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No Good Filing Is Ever Lost
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Brave Men and Women Live, Struggle, Die and Are Forgotten,
But No Good Thing Is Ever Lost.
Nothing good is EVER lost. The wisdom that rules this
universe forbids loss absolutely.
The scientists can prove to those intelligent enough to see
the truth that matter and force are indestructible. When you
burn a log of wood in your fireplace, you destroy the shape.
Yon do not destroy the wood. Not one atom of it is lost. The
moisture is changed into steam and goes up the chimney. And
that steam may be changed into the gases, oxygen and hydro
gen. of which water is made—but not an atom ceases to exist.
The carbon may go off in the form of gas. certain solid parts are
reduced to ashes—nothing is LOST. The matter changes from
one form to another and will exist entire—just as it was. If it
were possible to destroy the matter by burning, the earth would
Jtxng since have disappeared, for the bulk of wood and coal
burned through the ag-es would more than equal the bulk of the
world. Nothing is lost.
When you blow oirt a candle there is no loss—the light of
the flame and the heat of the flame still exist in another form
of energy.
When you strike your hands violently together, the force
that yon use in the blow is changed into heat as the hands
meett no particle of force is lost.
It Is probable that not a particle of matter or any force of
any kind was ever created or ever destroyed.
The universe is a great, endless, infinite combination with
out beginning and without end, indestructible.
Nothing in the physical world is ever destroyed.
Nothing in the world of the spirit is ever lost.
, The architects and the artists built a temple. It fell and
vanished. But its beauty and power still exist in the written
words that the temple inspired, and in the better thought hand
ed down to the generations that survived the temple’s fall.
A child is bom. eagerly awaited, warmly welcomed. It dies,
and the father and mother feel that the world has come to an
end. that nothing is worth while, 'rhe earth swallows the child's
body as it swallows the stones of the fallen temple. But noth
ing is lost.
The lovs of the parents for the child; the power and
beauty that have disappeared persist in another form. Kindness
to other children, sniypathy for unfortunate mothers, greater
devotion and care for the children that remain—those things
prove that the dead child did not live or die in vain.
Hospitals have been built, schools established, charities of
all kinds have been organized in memory of children that have
died too soon.
The child has disappeared, like the fallen temple. But the
beauty and the power exist in another form, as the flame and the
heat and the substance of the burnt-out fire still exist and still
do useful work elsewhere.
The real work of the world, the only work that counts, the
work in comparison with which that of all the “great men'’ is
nothing, IS THE WORK OF THOSE THAT ARE NEVER
HEARD OF. THOSE WHO TOO OFTEN BELIEVE THEY
LIVE IN VAIN.
No good thing is ever lost. Kindness to the poor, unselfish
demotion to children, justice and generosity to the weak—-these
are manifestations of the highest force in the universe, the force
of the spirit. And that force is indestructible; it lasts forever,
like the common forces—heat, light, electricity—that science tells
ns can not be destroyed.
Foolish are they that long for praise. That which is un
known and apparently forgotten is as important as the deed
most widely advertised.
The temples of Babylon and the first monuments of Greek
now entirely vanished, exist today and do their work to
day just as when the first stone of each was laid.
The slave who set fire to the great temple in order that his
name might be remembered burned the temple, but did not de
stroy it. 4
The religious vandals of the Middle Ages that burned the
magnificent works of the ancients, the wonderful books, the no
ble poems, believed falsely that they had destroyed the work of
Ihe writers. But they did not destroy it. It lives in the de
scendants of those that read the books. It lives in the civiliza
tion and the better thought of today
NO GOOD THING IS EVER LOST.
Remember that truth, the most important and encouraging
of all truths. Your life may not seem worth while, the sacri
fice that you make for others may not seem worth while. But
NO GOOD IIIING IS EX ER LOST. And he who does his dutv
contributes FOREVER to the sum total of that which is good
in the universe. _
Monkeys and Measles
Science is steadily robbing us ot some of the pastimes used
to think most amusing. Hereafter when we march to the zoo with
the little ones we will do well to remember that the frolicsome mon
key is a carrier of measles and that when infected he throws off
millions of germs every time he sneezes.
Next to the common drinking cup, our Simian friends may
have done a good deal to develop that uncomfortable disease But
we may still admire the giraffe and the polar bear’at close range
without bad effects.
Let us hope that science, having discovered the danger, will
quickly devise t>uuie means to render the monkey cage harmless.
