« THURSDAY,.AUGUST 1, 1946
Just A-Talking
To Myself
RONA MORRIS WORKMAN
ROCKING W RANCH
I am lazy today and I don't
want to write. I don’t believe
my editor wants to put this, or
anything else, into print this hot
weather and I am quite sure no
one is going to want to read it,
but I suppose I'll beat out some
thing, the poor sweating editor
will put out his paper and folks
will read it—all of us doing some
thing we are tired of doing. Won
der what would happen if every
body in the world took a day off
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—at the same time—and refused
to do one single thing that he
really didn’t want to do? I im
agine it would be rather a mess,
or instance, here at the Rocking
W I would not be writing this
thing—which wouldn’t matter in
the least—but neither would I go
in and wash my lunch dishes, nor
would I get dinner tonight. I
also very much doubt if my men
folk» would be sweating in the
hayfield, or the New Daughter
be riding black Patches to pull
back the hay-rope. It is quite
possible that the only persons on
the ranch would continue what
they are doing would be Reddie
and Sheppie who are joyously
hunting field-mice in the hay
cocks. But I know perfectly well
that I shall write this column, be
cause I have promised, then I will
wash dishes, mend a pile of
clothes that wail for attention,
keep the hose shifted so the grass
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won’t die in the heat, feed chick
ens, get dinner and do dishes
again, and keep on until the day’s-
duties are finished, and I also
know that the hay will keep
going into the bran regardless of
sweat and weary muscles.
That is one thing that life tries
to teach us: not to quit a thing
when it gets tiresome or too dif
ficult, but to pull our share of
the load until the finish. I un
derstand there is a system of edu
cation being tried out whereby the
children are not required to do
anything or study any particular
subject unless they wish to do so.
I am inclined to believe that this
is a rather bad preparation for
living, and after all, what is edu
cation for if not to teach one to
live to the farthest reach of his
ability. The world hasn’t much
use for, a “quitter” in large or
small things, and it is advisable
to learn while we are young that
we must do, at times, many things
we dislike doing ’ and we must
keep on with what we start until
we finish the job, if our leaving
it would cause discomfort or in
convenience to another.
It is
good training for the will to have
to do things we do not desire to
do. It is so easy and pleasant to
put work aside and forget it, but
it isn’t very good training for
the future. William James makes
the following assertion: “Keep
the faculty of effort alive in you
by a little gratuitous exercise
every day. That is, be syste
matically ascetic or heroic in lit
tle unnecessary points, do every
day or two something for no
other reason than that you would
rather not do it, so that when the
hour of dire need draws nigh, it
may find you not unnerved and
untrained to stand the test.” I
think Mr. James really has some
thing there. (“Maybe I had bet
ter get busy and wash my liv
ing-room windows since I cannot
think of any work I dislike more.
That should prepare me, at least
a little, for my “hour of dire
need” if anything could.)
However, I think there is a
certain inner content which mani
fests itself when we have stuck
to a disagreeable task until we
have finished it. It gives you a
sense of accomplishment, a feel
ing of strength, that nothing else
can do. To know that you are
enough the master of body, mind
and desire to carry through to the
finish gives a lift to the spirit,
and I firmly believe that this re
alization should be given to chil
dren as part of their early train
ing. It is much easier when they
want to leave unfinished some
work they are supposed to do, to
say, “All right, run along and
play” and then finish the job
yourself, but if they grow up
with the idea that they can al
ways “run, along and play” when
they get tired of what they are
doing, they are rather handi
capped in the race of accomplish
ment. An elderly man said to
me not long ago: ‘I thought be
fore the war that our youth had
been weakened by too much in
dulgence and easy living, but they
have proven that they can carry
on.’ Nevertheless, judging from
that those who had a real train-
many whom I have known, I feel
ing in “sticking to the job” when
they were growing up, came
through the war with its terrific
strain and effort in better condi
tion, psychologically, than those
New Neighbors
Are Welcomed
RIVERVIEW—Again we have
new neighbors to welcome. They
are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lindsay
who recently purchased the Billie
Basset property and moved in the
first of the week. The Lindsays
came from Portland and have an
infant son, Jimmie. Mr. Lindsay
is an employe of the Crown-Zel-
lerbach Corp. Their home is on
the Mist route opposite the ent
rance to Eighth street Mr. and
Mrs. Bassett are stopping with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Schmidt, on highway 47 until
next month when they plan to go
to Alaska.
Mrs. Sam Smith and sons, Gary
and Vern, of Sweet Home, spent
the week at the parental home.
Gary who was struck by a car
last April, is just able to take
a few steps with assistance.
Acting as chauffeur for Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Beasom of Ver
nonia, Monty Dewey drove the
Beacom car to Portland Sunday
where he and Mrs. Dewey and
son, Dean, visited his grand
mother, Mrj. Sarah Justice while
the Beacoms spent the day with
who were allowed to “run along
and play” when things got too
difficult or they grew weary of
their task. It :iq easier to learn
a lesson when you are young than
it is to have that same lesson
beaten into you in later years.
Life has a way of handing us a
lot of tiresome tasks that must
be carried to completion if we are
to play our part in the world of
home« or business, and that re
minds me, my dishes are still
waiting to be washed. After all
this talk, if I don’t get busy and
do them you will think I am kin
to the Irishman who told his
children, “Do as I say; not as I
do.”
Now I have finished my article,
but I will add this: The poor ed
itor will have to print it, I sup
pose, since he has to fill his pa
per with something or other, but
there is no real reason, that I
can think of, why you have to
read it if you don’t want to. In
spite of our complex modern life
there still remains a few things
that we don’t have to do, thank
Heaven.
Mrs. Anna Parker accompanied
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Gill, of Vernonia,
and their sons to Portland Thurs
day and spent the night with her
granddaughter, Mrs. J. D. Dal
rymple, and family.
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her brother, George Prefontaine
and family. Mr. Prefontaine had
the misfortune to cripple a foot
while in Alaska recently and is
hospitalized.
Supper guests at the George
Bell home Sunday evening were
Elder Thornton, of Portland, Sis
ter Peterson, Sister Burton and
two friends, of Gresham. After
ward they assisted with the serv
ices at the Church of Jesus Christ
of the L.D.S.; Elder Thornton
gave a talk and the Sisters sang
a number of hymns.
Mrs. Frank Worley was brought
home from St. Vincents hosp.tal
Saturday by Mr. Worley. She is
recovering nicely from her recent
operation and speaks highly of
the care and attention she re
ceived.
When we reported the Heath
family as going to Spokane last
week we did not give them rope
enough. When Bill got the new
DeSoto going he didn't turn around
until he got to Deer Lodge,
Montana, where he had a good
visit with relatives. They ar
rived home Monday evening of
last week and report a very nice
trip.
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