Claremore Messenger. (Claremore, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, December 26, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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Although Usually Broken They Often
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At the dlose or the jUtr j P#
many land ib&en ' s#n®w PI
event* and experiences through which
they have passed, and resolve to profit
by them during the coming year. Many
a man "turns over a new leaf," and
many a woman emphatically declares
that she wltt abandon this folly and
that. So many tail in their resolves
that New Tear'* resolutions have be-
come a subject of Jest.
Yet while there mar be a humorous
phase of the subject there Is oertalnly
a mora serious one than some appear
to believe. It makes no difference
whether It Is New Tear's ere or any
other ere, there has to come a time
la the Uvea of all when there is aa ao-
HK year that lies be-
fore la ever the year
of opt>ortunlty. The
year 1914, on whose
threshold we now
stund. contains great-
er possibilities of in-
dividual growth and
national prosperity
than any previous
year ever promised
Individual effort is en-
couraged by condi-
tions inspiring confidence In results,
end the nation finds Incentive in its
own achievements and natural bles-
sings to misuse which would consti-
tute a national crime. If the individ-
ual and the nation are guided by the
experiences of the past as they should
toe, the new year will be marked by
progress and prosperity such as they
have never before enjoyed.
At the very outset It should be borne
In mind that the Individual Is the foun-
tain source of national progress and
| ros| erlty. The spring feeds the
otream, streams unite to form rivers,
and mighty rivers replenish the evap-
orating oceans, l.et the spring fall,
the stream dries up, the river fslls.
end the ocean sinks below its natural
level. So the Individual, even the hum
tolest, must continue his contribution
to the rising tide of prosperity. If be
•would draw from that prosperity foi
Ills personal needs, just as the sprint;
draws from the ocean through the con
denvation of its evaporated waters
the rain that waters the land. The
rlemeut of personal responsibility can
Siot be discounted without endaiiKeriiiK
the welfare of all—neither by the indi
(vidua! himself, nor by society. A
|>roper sense of responsibility compels
seizure upon every opportunity within
reach.
If 'here has been one idea more mis
•ehlevous than another, as regards in
dividual activity, it has been the one
wmtiotlied in the oft-repeated phrase.
"'The world owes me a living." It
does il one earns It. hut the world
lias nothing to give to the lazy, the In
dolent. the slii^nard. In Its compensa
tion the world is reciprocal—It pays
(tack, on the average. Just about what
the Individual contributes, sometimes
rewarding meritorious eftort generous-
ly. Success comes to those only wrho
Snake good. There is natural law in
the business world, and obedience to
that law is aa essential as observance
wf civil law If there is to be individual
prosperity. Certain It is that for vio-
lation of nil law there is penalty which
Is sometimes severe.
Nor Is there any excuse for failure
to do one's part because of the appar-
«nt prosperity of others at his ex-
(tense. Humnu experience has shown
that a part If society cannot long
prosper at the expense of the whole,
end that a part cannot long prosper at
the expense of another part. This ex-
perience has also accorded with nat
0
Mrs. Wilson of NaaJitflle. Teiwu
ii fined the world over tor
i oaks*.
her
Th
*
.rsr
when die bi
demanded. ,j 5 j J ] ^
This Tear, es in fonner ytM
Mrs. Wilson enjoys the distinc-
tion of making the Prsydente
Cake, wing Calumet
Baking Powder.
Mrs. Wilson s Babnf Motto tsi
with
BAKING POWDER
tlte rtPUW ■ nmvw iws.^ . .
equal Calumet for wboUeomewe mpd •ocmocny, and I
gsi-cs
Bur a can of Calumet Balrinc Powder at once, end «ae
it in your Holiday Bakings, making your Ouistmas Cakes
■S good aa the President's.
nesa, In the northern half of the earth.
!t tells of another spring approaching,
and who knows but It will prove the
most perfect spring the world has ever
seen? And there is another summer
beyond which may be the Ideal sea-
son, neither too hot nor chilly/ free
irom drought and excess of rain—Just
what summer ought to be.
