May 10. 1923
Maggi*- and Jigg* at thf? Goldrn Gate
St. Peter stood guard at the Golder
gate
With a solemn mien and an air se
datiWhen
up to the top of the golden
stair
Maggie and Jiggs, ascending there
Applied for admission; they came ant]
stood
before St. Peter so great and good
Jn hope the city of peace to win.
And asked St Peter let them in.
Maggie was tall and dark and th'n.
With a seragglv bcardlet in her chin
Jiggs was short and thick and stout.
And his stomach was built so it
rounded out.
His face was pleased and all the
while
He wore a kindly and genial smile.
The choir in the distance the echoes
woke.
And Jiggs kept still while Maggie
spoke.
*'0 thou who guardest the gate,"
paid she,
"We two come hither beseeching
thee
To let us enter the hevenly land,
And play our harps with the angel
band.
Of me, St. Peter, there is no doubt
There's nothing from heaven to bar
me out.
I've been to meeting three times a
week.
And almost always I'd rise and speak.
Tv told the simmers about the da>
When they'd repent of their evil
way;
I've told my neighbors?I'vt told
'em all
'Bout Adam and Eve an dthe prima
fall.
I've shown them what they'd havt
to do
If they'd pass in with 'be chosen
few.
I've marked their path of dutj
Clearcareer.
"I've talked and talked to 'em, loud
and long,
For my lumps are pood and my voice
i is strong.
So. good SI. Peter, you'll clearly see
The pate of heaven is open for me
But Jiggs here, 1 regret to say,
Hasn't walked in exactly the narrow
way:
He smokes and swears and grave
faults he's got,
So I don't know whether he'll pas;
or not.
"He never would pray with an ear
nest vim.
Or to go to revival, or join in a hymn
While I the sins of my neighbor:
bo re,
He gadded about with that Dint}
Moore.
He made a practice of staying out
late,
Which is a sin all women hate;
But at last when he did come homo
The rolling pin went straight for hi:
dome.
"I know him, St. Peter, know hin
well;
To escape from me he'd go to hi I
But, St. Peter, 1 need him here.
And hop.* yon can see your wa;
clear.
un enitt; i Do re a heavy cross;
Give did i:i heaven still Jigfc> to bos*
I've brought my rolling pin, plate
am! jars.
To keep him dodging among ?h?
stars.
"But, say, St. Peter, it seems to mi
This gate isn't kept as it ought to be
You ought to stand right by Ih
opening there,
And never sit down in that eas;
chair.
And, say, St. Peter, my sight i
dimmed,
But I don't like the way your whis
kers are trimmed.
r They're cut too wide with an out
ward toss;
They'd look better narrow an
straight across".
St. Peter sat quiet and stroked hi
staff,
But in spite of his office he had t
laugh;
Then said with a fiery gleam in hi
eye:
OTITT,^*.. i. i: *_
IT IIU s iL'iiumg tins Kate, Aiaggll
you or I?"
Then he arose in his stature tail
And pressed a button upon the wal
And said to the imp who answere
the bell:
"Escort this female around to hell.
Slowly Jiggs turned, by habit ben
To follow wherever Maggie went.
St. Peter, standing on duty there,
Saw that the top of his head w:
bare.
He called the old boy back and saic
"Jiggs, how long hast thou bee
wed?"
"Thirty year" (with a weary sighkAnd
then he thoughtfully aude<
"Why?"
St Peter was silent with head bei
down;
He raised his hand and scratchc
k
j his crown;
, Then, seemiup a different thoupht U
take,
. Slowly half to himself he spake:
! "Thirty years with thchvomati there
No wonder the man hasn't any ha r
Swearinp is wicked; smokinp's not
good;
I He smoked and swore?I shouhl
think be would!
"Thirty years with that tongue
sharp?
Ho! Angel Gabriel! Give him a
!harp;
A Jewelled harp with a poldt
string.
Good sir, pass in where th** anpeU
sinp.
. A CJadriel pave lnm a seal alone
One with a cushion, up near thi
throne.
j Call up some angels to play t.-eii
best;
, For Jiggs has surely earned a rest
"Sec that on finest ambrosia ht.
feeds.
He's had about ail the hell he needs
. isn't hardly the thing to do?
To roast him on earth and in thi
future too."
; They pave him a harp with polder
strings.
! A glittering robe and a pair ol
wings.
And Jiggs, looking down from h:
high level.
Thought of Maggie and felt sorr\
for the devil.
' ?George Bradshaw. in Pere Mar
I j quctie Magazine.
