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About St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1918)
Open Doors to Happiness Tho following intorcBtinjr paper was rend at a recent meet ing of the W. C. T. U. by Mrs. J. Vinton Scott, and is well worth perusing: The home is the moat import nnt institution in the world, be cause it has more to do with the formation of character than nil other influences. It ia thu place where we are trained for life. Our 1 homes are made up of many doors: First, we have an open door of happiness where tho strong influences for right eousness that have blessed the world have come largely from Christian homes. We know many a person has boon kept true to principle in the battles of life by tho influences of a godly home. The key to a happy Christian home is Love, which is another open door to happiness. There should bo unselfish lovo between husband and wife, and between naronts and children. In one's married life difficulties, per ploxitioH, and discouragements will arise, but an open door to Happiness is let neither husband nor wife harbor the thought that their union is a mistake or t disappointment. Let us deter mine to be all that it is possible to be to each oilier. Also let us continue the early attentions and in every way encourage each other in fighting the battles of life. I believe a little time Hhould bo taken to study to ad vance the happiness of each other. Another open door to happiness is that neither husband nor wife should attempt lo exercise over the other an arbitrary control. and not try to compel each other to yield to your wishes. 11 can not ho done and each other's lovo retained. It takes a great deal of kindness, patience, for bearing and courtesy in order to Miccecl in making this one door to happini'SK. Here it ouo of the largest doors to happiness: The handling of moiiMy. Tho hnppinofttf of thou sands of hotiioM is marred be cause the problem of handling money H not correct I v Molvcd. To me m irriage In a partner Hhip : which the individuality of neiti party is lost. Holh give th. 'r IimmI for the benefit and li.ui';'t"HK of the firm, and both sm .d share in whatever dividend! result from their milt ual toil, whatever it bo happincttti, comforts, or money. And yet some wives are constantly suit juctud to humiliation in regard to money. There is no nmnon for It oven from the HtandMiint ol juMticeand fair piny, tunny nolli ing ofreligion. Thin reminds mo of an illustration of wlinl tKiinr womun are compelled to endure and of the niKKnrdliiioiis of some huslmiKls. A story in told of a Soul horn negro who wont to his pHHtor for ndvieo mm to how ho could atop his wife's extrava gance. Ho complained that ovory time Ik wont into the houe she would poster him for money: it wan a nickel for thin, a dime for that and a quarter for something elue, and ho just could not endure it any longer. "Why," said tho pastor, "what dous she do wth all this money'.' How much have you given her?" "No, Huh, 1 dtinno foil do life ol me what shn gone done wid tint money, 1 xin't give her none yuL" Whatever may la- tho individ ual financial ability of himlmml or wifo in any pnrlioular ohho thuru is no justice in tkiugMwy all a wife's independence, in money mutters, ur compelling her to act as n suppliant and n beggar in tho homo where she upends longer bourn mid in more nor vo-wearing employment than the husband. Now one more groat ojmmi door to happiness where angels lovo to outer through mid delight to manifest their presence is a homo where pn rents surround their children with an wtmo phero of cheerfulness, courtesy and lovo. A homo where lo.e dwells and whore i. is expressed in looks, words und in acts. This atmosphere will then bo to tho children what air and sun aliino ara to tho vegetable world, promoting health and vigor of mind an.i iody. Tho other night, I went to the theater With a low brow friend, And the orchestra played "The Little Drown Jug." And he thought It was the National Anthem And stood up. And I did too, Darn him, Arkansas Gazette. The lWtlftitd Oarlwtge Co. is prepared to remove rubbish of any uaturu from tho resi- j doncos and business places ofj St. Johns at 7f cents per mouth for residences and from busi-t noss piaivs at reasonable rates. ! Calls maie ovory Saturdu).; Leave oiuers at t tie St. Johns Harduure, it phone Woodlawni 2093. HOUSIS MOAT l'"0K SALK Hare is a good chance to get a house boat that cost much more money than is being nskod for it; Was originally built for a gas boat, but never used for that purpose; is 41 foot long, 10 feet wide, contains three apartments with room for more, tows easily, is light and strong. A great bargain at $100. Call at this ollicc. , Brunswick Talking Machines 1 at Currins, ' "While out gathering pledges in St. Johns, the last day of the W. S. S. campaign," writes a News reader, "I knocked at the door which was opened by a young man playing a cornet. He kept right on playing while he motioned me to a scat. I sat down and waited until he had finished his tune. You'll excuse mo, he said, for going right on with my practice, won't you? If I'd stopped when you came in, I'd have forgotten where I loit off, and I'd have had to play the blamed thing all over again. And the neighbors are pretty sore already I 1'ortland News. The merchants of Lents and Ml. Scott district Bhould com bine to keep foreign ads out of their home paper by buying all the space the editor has to spare and utilizing it for their own good. This would place the editor under obligation to them and ho could freely and conscientiously blow tho trum pet in their interest only. Mt. Scott Herald. A London scientist says that man was the ancestor of the ape, ami not the ape the ancestor, of the man. It doesn't make any Iff . A iiuierence which was me iirsi parent, neither has anything, particularly brilliant to brag about. "I was standing in front of thnTutwiler waiting for a friend the other day," said Ernest W House, "and just across the street a number of pretty girl.j were waiting for a street car. It was windy, and there was quite a display of hosiery. Now. this in itself would not have been so very unusual, but fellow standing by me spied the exhibition, and then saw a blind man sitting only about a hun dred feet away, with a sign "Pity the Blind." "I do not know who he was, but his sympathies were aroused, for he turned to me and said "I never was o sorry for a blind man in my life; I am going across and drop a quarter in his cap," and he did. Birmingham Age-Ileralu. A million dollar bond issue. part of the S3.000.000 tota authorized by a vote of the people, was ordered floated to continue tho construction of the St. Johns municipal grain olovnt or at tho regular meeting of the commission on public docks. The bond issue will make a total of $2,500,000 thus far floated for tho work. Iho proposed .i,uuu, 000 issue has had the approva of the capital issues committee at Washington and sale will be started as soon as preliminaries are completed. To Members oi St. Johns Camp 7filG, M. W. of A: Neigh bor R Gassor will soon be call ed into the service, therefore, Geo. W. Muhn has been regular ly elected Clerk. After August 1st the Camp will meet but two times nor month, the second am fourth Thursdays.- Fraternally yours, A. L. ftlnrcy, Consul. Meat Must Be Sold Fresh meat is perishable. It must be sold within about two weeks for whatever it will bring. A certain amount of beef is frozen for foreign shipment, but domestic markets demand fresh, chilled, unfrozen beef. Swift & Company can not increase prices by withholding meat, be cause it will not keep fresh and salable for more than a few days after it reaches the market. Swift & Company cannot tell at the time of purchasing cattle, what price fresh meat will bring when put on sale. If between purchase and sale, market con ditions change, the price of meat must also change. Tho Food Administration limits our profit to 9 per cent on ca'pital invested in the meat departments. This is about 2 cents per dollar of sales. No profit is guaranteed, and the risk of loss is not eliminated. As a matter of fact, meat is often sold at a loss because of the need of selling it before it spoils. Swift & Company, U.S.A. iesmvmimmi 1 I I f l i I 1 fi$ftw Hk, . ' KHZ?' A. 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