And with nature's new opportunity
to fulfill the hopes ol men and women
comes one more chance for them, one
more great division of time, which is
the measure of life. They meet and
Kreet it In Joy because it is uns|>olled.
uninarred, altogether clean and open
->r a fairer and higher record than
they have ever lived into any twelve-
month gone by.
What If the hope of such advance-
ment tails of realization. In the larger
sense, and with lew exceptions grows
feebler and dimmer until it dies when
the new year has grown old? There
are exceptions, nnd they are beacons
lighted for the guidance of humanity
on its upwurd way. In the glow of
thene triumphs of high endeavor whlcb
enable us all to keep our dreams alive,
the world discovers foothold for Us
climbing steps.
All this reasonableness of New
Year's hopes and Joys, this conscious-
ness which is felt rather than rea
soned, of the infinite possibilities of
life, is especially easy and natural In
America. Here the balance between
good fortune and 111 Inclines most
often to the side of Joy. Here the op
portunltles which minister to hope are
easiest to find and seise.
Always and everywhere, If mankind
is not to slip back into the mire of ut-
ter Ignorance and bestiality from
which the race emerged before history
JKMIflUU linn ninu ——- | ""s<-« ■*- — — — *
tiral law which rules on the principle i begun, there must be visions of better
oi general averages. In spite of many
apparent exceptions. The second
great mistake lies in arguing from
exceptions, a mistake which is alwsys
productive of erroneous conclusions
Kxceptions but make good the rule
■which only can be the basis of reason
which In turn. If good, excludes excep-
tions Sound reasoning demands legiti-
mate excuse which cannot be found In
Individual failure
things In the future than the past has
given. Such pictures call to the sav-
age In his hut and the barbarian In his
tent Without hope the Inner life of
the world would faint and die. "Where
there Is no vision the people perish."
Iiut In America these stirrings of the
vital force which urges man upward
and onward, despite unnumbered fail-
ures'and losses, leap In the heart with
new strength. The hope in the aoul is
the departing of the old and the usher-
ing In of a new year should be dlstln-
gulshed by some observance or cere
mony appears but natural, and we ac-
cordingly And various customs prevntl
In different parte of the country sad
of the world. Some are of a sportive
character, others serious, and In oth-
ers both mirthful and pensive moods
are Intermingled.
One of the best-known and most
general of these customs is that of re-
maining up till 12 o'clock on the night
of December 31. either in the home,
where a little family party may he
gathered: In the church, where re-
ligious "watch-night" service Is held
or on the street, where promenadere
make merry.
In no place In the world Is the cele-
bration of New Year's eve made of so
much account as in Philadelphia. In a
great measure this is due to the fact
that it is the "Cradle of I-lberty" of the
country, and the bell on Independence
hall is used to snnounce the age of the
republic with the dawning of the new
year. Thousands of people congregate
about Independence hall, and when the
clock points to midnight and the bell
begins to toll off the years, pandemo-
nium Is let loose with the firing of
small arms, the tooting of horns aad
noises of all characters. The celebra-
tion is carried along all the thorough-
fares In the heart of the city, and es-
pecially around the large public build-
ings. which are elaborately illuminated.
New Year's eve Is a favorite occa-
sion for social gatherings In Scotland
and the north of England, and when
the eventful hour has struck the gueeta
all proceed to the house door and un-
bar It with greet formality to "let out
the old and let In the new year ."
The making of good resolutions with
the dawning of the new year is a
very old custom, and one which has
no doubt been followed with much
profit It affords a splendid oppor-
tunity to Isy aaide futile reflections on
past imprudence and mismanage meat,
and to resolve for the future to do our
utmost in fulfilling our duty to Ood
and our fellow-men.
counting with self. It la only through
such accountings that men and womea
find themselves, learn to know them-
selves and, knowing, become what
they should be.
Rev. Dr. Talmage used to tell the
story of a young man who annually de-
voted New Year's ere to a review of
the year ended, concluding with reso-
lutions which he seldom kept for any
great length of time. Lying lastly back
in a comfortable Morrla chair, thle
young man would smoke a cigar, think
over the year, and make his resolves.
