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Nov. 21, -917. HABIT A MEANS TO RIGHTEOUSNESS By T. A. Wigginton, Camp Religious Work Secretary We are often warned against forming i bad habits, but the importance of form ing good habits is not as strongly urged < as it should be. We do not stop to think i how true it is that we are creatures of ; habit. It is safe to say that our lives are controlled more by habit than by rea son. You did not reason out the steps in the making of your toilet this morning. Had you done so, you would have been late to mess. You did it in the way in , which you had done it thousands of times before, and therefore, did it expedi tiously, probably thinking of something else while you were doing it. If we had to reason out every act, we should get little done, and that little would be hesitatingly and bunglingly done. Think of what a handicap it would be if you had to calculate every step you took in walking. Some of you have had experience of riding a bicycle, driving a machine or playing a piano. You never had any pleasure in any of these things until you had come to the place where you did the things which had to be done automatically, from force of habit. So long as you had to think out everything which had to be done, it was the hardest kind of work, and it was poor work at that. The habits which we form harden into character. Our characters are the result ant of the grooves cut by repeated thoughts, emotions and deeds in which our activities run. Emotions tend to re peat themselves. Any one who has close ly observed himself has noticed that cer tain thoughts repeat themselves under given conditions. Every thought leaves its track in our brains—scarcely percep- MOTHER GIVES UP HUSBANDS AND SONS Brave and Patriotic Letter of Pennsylvania Woman With Six Children at Home. Colonel Rickards’ Gallant Reply. Here is a story that appeared in sev eral northwestern Pennsylvania papers— The Venango Herald, Butler Citizen, Erie Times and others, and because it posses ses a real appeal it is produced herewith. Particular attention is called to the let ter that a mother of eight children, who has two boys in the old National Guard, as well as' her husband, wrote to the commanding officer ‘of the 112th Regi ment. Here is the story: Sought No Great Favor. Camp Hancock. Augusta, Ga., Nov. 2. Amid routine of the army life, with drills, grim work on the field, practice hikes, and details that sometimes' tire men’s brains, one is apt to forget that there is a sentimental side. Betters pour into Headquarters, con taining all kinds of requests. Some seek discharges for boys who entered under age, some for boys whom mothers claim are not strong enough to stand the bat- • tie stuff, but here is one, written with a true understanding of patriotism that reached Colonel Rickard’s desk the other morning. It sought no great favor. It was writ ten in a poor, but firm hand, evidently by a woman of little education, but by a mother who had been schooled in all the branches of patriotic inspiration and had been given a diploma many times over. It was just such a letter that made the heart beat a little faster for the good old 11. S. A., and for the women back home God bless ’em,'who are making the sac rifices. Letter from Carlisle. The letter, which was from Carlisle, Ra., read: Colonel Rickards: “Dear Sir:—l have two sons and a hus band in the army. One son, James W. G. Edgar is in Company G, 112th Regiment, 28th Division, 56th Brigade, and he would like to be transferred over in the com pany with his brother. Won’t you please transfer him over, as 1 would like them both to be together as they have always been together, and I would like them to stick together. Please do this for me, and my dear boys; if you do, you will never be sorry. “My heart is with my two dear boys and husband. They volunteered to serve {heir country and lam proud—of them and it almost broke my heart to give them up. But when the call for men came, they went. My husband would not have had to go, but he wanted to be with my dear sons and his sons, so I gave my consent for him to go. He was past the age when he could have stayed at home, for I have five small children and he could have been excused, as you know, but I am proud of him and my two boys and hope you will please put my two sons together in the field bakery. I hope you will recognize this letter and write me, and let me know if you will do this favor for me. Mother of Eight Children'. “I am 3!) years old and the mother of eight children; two I have sent to the army J:o fight if necessary for Old Glory, the dear old flag that my dear old father fought for and the one I will stand for. It is hard to part with our dear men, but we can be proud of them. I want them to do their duty to their, officers and to then country and to be brave, good men, which I, their mother, know that they will do if called to do so. So I hope and pray you will do what I ask of you, dear sir. “May God bless you and take care of you and my husband and boys, and ah the rest of our brave men, is the prayer of a mother. May God’s mercy watch over you all and bring you all home safe. An unknown friend, a heart-broken mother and wife. “My husband is cook in Company D, Bth Infantry, Camp Hancock.” Colonel Rickard’s Reply. The letter made a great impression on Colonel Rickards, and in reply, he said: “I have your letter and assure you that it will be my pleasure to do all possible to bring about the transfer of your son to the field bakery, as you request. I would be glad to have had your son, James, transfered from the bakery to the ! 