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THE RIGHT THING
<j( (Ac
RIGHT TIME
By MARY MARSHALL DUFFEE
WHERE TO MEET
A bud beginning makes a Bad end
i?r ?Euripides.
A OOORDINO to ntrlct etiquette, o
course, a young man, if tie liaa a
appointment with a young womaz
meets her at her own home, an
ir | escorts her from tiienre to their deal
nation. He does not suggest that sli
t ; meet him at the corner drug store c
i that they make their rendezvous
* park bench under a certain tree or th
lobby of a certain hotel or the puhll
library reading room or a railroad Bti
s j Hon waiting room.
However, for practical purpo?e* th!
ruic viiuuui jiwuji ue ornea our. re
i bu^v young man. who works at sora
distance from the residence section <
i town, sometimes finds that he is quit
unable to take the time needed to u
to a young woman's home and xtie
accompany her to the thea'.er or pari
as they have planned. There is the
no very sensible reason why he shou!
not feel free to ask the. young wows
5 to meet hitn half way. That is, <
course, unless they are members of tl
e ultra forma! society in which such
thing would be looked upon askanc
, There Is nothing inherently lll-brt
L. about it. Then, too, the young woins
and young man who work in the sun
neighborhood often find it eonvenie)
e to meet each other after businej
hours for dinner or the theater.
V would be absurd to iusist ihui th<
have to meet then in the youi
s 1 woman's home. But one or two #iiup
rules ought to be observed in this ma
; ter of meeting outside of one's ov
. home. A young man ought never
, set a time for such a rendezvous
an hour when he is not sure to 1
1 free He should always strive to i
" at the appointed placa In advance
the time set, so that the young gi
will not be the one kept waiting. Tl
,s young woman, on the other han
while she should not keep the youi
0 mar. waiting, should not arrive ahet
of time.
;s It Is never in good form to inal
your rendezvous a hotel lobby or r
caption room uniess you are plannii
! to have luncheon or dinner thei
There are some people, to be 9ui
who make use of the betels in th
1, way, but It is In rather p?>or tasl
d Jeven wnen planning to mm a you
woman for luncheon or dinner at
?! hotel It is better to arrange to me
: her in the reception room then in tl
! lobby where she must usually wuLk
' | stand or at least an counter sernethii
of a crowd.
( ky MoClwr* N>w?hixf
CYNICAL
" "Aaj cmiltMp la Ue papar?"
"Two anitpaaaii mad ooa mi
id I rtaca."
THE WATAUGA
'
Something to
Think si bout
By F. A. WALKER
M liK liL, V HOTATLV G
A MONG the restless men and women
<?f this nervous age are those
who take up their pursuits much In
t the manner of spinsters who are given
to knitting and ureuniing.
| Often they start to crochet a muf- .
Her tnd end by playing whist.
They are good-hearted souls, but
moved mostly by Impulse.
When the spirit stirs them they are
off in a flash, but Id a little while they
tosa aside their work, stare vacantly
about, dab their noses with powder,
light a cigarette or take a nap.
They are not Id tune with the higher
activities of the serious-minded.
Their happiness. If they have any
at an, reposes on a precarious base.
They nod pleasantly enough, smile benignly
and tell the leas fortunate what
should be done La set mankind an a
higher pedestal.
Yet these would-be Instructor? hare
bo valid Interest in vital things, no
goal to which they are pressing their
way, no thought beyond themselves.
They are merely rotating In their cwo
prescribed orbit.
Living in ease on money earned and
saved by frugal ancestors, they find
heir greatest pleasure In feigning
wisdom and handing out advice.
Their Intentions are good from top
to bottom. They are neither better nor
worse than the common run of mortals,
being generally amiable and kind,
their counsel js usually disregarded.
Even the man that digs ditches stops
bis ears, for in his opinion he Is Judge
and jury unto himself, and such a
pleader In his court will not be toli
erated.
To do the most good In this world,
I we should become one of tin* world by
j Intimate association, speak its language.
read the hearts of the lowly,
understand their yearnirfgs. win their
affection and confidence,
j Failure to do these things will put
a brake on any ennobling purpose.
Lincoln knew the beans of men, be
caiiKC tie was one of them
j He understood their unspoken
language. They were always hungry
for his whirls of wisdom, willing always
to foliow hiH leadership without
quustion or quibble, for the reason that
they were confident of his sincerity in
their welfare and sure of his friendsi
tip.
