may have in store for us with such courage as we may possess. There are so many people who suf fer from real and terrible misfortunes which no human effort or foresight could avoid. In their case we can of fer no solution as to the bitter “why” of sorrow. We can only try to help. We must recognize that we cannot ex plain—we can only attempt to relieve. Real sorrow must be accepted with humility. It must not be anticipated nor put down to an evil star nor to, any superstitious explanation of mis-1 chance. The spirit with which to meet actual disaster is two-fold; to bear what must be borne and to avert and defeat unnecessary suffering. To avoid what many call misfortune or bad luck needs a spirit above des pondency. The belief that you are go ing to win is half the battle. The feeling that ’’everything is bound to go wrong” needs every bit of vigor one can find to bring about its defeat. The quicker one begins to fight, the better. At the moment when you happen to find your day starting wrong, don’t yield to despair. Simply start it over again—and start it right. One morning on his rising the* great Wellington was informed by a cheer ful officer that every plan was mis carrying. “Everything going wrong, is it Well, I’ll see to that,” he exclaimed. He did. The day turned out to be a most fortunate one. There is no reason why, in spite of sign or portent, each of us cannot “see to that,” when the day starts out with threat of evil. In victory over threat of misfortune there ought to lie great satisfaction, since after all life is a fight and we are born to make it.—Beatrice Fair fax. “It may be that you cannot stay To lend a friendly hand to him Who stumbles on the slippery way, Pressed by conditions hard and grim, It may be that you dare not heed His call for help, because you lack The strength to lift him—but you need Not push him back.” THE UNSEEN CORD. There is an unseen cord which binds The whole wide world together; i Thru every human soul it winds This one mysterious tether; It links all people and all lands Thruout their span allotted, And death alone unites the strands Which God himself has knotted. However humble be your lot, Howe’er your hands be fettered, fou cannot think a noble thought But all the world is bettered. vVith every impulse, deed, or word, Wherein love blends with duty, A message speeds along the coni, That gives the earth more beauty. four unkind thought, your selfish deed, Is felt in farthest places. THE BOY THAT WILL SUCCEED. Two men were standing beside a frozen pond one day last winter, watching the skaters. Among the pleasure-seekers was a very small boy so evidently a beginner that his fre quent mishaps attracted the attention of the men. No sooner had he gained ais feet after one fall than down he went again. “Why, child,” called one of the men, ‘you are getting all bumped up. I wouldn't stay on the ice and keep fall | ng down so. Come over here with us md watch the others.” The tears of the last fall, which had oeen a hard one, were still rolling over Lhe plump cheeks, rosy in the cold, but .he child looked indignantly from his adviser to the shining steel runners on ais feet. “I don’t get new skates to give up with,” he retorted. “I got ’em to learn , low with.” “Good,” laughed the other man; “go . at it again. You’ll succeed.” I “Yes,” said his companion, as they | walked away, “and if he keeps that I spirit he’ll succeed in bigger things j .han in learning to skate.” SNAPPERS. “Are the fish biting now?” asked the stranger. “Yes,” replied the boy. “But you ain’t allowed to catch ’em.” “Do you mean to say you don’t fish?” “I don’t exactly fish. But if a fish comes along and bites at me, 1 do my best to defend myself.” DEATH OF A. W. PARKER A PIONEER BUSINESS MAN. Abram W. Parker, one of Omaha’s oldest, (in years of residence) and most highly respected citizens, died at his residence, 925 North Twenty seventh street, Sunday morning. He had been confined to his home for the last four months, although he had been in failing health for over a year. Mr. Parker was a native of Parkers burg, Va., where he was bom in 1856, the son of a prominent Baptist minis ter, and had resided in Omaha for the last thirty-eight years, He was ap pointed inspector of weights and measures by Mayor Cushing, holding this position for two years. This was the first political appointment to be given a colored man in the city. For many years Mr. Parker was in the coal and feed business, being a mem ber of the Omaha Coal Exchange, For some years prior to his illness he was in the employ of the Union Pacific railway. He is survived by his mo ther, who resides in New York City; his widow; three sons, George W., Abram W., jr., and Lawrence A., and two daughters, Mrs. W. J. Johnson and Mrs. Chester A. Williams, all of this city. The funeral was held Tuesday af ternoon at 1 o’clock from the Church of St. Philip the Deacon on Twenty first street near Paul, with interment in Forest Lawn. Rev. John Albert Williams officiating. | The church was filled by a large congregation testifying to the high esteem in which Mr. Parker was held. He had been a member for many years of Omaha Lodge No. 226, Grand Uni ted Order of Odd Fellows, under the auspices of which he was buried, the active pall-bearers being members of the lodge. After the commital serv ices of the Episcopal Church at the grave, the Oddfellows carried out the prescribed ritual of their order. ASK FOR AND GET Skinners THE HIGHEST QUALITY SPAGHETTI 36 PAGE RECIPE BOOK FREE SKINNER MFG. CO., OMAHA, U.S.A. LARGEST MACARONI FACTORY IN AMERICA I, ii ii ii ii ii ii ii i 11 i ' 11 11 i 1 There is a Lot of Satisfaction in Knowing that in Kuying Coffee 11 11 You are Getting the Utmost i i Value for Your Money. 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