112th Infantry, for I know what kind of i “stuff” boys with a mother such as they have, are made of. I TRENCH AND CA M F tible at first, but deepened with repeti tion. In this way, one may foster un clean thoughts until it is almost impos sible for him to live a clean life. “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Thought expresses itself in deeds; deeds, through repetition, become habits; habits harden into character; and character de termnies destiny. These things being true, we should give careful attention to the forming of habits, so that our habits shall aid us in- main taining- worthy characters. We are form ing habits, whether consciously or not, and a habit heedlessly formed may be come just as strong as one formed with full purpose. There are things which we are doing heedlessly which are becoming fixed habits with us, and therefore form ing our characters. We should, instead, give earnest attention to the forming of right habits, so that right living would be as easy for us as anything else which we do from force of habit. Dr. William James, who has perhaps seen as deeply into such things as any other man. pre scribes the following rules for the form ing of right habits: “1. Launch yourself with a strong in itiative. Accumulate all the circum stances which may re-enforce right mo tives. Put yourself into conditions to en courage the new way. Take a public pledge if conditions allow. “2. Never suffer an exception to occur until the habit is firmly fixed. “3. Act promptly on every resolution or every emotion in the direction of the desired habit. “4. Keep the faculty of effort alive by a little gratuitous exercise.” "I commend you most heartily for your unselfish and loyal devotion to your coun ry and its cause. A nation of such moth ers would have little to fear, and I am proud to know that I have one of your tons in the 112th. Mr. G was not transferred with other men of the Bth to the 112th. but I am ready to have the whole family come over to my command at any time.” And this little story probably has its equal in patriotic fervor a hundred times daily; though not expressed so eloquently or so simply as this mother of eight chil dren has said it, even with her own limit ed education and poor penmanship. It just goes to show that many a fire side has lost part of its old-time glow; that back in the snug little home from which many a soldier boy has come is a mother, a father or some relative praying that he will make good in the great game they are learning to play at Camp Han cock. It’s only a tame game now, they say, but the months will go around fast —and then, just as this one mother has hoped, the boys of the old 112th will have a chance to show the stuff that men are made of. Wholesale Cigars Tobaccos Cigarettes Pipes Chewing Gum Retail Department Headquarters lor Pennsylvanians- Cigars, Soda, Pool and Billiards. Burdell- Cooper Cinco Distributors 752 Broad. Phone 23. SOIDIERS We Are Ready to Help You Fight the Cold. Note the following new arrivals: Sheep-lined Coats in all sizes $12.50 to $20.00 Overcoats, sizes 34 to 48 $32.50 to $50.00 French Coats, sizes 34 to 48 $27.50 to $40.00 Heavy weight Uniforms and Army Regulation Sweaters. MILITARY OUTFITTERS. Be : fs;hi*. ;■ W-v-". '.' x . WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC ? ( Ki-ro-prak-tik ) It Is Not Medicine; Not Surgery; Not Osteopathy. It is a scientific method of adjusting the cause of disease without drugs or instruments, based on a correct knowledge of anatomy, and especially the nervous system. The Chiro practic idea is that the cause of disease is in the person afflicted, and the adjustment in correcting the wrong that is producing it. The function of every organ in the body is con trolled by mental impulses from the brain, which it transmits through the nerves. Any impingement of these nerves interfering with the transmission of mental impulses results in an abnormal function called disease. This in terference is produced by subluxated verte- . brae pressing upon nerves as they pass out from the spinal cord. The trained Adjuster is able to locate the point of obstruction or in terference, and by means of adjusting the sub luxated vertebrae corrects the cause, and nor mal conditions, or health, is the result. Investigation costs nothing, and means health and happiness. LEONARD KNOWLES, D. C. CHIROPRACTOR Palmer School Graduate 320 LEONARD BLDG. HOURS—I:3O—S:3O. Page 11 i w Ww idSif I tarriCT 9L- /'W iL * v Cl V * i \ \ \ * \ ' c 1 IjT n 118 ll