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1 "What's in a Name?" 1
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' A NO EL A
lc i A NOEIi-IJKE is the translation of
l* j Angela, from the tireek angel..a,
' meaning messenger, which the Romans
-1 interpreted as "heavenly messenger" j
14 j and hence ' angel.'' Angelos first be-1
l* came proper in the Byzantine empire.
. It Is believed to have begun as an ,
c* j epithet since It come* to light in Koa-;
; stun linos Angclos, a young man A,
K noble family whose beauty caused birn
to he the choice of the Princess Theo*
- aora tvometia m in*>. iseouuse or in*
beauty of >ne family. Angelos became
lI its surname.
11 The misdirected cnisade of ths;
H Venetians brought It to Greece aud a
I monastic saint, who preached at Pa-1
a lerxno and was afterward murdered by
^ a wicked count wlioee evil deeds i.a,
II had rebuked, was one of the first 10 J
bear the name. The Carmelite!!
^ j claimed St. Angelo as a saint of their
^ order and the name, In both Its niasm-;
^ line and feminine forms, caught the;
** fancy of Italy.
It became popular in the other na*
tions, duo perhaps to its Inseparable
1 associations with beauty, and also to
I the fashion of complimenting women
as angels The derivative Angelica is
ftl noted in romance as the faithless lady
for whose sake Orlando lost his heart j
and senses. But she was a gratuitous
05 Invention of Bolardo and Arlsto, for
' ?P? rush ballads and earlier Italian
poets make him the faithful husband
** of Aida. However, Angelica obtained j
^ that charactor for beauty which baa
made rha name popular through the
centuries. It has been a particular J
* favorite with authors through all
e age? of literature, particularly In inldVictorian
fiction, whera Its heritage of j
? fragile, virtuous beauty fitted it ea?
ceptlonally for the name of Its hero- j
II inos. Angela, from time Immemo- >
L? rial, has been applied to the fluffy, |
^ youthful, unsophisticated type with
" curly hair and wide Innocent blue eyes.
JJJ The French call her Angelique and
1 Angeline. Fnglnnd has evolved the
W derivative Angelot- Anglola. Anglolettta
and Angiolota are the Italian
1 forma The Teutonic versions are Enj
gel and Bngelchen. Ancela la Polish
and Anjela and Anjelima have been
! evolved In Bohemian.
It Is fitting that the pure beauty of
' Angela should have the pearl as her
i tallsmanic jewel. It assures her charm
p I and purity and popularity. Should
I rihe dream of pearls, she will find new
faithful friends. Monday Is her lucky
/ day, when she wears a pearl, and 7 hat
lucky number.
( Sy the WfcHlM 8yadlo*t?, las.)
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He Who
Signs M
MAKE C
A responsible me
of paper and it b<
valent of money.
He signs his nai
per and it becomf
tor money.
The adding of
solemn and legal
The man who si
Just so with ar
ment a man signs 1
a pledge to the pu
He is bound by
signed a check or r
un tut: l<
| If he does not, li
I he man who ach
claims himself a li
in business but fre
It is safer to bu
nondescriptive on<
merchants who a
who do not.
An advertisein
good faith to the
who welcome the
and products wit
PASSING A G
Cooperation is
dustry?Team W o
?filbert Hubbard.
Cooperate loca
chandise and youi
sale clays. Or, at
blooded Ame.u.ai
local welfare at li
trade at home A<
pers and have fait
Herbert Kauirr
faith in yourself,
main spring has
work is useless.'
Give us a mon
your merchandis*
these things?You
There's no other
One month of
CRAT will bring
pectations.
The Wa
p.?? Three
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aOOD
m puts his name to a piece
:comes a check-the equine
on another piece of pais
an endorsed note- good
his name to it he has made
his word as much as if he
lote. He must ao what he
ormc Iip nrrvmtcorl I?
tiv- r4v,"'wx-w*
ie courts business disaster.
/ertises a lie publicly proar.
Such men are seldom
iquently in asylums.
iy advertised articles than
2S. It is safer to deal with
idvertise than with those
ent is a signed pledge of
public.
mts and manufacturers
chance to back their goods
h their names "In Our
OOD THING ALONG
the Big Idea in Modern Inrk
is the thing that counts.
lly. Advertise your mer
local district, with special j ?
least, if you are really redii
with live interests in the
irge and warn ro keep the
dvertise in your local pah
in local advertisements.
lan says: "When you lose
or your business, your
run down, the rest of the
th contract in advertising
;. You'd do ene or all of
pass, a good thing along,
advertising like it.
advertising in the DEMOresults
far above your extauga
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