One New Year's eve he thought and
smoked until, half dreaming, he
fancied he saw in the emoke as It
curled upward the word "resolutions."
His fancy led him to serious consldera-
tion of how many of his resolutions
had really gone up In smoke. He waa
astounded, snd made one supreme re-
solve that they should no longer end
in smoke.
Each time he told this story Doctor
Talmage assured his hearers that this
young man waa today one of the lore-
most business men of New York city,
a factor in its commercial life and a
powerful agent for good in nany direc-
tions. The reverend gentleman made
the point that although resolutions
may be made only to be broken, the
time must come in the life of every
man and woman when they make one
supreme resolve which is the making
of themselves. Therefore Doctor Tal-
mage always declared that he favored
New Year resolutions even though
they would be broken, because he knew
that In the end they would reault la
something really worth while.
WOULO HAVE THEM HANDY
Married Man's Explanation of Largs
Order Will Be Underfeed by
Msay Similar Unfortunates.
ill villuai laimic uww sm—■— — —— —
Therefore, the new year with all Its : in harmony with the environment of
opportunities appeals to you. It places 1 the race. Optimism is native to the
responsibility ou you. Its message is
" It's up to you." If 1914 shall prove
• year of prosperity to you. It Is be-
■ suae you will have merited success;
If, on the other hand. 1914 shall have
8iroved a year of failure, you will have,
n some measure, at least, been re-
sponsible. As with the Individual, ao
fwith the nation
l,et the cynics say what they will,
there's IokIc In the Joy the world finds
lu New Year's One day may be much
like another, hut "every day is a fresh
fcegtnntaK " The years come aad go,
bearing nearly the same freight of sor-
row and failure and bitter dlsappoint-
snent, but always hope feela the thrill
snd uplift of a new chance for human-
aoll. The continent spreads wide the
field* of opportunity.
Never was the uplift and Joy of the
new year's coming more reasonable
than It is today. Never was the out-
look fairer for the progress of the na
tion and the world, In thought, char-
acter and deed. The old earth begins
Its wisest year. Its richest. Its best
The close of the year brings with It
a mingled feeling of gladness and mel-
ancholy—of gladness in the anticipa-
tion of brighter days to come with the
advent of the new year and of melan-
choly la reflections on th* fleeting na-
ture of time, and the gradual approach
of the Inevitable goal in the race of
life.
pna upm V " I " " * naiivu IWI u <*iii ia si - nm,
|ty, at the turn o' thr year, and all that Klnc out the old. rim to th* naw,
makes life worth while is touched by j Ring, happy bells, acroaa the snow;
liope's sisglc. The year is going, let him go;
New Veer's comes with the laarease ftinn out the falee. ring la the tras.
f light and the slow retreat of dark-1 That so Interesting aa occasion as
Ring out false pride in place and blood.
The civic slander and tbe spite;
Ring In the love of truth and right
Ring In the common love of good.
Milllone of Mohemmedans.
Only 13 centuries have passed since
the death of Mohammed aad today
there are S2&.OOMOO Mohammedaas.
one-seventh of the population of the
globe There are 6«.OOS.OOO in Africa.
<3 000.090 in India, 30.00t.000 in China,
19.000,000 in the Malaf Archipelago
and 360,000 In the Philippines, not to
■peak of the lands that are almost
wholly Mohammedan la western Ai(|
A recent writes said I *mat fife# of
faith and devotion taunt nave burned
In the heerta of the early champions of
islam to make them gird on the sword
sad fight aad die for the new rellgloe.
it swept across Syria and all north
Africa like the desert simoon—swift,
fierce, impetuous, IrreeHtllde. d«*g f
I tlte-oafy to bd edited and cooled W
the waves of the Atlantic."
"GOODBY. OLD VtAR, GOOOBY."
By Margaret t. gangster.
"Qoodby old year, eoodby."
We've had rood times together:
Toe save us many a bright blue Sky
And sometimes stormy weathss.
