HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931.
PAGE THREE
SUNKEN PILLARS.
I went to a function where a bril
liant young man received a distin
guished honor. Fine speeches about
him were made, and the mayor of
the city presented a gold medal.
Back near the door sat a demure
old couple who seemed ill at ease.
Their faces were lined; their hands
showed the marks of hard labor.
They alone of all the guests did not
wear evening clothes.
But when the young man came
down from the platform he strode
quickly across the room and, reach
ing the old couple, put his arms
around them.
The audience cheered.
I thought of Thomas Carlyle who,
when fame came to him, looked
back from the fashionable society
of London to the rugged farm
where he had grown up, and the
humble parents whose self-sacrlflce
had made his career possible. Said
he:
"I feel to my father, so great
though so neglected, so generous al
ways toward me, a strange tender
ness peculiar to the case, infinitely
soft and near my heart. Was he
not a sacrifice to me?"
And he added: "I can see his life
in some measure as the sunken pil
lar on which mine was to be built
Had I stood in his place, could he
not have stood in mine and more?"
I thought of the father of Robert
Burns and the "pains he took to get
proper schooling for his boys, and
when that was no longer possible,
the sense and resolution with which
he set himself to supply the defi
ciency by his own influence. For
many years he was their chief com
panion; he spoke to them seriously
on all subjects as if they were
grown men; at night, when work
was over, he taught them arithme
tic; he borrowed books for them on
history, science, and theology. , . .
He would go to his daughter as she
stayed afield herding cattle, to teach
her the names of the grasses and
wild flowers, or to sit by her side
when it thundered."
I thought of the father of John
Stuart Mill, neglecting his own in
terests in order to work patiently
at the education of his boy; of
Thomas Lincoln, struggling to keep
his poverty-stricken family together
of all the unncounted hosts of
hidden fathers . . . "sunken pillars"
. . . who suffered oblivion cheerfully
in order that their sins might rise.
It would be fairer if every life
could be measured by a double stan
dard first, by its own achievement
second, by the careers of its chil
dren. On this basis many obscure
lives become glorious.
And many a medal, placed in the
strong, achieving hands of brilliant
youth, should be passed back to the
gnarled hands of the little old cou
ple sitting shyly by the door.
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It Ik a cureless person Indeed
who dixwn't attend to this im
portant detail of his life.
This bank will gladly advise
and HMHlHt you. It Is a simple
mutter but there Is none
morn Important.
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for those loved ones.
Farmers
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Diiore la No Substitute for
Safety
were totally dry before 1919, and
practically all of the others, under
county and township local option,
were preponderantly dry.
I am reminded of this by the cel
ebration on May 1st in Kansas, of
the fiftieth anniversary of prohibi
tion In that state. Kansas, the U. S.
Prohibition Enforcement Officials
report, is still dry. It has a few wet
spots, but on the whole Is the dry
est of all the states. Three genera
tions of young people grew up in
Kansas without ever seeing a sa
loon, or a liquor advertisement, or
seeing anybody take a drink.
We were making faster progress
toward temperance under the old
system than we are making now.
STEFFENS
Lincoln Steffens, born in Califor
nia, made himself one of the two or
three greatest reporters in the
world more than thirty years ago.
He was the first popular writer to
expose political corruption and
graft in American cities and else
where. He has just written his autobi
ography. In it he not only tells the
fascinating story of his own life
and experiences, but brings a wise
and matured judgment to bear up
on social and economic conditions.
I have read no book in years
which was so stimulating. Every
body who is in the least concerned
with the future of himself, his chil
dren, or his country, ought to read
"The Autobiography of Lincoln
Steffens."
TRAVEL
The United States Lines, running
passenger ships to Europe, has an
nounced a special summer travel
rate for school boys and girls, trav
eling in parties of ten or more with
a responsible adult leader. Any
youngster who can dig up $122 can
go to Europe and back on the Le
viathan; $114 on other ships.
This is another long step toward
bringing education within the reach
of everyone. Nobody can truly claim
to be educated who has not trav
elled around the world enough to
understand how other kinds of
people than those he grew up with
live, talk and think. Everybody
does some travelling in these days.
The automobile turned out to be
one of the most valuable education
al influences. Everybody in Ameri
ca knows more about America to
day than any but a very few knew
twenty-five years ago. Many times
more Americans know and under
stand Europe than there are Euro
peans who know America. We are
the world's greatest travellers. And
that means that we are literally, as
a people, the best educated people
in the world.
POSSESSIONS
The wisest man I know sold his
steam yacht recently. "So you're
broke, too?" jeered one of his
friends at the luncheon table, where
he told us about getting rid of the
boat
"No," he replied, "I am trying to
MONEY
A little boy of ten, on a visit to
his grandparents, noticed that his
Uncle John never did any work.
