Thursday, May 12, 1932
I THINGS
' I know a young man who had a
good job up to a few months ago.
He spent money liberally while he
had it, but was always unhappy.
Now he is earning barely enough
to pay the rent of a cheap room
and provide a couple of modest
meals a day, and he is happier, he
tells me, than when he had plenty.
"I haven't so many THINGS to
worry about," he said. "I've more
time to think, to read, to listen to
music, to look at pictures; and I've
come to the conclusion that the
principal trouble of most people in
these days is that tJhey've never
learned to get along without
THINGS."
I think my young friend is right.
Things are of value only as they are
useful to people, but too much use
of things makes us depenent upon
them; we become slaves of the ma
chine. We give so much thought to
many things which are, after all,
only toys or means of gratifying our
vanity, that we don't have time left
for the enduring values that come
from thought and reflection.
ALICE
Mrs. Alice Liddell Hargreaves, 80
yeare old, the original little Alice
for whom Lewis Carroll wrote "Alice
in Wonderland" seventy years ago,
found New York so topsy-turvy,
measured by her English standards,
that it reminded her of the mythi
cal adventures of her fictional name
sake.
Next to writing a book that lives
forever, there must be a great satis- j
faction in having inspired it. "Alice
in Wonderland" and "Through the
Looking Glass" have delighted gen
erations of children and their elders !
as well.
The Reverend Charles Lutwidge
Dodgson who wrote these books un
der the name of "Lewis Carroll,"
was a great mathematician and stu
dent. He wrote ponderous tomes
that nobody but a mathematician
can understand and that everybody
has forgotten. But as long as hu
man nature remains what it is, as
It has remained from the beginning
"Alice" and her adventures
will be read.
It seems to me that giving the
world enduring enjoyment is a great
er achievement than solving the
most profound problem in mathe- \
matics.
LAUNDRIES
A friend showed me the other j
day a list of thirty-seven different!
chemicals which are used in the
laundry and dry-cleaning industry.
After looking over the list, which
rrfn from acetic acid to zinc, I be
gan to understand why my collars j
come back with saw-edges and ' m>
shirts full of holes!
Another friend showed me a new
machine for dry-cleaning which he
believes will revolutionize that in
dustry. It uses no gasoline or other
inflamable material, so it can be
installed anywhere, and it will clean
a suit of clothes in fifteen minutes.
In London he told me, where he
found this machine, you can drop
into a shop, sit in a closed booth
while your suit is being cleaned and
When Theatres Burned
1W IroqtioU thratre fire in Chlrago, la
(90S, caaeed 580 ilralhi and 250 l»
fartc*. A Montreal motion picture thce-
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4anc*r.
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aad appreciated, and the dock fire la
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Considering that cleanliness is
quite a modern idea and soap one
of humanity's most recent inven
tions, it is amazing to regard the
amount of money we spend to keep
ourselves and our garments clean
and it is not at all surprising that
we are still careless about smoking
chimneys and street dirt and other
things which run up our laundry
bills. -* •
BOOTH
I saw a letter the other day from
Balllngton Booth, head of the Volun
teers of America; telling of the
strain under which the people of
his organization is laboring to help j
the out-of-work and distressed. The
same day I passed by the national
Headquarters of the Salvation Army,
where his sister, Evangeline Booth,
is leading in the same sort of un
selfish effort to help the down-and
out. It struck me, as it has struck
me many times, that the nearest
that any great body of people in this
country come t 0 living up to the
teaching of Christ, the teaching of
selfishness and the helping hand,
is found in those two great organi
zations.
And to me it Is something to think
about that the leaders who are car
rying on this work are the son and
daughter of a Jew. "General" Wil
liam Booth, founder of the Salvation
Army, who started life as a pawn
broker's apprentice.
It has always been the case that
great men and women rise from the
crowd by the force of their own
courage and belief in themselves.
And what makes them great is their
ability to lead the crowd to higher
aims and loftier purposes.
CHICAGO
My Chicago friends are getting
enthusiastic over the World's Fair
they are going to next year. They
call it the "Century of Progress Ex
position," and from what George
King and others tell me it's going
to be worth anybody's time to visit
it. One interesting feature will be
a group of Lincoln buildings, dupli
cating the Kentucky log cabin in
which Lincoln was born, the Indiana
cabin in which he spent his boyhood,
the store in which he was a partner
at New Salem, 111., the Rutledge
Tavern where his boyhood sweet-
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
heart, Ann Rutledge, lived, and the
"Wigwam" in which he was first
nominated for the Presidency.
I always enjoy visiting Chicago,
whether there's celebration going on
there or not. It is the most typical
ly American city we have. I get the
impression always that Chicago may
not know where she's going but
she's surely going somewhere. I
don't think an American's educa
tion can be considered complete
without a visit in' Chicago long
enough to get. the spirit of the place
Next year will be the biggest year
for Chicago since 1893, and every
body who can ought to plan now to
go there then.
Wife (who has gone berry picking
with husband): "Gee! these berries
stain my hands."
Husband: "They stain my hands
too."
Wife: "Hell, yes; but I'm a
lady."
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Cycle News
There were one and ten
in Sunday school at Mountain View
Sunday morning. In the afternoon
our group meeting was held, and
every Sunday school in the group
was represented. After preliminaries
wer e held Shady Grove and Oak
Ridge rendered two nice songs,
following which J. C. Pinnix intro
duced the speaker for the occasion,
Judge Hayes, of Greensboro. A
large crowd was present. The next
group meeting will be held with
Swaims (Knobbs) church the second
Sunday in June, at 2 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Nicks have
a very sick child. Uncle Frank
Groce and Grandpa Chipman re
main feeble we are sorry to note.
Mr. Frank Tucker is very ill at
this time.
Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pardue, of
Wilkes county, are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Ed. Vanhoy and Mr."
Vanhoy.
Mrs.- James West, who has been on
the sick list a long time, Is improv
ing some. I
Mrs. Clyde Templeton and child
ren, visited Miss Hallie Brown" Sat
urday.
Friends and relatives of Mr. Lon
NOTICE NOTICE
Pay your electric Jight bills before the 10th of each
month and save the discount.
SOUTHERN PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.
TJhfiek gave him a surprise birthday
dinner Sunday, a week ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Shopman Whltlock,
of the Wards Chappel community,
have moved to the home of Mra.
Whitlock's parents, Mr. and Mr*.
Garfield Collins.
Farming is the oldest profession.