But we've had lots of fun—
We've skated, fished and boetsfil
And now. lust as tbe year Is doa%
la school we've been promoted.
Old year, be brave and proud;
With banners floating over yes,
Tou Join the shadowy crowd
Of years that weal before yea.
Ooedby, old year, goodby;
With "flnta" to your story.
The stsrs shine out on high
To light your way with glory.
JPieree right Before Rodent Could Be
Oestreysd. snd Msn Is fts-
vsrely Bitten.
A monster rat. which hsd gained
•etraaw into his bedroom through an
iopen window during the day. savage-
ii. atta«ked aud hit Russell KeromeP
tirxsteefdSA
|the vicious rodent In bed.
Mr. aid Mis. Kaaasnr had hardly
retired for tbe night when the hue-
band felt s peculiar ecrntching on hla
arm as U some one were UiggtM at
htm.
A lamp was lighted and the room
eiamlned for a possible intruder. Tbs
Ksmmerers retired again, satisfied
thst there was ao burglar In the room;
but a vicious bite on his arm cagaed
the husbead Id Jump out of bed a sec-
ond time I .'I I ■> '
investigation disclosed a rat In the
bed While Mrs. Kemmerer, nearly
dead from MbM had dill In u cursor
aad screamed, the husband tasMsd
the rat After s h ll half-hour's fight
ha maaaged to another toe intrude*
under a sheet.
As s result of K
wounds blood poison Is feared.—Penee-
burg (Pa.I Dispatch 10 Pbtladalltoto
Record
Mea as< Women snd Secrets.
"A. tSaS can keep the secret of so-
other better then hie own; a woman
oa the contrary, keepe her own bettor
ana that of another."—La tiruyere
A brtek Individual with the accumu-
lated look of 20 winters of married life
entered a hardware ahop and without
wafting for preliminaries asked:
"Do you keep hammers here?"
"That is our specialty, dir."
"Put me down for a dosen. How
about screwdrivers?"
"Our great feature. Patent reversi-
ble or plain edge?"
"Give me a dosen of each: If you
have any other varieties I'll take 'em,
too. How about gimlets?"
"You are now mentioning our pet
product. All styles."
"Give me all styles—long, short, me-
dium. thick, thin, from the slxe of a
needle to a pickax. Sawe?"
"Of every description."
"I'll take 'em—say half a dosen or
ao—cross-cut, plain, round and square."
"It's down. sir. Csn 1 Interest you In
nails?"
You can indeed. I'll take some of
all that you have, put up in separate
packages; also tacka, brads, screws,
rivets. staples—everything. And I
went hooka, every book you have, big
and little. Also—"
The clerk leaned forward.
"Pardon me, sir," he satd. "Tou
seem like a sensible person. Unless
you are opening up a buaineas, I am
at a loss to understand your require-
ments."
•It is perfectly elmple, eir," said the
brisk person. "I have been married
for 21 years, and not once since the
ceremony have I been able to locate a
single Implement when 1 wanted to
put up a calendar or do any other nec-
essary thing aboat the houee, and the
next time there Is need of anything
done I am going, so far aa human fore-
night can provide for It to have the
means instantly to put my impulse la*
to play."—LJfe.
A LONG ILBIP.
Bad Form te Be Amaxing.
There are no poeers on the grand
scale now. Oar musicians have short
hair and play golf. Asthotfs cannot
be distinguished from ordinary msn.
Art students are abandoning thslr
amaslng clothes. Even poets have
given up poetical locks, snd Instead of
writing pretty fancies worry Us with
poems of the outepokea natural aohool.
Music is in tweeds, literature Is ta
navy blue, ssd .poetry is la a hswler
hat. Apparently there is no chance of
any return of affectation. The world
becomes more natural every day, and
every hour aome neglected poee diea
a natural death. There are no startling
and picturesque figures. The glitter-
ing Whistler waa the last of the artis-
tic masters to pose, the last man will-
ing to spend sn hour before a looking-
glass, the last man—to uae hla own
word—who could be called "amaxing.''
