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The Commoner.
VOLUME i, NUMBER Q
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Look Ahetvd
'Another year hag slipped away into
the vanished past,
So look ahead, my brother; look
ahead!
There's more to do in thl3 one than
thcro was, to do the last,
So look ahead, my brother, look
ahead!
It's foolish to bo standing with, your
face turned to the rear;
It's better to bo smiling than to shed
a single tear;
,Tho past is dead and buried, now be
gins another year
So look ahead; my brother; look
ahead!
It's foolish to bo mourning for the
things you didn't do
So look ahead, my brother; look
ahead!
There's much you should bo doing, and
. the task te up to you.
' S'o look ahead, my brother; look
ahead!
Tho wrongs you should have righted,
still they stare you in the face;
,The greed of gold is stalking in tho
godless market place,
' 'And you ought to get real busy in this
good new year of grace
' S'o look ahead, my brother; look
. . ahead!
Better try and fail, my brother, than
to never try at all.
So look ahead, my brother; look
ahead!
Better climb and fall, my brother, than
to never risk a fall.
So look ahead, my brother; look
ahead!
The world is needing doers who are
not afraid to do
The right and take their chances, and
stay by it till its through,
Strong of heart, without a murmur, and
a purpose strong and true
... So look ahead, my brother; look
ahead.
There are wrons3 that should bo
righted, there is work that
should be done.
So look, ahead, my brother; look
ahead.
It is up to you to do it, and it's time
that you begun.
So look ahead, my brother; look
t ahead!
i Face the future full of courage, do
your very level best;
Let your faith grow strong and strong
er till it gives your work a zest,
Do your part without a murmur God
will surely do the rest
So look ahead, my brother; look
ahead!
spending his nights thinking, how he
could add to his millions; I was play
ing hippity-hop with my babies and
having more fun in a minute than
Rockefeller ever had. He was schem
ing how to get the .bettor of his fel
lows in tho financial world; I wis
scheming to-keep a roof over my loved
ones and finding a greater reward in
their happiness than Rockefeller could
got out of all the gold ever mined.
Mr. Rockefeller ended up the year
with more money than I did, but I
wouldn't trade places with him. I've
got some things that his money
couldn't buy.
During the year that closed Sat
urday night a rich man went up
into tho Adirondack mountains and
began buying up largo parcels of land.
He scent millions fencing it in, stock
ing it with game and making it a fine
game preserve. Ho deprived men of a
means of livelihood in order to gratify
his tastes. He took no thought of the
welfare of others. He built a fine
hunting lodge and furnished it with a
luxury that S'olomon never dreamed of.
Everything that money could buy he
had.
During this same year a friend of
mine bought a little patch of ground
50x148 feet On it he erected a house
of five rooms, and furnished the rooms
neatly but at small .expense. He paid
for every stick and stone in it with
money earned by honest toil and sweat,
and took into this little house a wife
who had helped him earn it And this
friend of mine took into that modest
little home something that the rich
man couldn't buy if he had all the
gojd stored in the bowels of the earth.
Which of these, the rich man of the
Adirondack, or the working friend of
mine, think you is getting the most out
of life? Which got the most out of tho
year that is about to close?
looked up to by men who think of
nothing but money.
A newspaper friend of mine who
writes verses breathing fellowship and
good will has a habit of entertaining
little children whose lines are not cast
in pleasant places. He sings, and his
songs are all full of sunshine. Ho
plays tho piano, and his music sots lit
tles feet to dancing. He tells stories
Of fairies and gnomes and giants and
dwarfs, and children listen with eyes
alight and faces wreathed in smiles.
Last year he donated his talents to
orphan asylums and brpught in enough
money to care for a number of little
ones, to provide soveral cots for tho
sick and helpless and to ease many a
bed of pain. That's the way he enjoys
himself. His newspaper work makes
him a good living, and he takes his
vacations by making tho little folks
happy.
. Which would you rather be, the hard
working newspaper man or the man
who builds the big buildings with
money earned by others and wrong
fully withhold from them?
Which of these two, think you, got
tho most pleasure out of the year about
to close?
A few days ago every man you
met had a warm smile and a cheery
"Happy New Year" for you. Now, why
not keep up that cheery style oil
through the year? Instead of meeting
your business acquaintance with a curt
nod, smile just like you do on New
Year's day and greet him with a cheer
ful "howdy-do." Spread the happy
greetings all through the year. It might
help some.
An Ovorslght
"The women who are publishing that
daily newspaper for women seem to
have made a bad oversight."
"What's that?"
"They are not printing it on a new
dress pattern every day."
Some Now Yor Thoughts
i Saturday was the last day of the year.
, Three hundred and sixty-six days
again dumped into t e scrap heap of
, the past. What did the old year give
' us?
Now there is Mr. Rockefeller, for in
stance. The old year brought him a
hundred dollars for every cent it
"brought meJjtnd from the financial
standpoint he has the better of yours
truly. But, thank goodness, the best
things the year gave me are not to be
measured in dollars and cents. Whilo
Mr. Rockefeller was piling up his mil
lions, he was praying for a new stom
ach;, I was eating three times a day
and enjoying every mouthful. He was
Last summer I read of a man who
bought a steam yacht and made a long
trip around tho world. He was worn
out with his chase of the almighty
dollar, wearied with the strife in the
market places, sated with the charms
of metropolitan life, and he sought es
cape. He sailed from port to port in
search of something to give his senses
a new thrill, to give him forgetfulness.
About the same time a friend of mine
decided that ho had earned a vacation.
He had worked hard at his trade for
several years, never missing a day or
skipping a duty. He found a quiet
little place on the banks of a Missouri
lake, rented a tent and a Sibley stove,
put his wife and babies in a wagon,
drove overland to the lake and spent
two weeks there. The trip cost him
less than the owner of the steam yacht
spent ror lubricating oil in one week.
My friend has been enjoying that
little vacation ever since He will en
joy it until he opens his eyes on an
other world. Doubtless the yacht own
er yawns every time he thinks ofhis
cruise around the world.
Which of these two, think you, got
the. most out of the last year?
Different
"Hello, Binks! I thought you had
sworn off smoking cigars."
"No, I only swore off smoking some
cigars," replied Binks sadly, thinking
of a box full his better half had given
him for a Christmas present.
"Frenzied Finance"
"I saw a case of Trenzied finance'
thi3 morning that interested me very
much."
"Where and what was it?"
"Couple of women on the street car.
Each one insisted on paying the oth
er's fare."
I know a man who made almost
countless millions by special legislation
and disregard of the rights of others.
Every day the press heralds some new
gift ho made to tho public gifts with
long strings attached. His. name ap
pears in print every day. ho has ev
erything money can 'buy, and he is
Brain. LocJcs
In the real home Christmas comes
every day.
Some people work hard to make an
easy living.
Some men mistake moral dyspepsia
for complete sanctiflcation.
Tho man who never fdrgets that he
was a boy is not very apt to forget
his manhood.
The man who is honest simply be
cause it Is tho best policy will bear
watching.
Some people experience no difficulty
in keeping their left hand from know
ing what their right doeth.
The foolish man carries his business
cares to his fireside and leaves all of
his good nature at the office.
The man who is always waiting for
something to turn up is forever com
plaining about being turned down.
A man never realizes how foolish he
once was until he runs across some of
the letter he wrote to hi3 wife before
he married her.
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