The boy had never met any grown
ups who didn't work, and his uncle's
inactivity puzzled him. He asked
questions and learned that Uncle
John didn't have to work because
he had money that was working for
him. That appealed to the boy. He
decided to get money and make it
work for him. He got his first
money that year, $7 for picking
cranberries, and he set that money
to work In a savings bank.
That was in 1850. The boy's
name was George Baker. At twen
ty one he was already prominent in
banking circles. He was twenty
three when he founded the First
National Bank of New York. He
never did anything all his life but
deal in money. He died the other
day at the age of 91, sincerely
mourned by every leader In busi
ness and finance. He was a great
banker and a great man. The great
est thing about him, as I see it, was
his singleness of purpose.
The trouble with most of us is
that we don't stick.
PROHIBITION
Many old people forget, and most
young people never knew, that
nearly all of the United States had
prohibition laws long before the
Eighteenth Amendment. I was born
in the first of the dry states, Maine,
More than thirty states, I believe,
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CATHARTICS.
These are legion. In name, form,
and content. It has always been a
mystery to me why people often in
sist on purgative medicines that do
more to Irritate the dige-jtive tract
than they do to restore a deranged
function; there are folks who want
their lives "shaken up," and will
bear with a night of griping pain,
in the belief that they need a good
stirring up.
Last week an elderly woman
came into my office for advice about
a pain near the point of the right
shoulder-blade; her home physi
cian had given her some pills for
it, but he had told her to take them
only once a week. She showed me
the box that held her supply it was
labelled "Compound Cathartic." I
agreed that the pills were good, but
I told her I would take them only
once every four or six weeks!
Here was a pill made out of col-
ocynth, podophyllin, calomel, aloes,
jalap and one or two minor ingre
dients that would have "shaken
up" an eight-cylinder automobile!
With aloes enough to produce or
aggravate a chronic irritation, and
enough irritant cathartic drugs to
profoundly shock the delicate
nerve-supply of the intestines so
that days would be required to re
cover from the effects of the medi
cine! It is a nice art to be able to cor
rect an intestinal or liver derange
ment. We do it now with combina
tions of bile salts, salicylate of soda,
extract of carcara, phenolpthalein
and menthol; a tablet with these in
gredients, taken after each daily
meal, will in three to ten days, set
a disordered liver aright. For a
time we used atropine to stimulate
intestinal nerves, but my exper
ience is adverse, except where there
is much mucous exudate to be dealt
with. None of these agencies should
be used except on the advice of the
physician. The day of "dynamiting"
the bowel is past.
set myself free from the tyranny of
possessions. I have too many mate
rial things to worry about They
take too much time and attention
from the realities of life. I have de
cided to bring my children up to
realize how many things there are
in the world that they can get along
without."
My friend is one of America's
very rich men, but I call him th
wisest because he has learned that
beyond food, shelter and clothing,
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Sunday School
Lesson H H
International Sunday School Lesson for
May 17
CHRIST ENTERS JERUSALEM
AS KINO
Luke 19:29-42, 45, 48
REV. SAMUEL D. PRICE, D. D.
This lesson tells the story of 'Palm
Sunday, which was observed on
March 29. Then it was April 2, A. D.
30. Jesus had been advanced tow
ard Jerusalem for the past three
months. He reached Bethany from
Jericho on the eve of the Jewish
Sabbath which He observed as was
His custom.
Crowds were present from all
parts of Jewry, for the annual Pass
over season was at hand. On the
first day of the week, our Sunday,
Jesus went to Jerusalem, and the
greatest earthly honor in His life
was accorded Him. When the peo
ple discerned His purpose a trium
phal procession was spontaneously
arranged. As by common consent
they thronged about Him and ad
vanced as He did. Meanwhile Je
sus assumed the position of royalty
that He had declared in the pre
vious years. Disciples sent on the
errand returned with a colt of an
ass and the Teacher was placed
thereon. Here was a declaration of
the Prince of Peace, quite In con
trast with the desire of the people
that He become their king In op
posing the Roman authority.
Garments caparisoned the ass.
Other clothing was laid as a carpet
for the beast to walk on. Branches
of the palm trees were waved In
tribute of praise as the people sang
from Old Testament themes. They
shouted "Hosanna" and chanted
from the Hebrew Hallel, which was
used always as they advanced to
Jerusalem for the Passover season.
There was a minor phrase to the
song when Jesus wept as He sud
denly beheld the Holy City at a turn
in the road. He had in mind the
awful destruction of the city 37
years later. The Golden Text de
clares "He is Lord of Lords and
King of Kings," Revelation 17:14.
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