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all right. It all depends upon the
point of view. You wore a son then
you are a father iiow. And so
you worry a lot over what seemed
foolishness to you twenty or more
years ago, and you can not under
stand why your children should be
just liko you were when you were
their age.
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Don't Worry
"When the sun is blazing hot,
Don't worry!
"When the breezes, bloweth not,
Don't worry!
Think how it affects the corn;
Bumper crop, as sure's you're born
Get up smiling every morn.
Don't worry.
iWhen the iceman brings his bill,
Don't worry!
Keep your tongue and temper still.
Don't worry!
Pay his huge outrageous toll,
For they've jgot you in a hole-
If not ice, Jhen it's for coal
Don't worry!
Things look bad the country
through?
Don't worry!
Can't help things by looking blue.
Don't worry!
Smile and just keep on your way,
. Things will work out right some day,
So let nothing you dismay
Don't worry.
Every dark cloud in your, sight
' Don't worry I
Has a silver lining bright.
Don't worry!
Don't let trouble trouble you;
Just refuse to fret and stew;
To your own good sense prove true
Don't worry!
Hot, of course; but what of that?.
Don't worry!
It will make the harvest ,fat.
'Don't worry!
Toil today tomorrow rest;
Brace your nerves to stand each test,
For'whatever is, is best
Don't worry!
Provided
"What you need," "said the emi
nent specialist, "is more exercise
physical exercise."
"That advice Is worthless,"
moaned the great financier. "Have
I not been dodging the process serv
ers for three weeks?"
Thoughts on a Variety of Things
Of course you "feel just, as young
as ever," and you "never expect to
grow old.'" That's all right, too
;just the thing. "As a man thlnketh
so is he."
But, just the same, there are a
few things we can not get away from,
and they convey the unwelcome in
formation that the years are accumu
lating. When we descend from a
street ar and have to cross the
track to reach our destination we
take a lot more care than we used
to." We instinctively recognize the
fact tbat we can hot dodge as deftly
as. of yore.
- When we had to mount the ladder
last spring to fasten in the upper
screens we went up much more de
liberately than we did of yore but
we ielt as young as ever, just the
same. And when we descended the
ladder we were yery sure that the
right foot was on the round below
before we. let loose with the hands
and shifted the left foot further
down. And in the morning we do
not turn a handspring to get out of
bed. It is further from the bed to
the floor than it used to be. But
just the same the sun shines as
"bright as in the old days. The birds
sing just as tunefully, the grass is
just, asgreen-and,- the shade, im
proves with1 age. i i r
When w go to a.balj game we can
hout .as loud as the youngest .of
them, and we can stamp our feet
and clap our hands equal to the best
of them' but when the game is over
we are not jumping any fences or
hurdling the crowd in order to reach
the first car. We feel plenty young
enough to do it, of course, but we
are not in such a hurry to get back
to town as we were a few years ago.
The eldest son and Tieir rigged up
a parallel bar in the back yard the
other day, and proceeded to go
through a lot of stunts learned in
the gymnasium. The Pater used to
be something of an expert on the
bar the parallel bar in the old
days, and he proceeded to show the
youngster a few things. But that
extra sixty pounds of flesh accumu
lated during the last twenty or twenty-five
years was too much of a load
to lift, and the first attempt at
"chinning the bar" was a rank fail
ure. The "Indian leap," which was
so simple a few years ago now looked
like a circus feat, and the distance
from the bar to the ground seemed
to have increased something like a
quarter of a mile. Only a few days
ago, seemingly, it was easy to per
form the feat of "grinding the mus
cle," but on this occasion it was im
possible to summon up enough cour
age to even try for position. But
we were confident we could do It
if we wanted to, for we felt just as
young and as capable as ever.
But, after all, it was easier and
more pleasant, as well as safer, to
sit in the shade. and instruct the son
and heir in matters "techin on an'
appertalnin' to' the old-time feats
on the bar.