For now it is bad form to be amasiBg.
and1 every one Is expected to be as in-
significant as possible. The only af-
fectation left Is the affectation of be*
ing natural. And there could not be a
duller ona.
Of Contradictory Weight.
"What dose you understas' by 'cir-
cumstantial evidence?'" asked Miss
Miami Brown.
"As nesr as I kls splain It fam de
way It haa beSn aplatae^ to ana." an
swered Erasmas Plnkley, "circum
staatial evldeaee ta de feathers dat
you leaves lyto' round after ysu hss
dons st ds chicken."
Blew te Resllss.
"My dear," said Mr. Bickers to his
wife, "I saw if the papers today a. de-
cision of a VIrglata ossrt thst Xkd wile
may, In aome oaaea, be the basd of the
family."
-johS Hsary." replied Mrs. Btskers,
"the courts are aometlmss very slow In
finding out things I "—Push.
Plsln Prophecy.
-What did ths doctor toll you today
shout old Uncla Jske's condition f*
"Ha was telling us thst his bm
tsmpsrature was—"
"Telling you about his mesa tem
peratsre. was hst That's no bows.
■verybody who haowa Uncle inks
haews that ha basal anything aboat
him But laat mean."
He Get It.
Poete, Up or Down?
The agricultural experiment station
of Ohio has been making aome teats
as to which end of a post should be
set In (he ground. Farmers generally
believe In planting It with the butt
or root end upward, on the principle
that aa It Is easier for the sap to run
up the tree than down It netting the
poat upside down tends to prevent the
else of water and helpe to keep the
wood dry.
The Ohio officials planted 166 black
locust poets 20 years ago. Ono-thlrd
of those set top down have rotted off
and only a little more than one-sixth
of those set top up have met a similar
fate. They reach the conclusion that
there !e no difference which end la
put isto ths ground, except thst ths
sounder or longer end ehould bars
the preference.
Benoible Resllxstlon.
Qulnn—Where la the young past
these days? '
De Poste—rydng wep. Always has
a.dollar and wjhrs a Bee salt. Ws
realised ooutttMn*. -
Qulnn —Bold some of his poems,
sht . , <1
Da Peats—No, realised thai he Is
not s poet and got a Job aa booh*
keeper.: <
^TjsUddj WW ins aa' today Is
"Oast Hows thatt We
■lepaa whole year test afrM
A New Year* Wish.
Uf Me* Tsar wtah Is BM aB
through the year the isstartays Win
have oeatataad ea much keaalBdM "
wiaa MPa wa
doctor told
■est tsks longer rest se hs
himself a racing aate*aMla.M
"DM that Mac kla reatr
"Oh, yes. Hs's Is a alee, quiet
tai for three monthe new."
Recreant Auditor.
Ton vest to alsqp during
wife's rfpeeA."
"Yes," replied Mr. Meektoa. "Hen-
rietta haa been rehearsing that afeeoh
for a weeh. I Md her I had better
not come here., 1 knew something Uke
this would happen If she couldn't sWSut
'Are you listening, Leopidaer ovary
now aad thea."
VrBfiRy V^VOTWvs
Tlark—Ever aotlce these motorists
winding up their msohlnee Is front?
Every auto must carry a crank.
Bleaks-Tea, tram ,tM way aoaM
motorists yell st pedestrians some
an toe msat carry Mrs or three
waBHs. ; r , , , | u ; >
I. . A Merwelauelinguist
"Dobbs will nsvsr 1st himself be I
downed by aaythtne." . «
"Por tastaneer , • ,ii< , * >a
Us was rend tag a newspaper ee* ■ 4
load tbe other day aad whoa he sassa ■ f
to a pled llaa he tnaglatfid It withes* I «
a momoBfs hssltatlee."
-Tour speecbea tadloate that peat
stows have ehaageJ."
"Nst sxactly, My aystttosato
Stowa have ^iBlltoW
U nsempl Imentary.
tusks—Tear wlfs haa aa
seass at
-Taa aeser eaw her. Hew
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