And it was something of a shock,
too, the other evening, when a stal
wart young man, clad in his best,
called at the house and the oldest
daughter met him at the' door with
a smile and ushered him into the
front room. It set the Pater to
thinking. It seemed only yesterday
that he togged out in his best, stuck
a rose in the coat, gave his shoes
a last surreptitious brush and started
for the little cottage over on the oth
er side of town. Only yesterday that
a trim figured maiden with a becom
ing blush met hlmjit the door and
ushered him in and gave .him the
most comfortable rocking chair.
Only yesterday that he had trouble
In properly and satisfactorily dispos
ing of hands that seemed like hams
and feet that looked as big as box
cars. Only yesterday that his throat
was so dry he couldn't talk' even
about the weather without 'croaking
like a frog. And now, he had to look
at a grown girl of his own and see
another young man enjoying the
same pleasant agony of suspense.
And when Pater,r after passing the
time of day, took his evening paper
and hied away to another room he
realized that although he felt as
young as ever he was in reality some
thing like twenty years older than
he was when he made a similar call
on the biggest girl's mother.
It was only yesterday, too, that
you wondered why father and mother
worried about you when you hap
pened to be out a little late at night,
or went with a crowd down to the
swimminghole, or took a jaunt over
to the lake for a boat ride. You
were amply able to take care of
yourself, and they were very foolish
to worry about, 'you. You - really
couldn't understand whythey-should
worry. - ' " '
But you can understand it now.
The man who grows too old to
enjoy celebrating the Glorious
Fourth ought to be Oslerized. Bless
you, the young man 'of middle ago
who engineers this department can
get as much fun out of a bunch of
firecrackers as ho ever could. As a
matter of fact he gets moro, be
cause he makes the shooting thereof
contribute to the happiness of thrco
little shavers who throw spaBins of
delight every time a cracker lots go
and cracks the surrounding atmos
phere. There's a lot of fun in mak
ing a noiso like a lively American
on July Fourth, but a lot more in
hearing the happy shouts of your
own little ones as papa touches the
glowing punk to the fuse and jumps
back bofore the cracker explodes. A
half a dollar Invested in compara
tively harmless crackers and fiery
plnwheels and shot off for the amuse
ment of your own little ones pays
about 3,000 per cent a mlnuto on
the investment.
But, really, wo wasted a lot of
the last GloriouB Fourth wishing wo
could enjoy another celebration like
the ones they used to have In Wal
nut Grove just east of the old home
village. We'd give anything on
earth, almost, to hear Amanda Pick
erill read the Declaration of Inde
pendence again, see the thirty-six
village maidens arrayed In red,
white and blue, impersonating the
states, with one proud young beauty
representing Columbia; to hear Hon.
John Soandso orate with patriotic
zeal and snatch enough feathers from
the tail of the eagle to dim the lustre
of the sun, and see once moro "the
grandest display of fireworks ever
shown in Macon county;" and to go
home again so tired and sleepy that
our eyes glued shut before we could
unbutton our shirt collar just
tumble over on the bed, half un
dressed and dream of fireworks and
patriotism and Declarations of Inde
pendence and all that sort of thing.
Gee whiz! Wouldn't you like to
see a repetition of the time when
Monroe Willard and John Maquire
and Ed Holmes were deputized to
shoot off the fireworks, let a rocket
tip over and set the whole caboodle
on fire!, That was the greatest cele
bration ever! Fizz, bang, boom!
Rockets shooting in every direction,
roman candles spitting .fire to all
points of the compass, red and, blue
fire making the night like a dream
of, paradise, and bombs going off
like a park of artillery. My, how
the girls and women screamed and
tucked their skirts for a swift run
to safety!
O, It was glorious and the mem
ory of it is worth more than all the
gold old Solomon ever took from, his
famous mines. Honestly, bow,
wouldn't you give about all you have,
or expect to have, to slip about thirty
or thirty-five years from your
shoulders and enjoy a repetition of
that glorious event? '
And, saV, don't you Temember tlje
time that you and & lot of the
boys
But what's the use? You are a
lot older now, even -if you do feel
as young as ever, and try as you
will you can not forget the respon
sibilities resting upon you respon
sibilities as fathers and as citizens,
So you sober down a little, but if you
lose your siriile and your cheerful
ness and your youthful disposition
you are lost-. The years count for
nothing as long as the heart remains
young. , , ,
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