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One Way to Reduce Living Cost
NO one knows much about the
Cost of Living who does
not keep strict account of
Income and Expense. Not a gen
eral account, but one that shows
exactly what is done with every
cent.
The great value of keeping ac
counts lies in the fact that it is
constantly jolting the bookkeeper.
Such items as cigars, 30 cents;
soda. 20 cents; hard drinks, 90
cents: moving picture shotvs, 70
cents, will look very different next
Saturday than they seem when we
put them down one at a time.
The fundamental cause of much
of the trouble about the Cost of
Living is Carelessness. Many of
us spend what money we have as
freely as we let water run from
the faucet in the kitchen sink. We
no more think of measuring our
money spent than we think of
measuring the water we wash with.
But the strict accounting for
money is one of the ways to for
tune in business.
Now, running a household is as
much of a business as any other.
Hence, it ought to run its
finances like a business.
As a rule, there is simply sub
lime ignorance on the part of hus
bands and wives as to where the
money has gone.
True, they may hold a mournful
wake over the remains, if there
are any. but that does not bring
the money back.
It dqes not require much time
or intelligence to keep a family ex
pense book. Day by day set down
all amounts expended and at the
emi of the week or month subtract
them from the Income.
Rut that is not tile end of the
operation.
To make a success of it. the man
and wife should sit down once a
wet k and plav Sherlock Holmes on
every item and account for its be
ing there.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1912.
By HAL COFFMAN.
By THOMAS TAPPER.
This does take time and intelli
gence.
But it leads to a great result,
j which is:
That gradually they begin to
question the necessity for spending
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even little sums that do not bring
in full value—that are not really
necessary.
And a second result soon fol
lows the first.
These accountants will begin to
see that they can actually admin
ister their home expenses Just as
if it were a business, AND THEN
THEY WILL WANT TO HAVE
IT PAY A PROFIT.
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Every man ami vv ife .should take
no end of trouble ami pains to
. put the family finances on a pay
ing basis.
The surplus the) ma.v be able
to set aside piottcts the family's
business in hard times; when thv
• wage earner is sick, or work is
slack, or other causes take more
money than regular expenses, al
low.
When the family business be
gins to show a surplus (and this
x
always comes from good manage
ment), it is time to apply other
business principles to the family’s
future.
First, that future should be in
sured as fully as possible, so that
if one of the partners dies, par
ticularly the husband, th\re is pro
tection for those remaining.
Second, every well-conducted
business sets aside annually—be
sides its insurance—an amwjnt of
casli to make a Reserve Fund.
This Reserve Fund is the health
of the business and protects it in
bad times.
Third, every business that pros
pers can afford to pay better sal
aries to its workers. When the
man and wife have the family
affairs moving smoothly and show
ing a profit, they are justified in
many little expenditures for per
sonal and family pleasure that
should not be thought of in the be
ginning.
It is a good rule to consider a
regular savings bank deposit as a
bill to be paid, and when it is paid,
TO FORGET ABOUT IT. Just
imagine that the money is gone and
that you can not get at it. Let
it alone to gather up interest—
momentum. Interest is a wonder
ful thing.
If you save One Hundred Dollars
this year, and invest it at five per
cent, your principal next year is
One Hundred and Five Dollars.
The following year it is One Hun
dred and Ten Dollars ami Twenty
five cents—and so on.
Don’t think it beneath your dig
nity to keep account!. It is as tine
a training for the mind and for
tune as cali-thenlc exercises are
for the body.
THE HOME PAPER
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Writes on
Rights of Birds i|Sli
Women, She Says, Should
Oiganize No-Bird Move
ment to Prevent Slaughter.
Written For The Atlanta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1912, by American-Journal-Examiner.
NOW, while the agitation ot
woman’s rights is going on,
let all women give a thought
to the rights of birds in God’s beau
tiful world.
The season for fall hats is here.
And here is a little extract from
some statistics given by Henry’
Salt, in his booklet, “Animals’
Rights,” published in London:
“One dealer in London is said to
hjive received as a single consign
ment 32,000 dead humming birds,
80,000 aquatic birds and 800,000
pairs of wings. A Parisian- dealer
had a contract for 40,000 birds, and
and an army of murderers were
turned out to supply the order. No
less than 40,000 terns have been
sent from Long Island in one sea
son for millinery purposes. At one
auction alone in London there were
sold 404,389 West Indian and Bra
zilian bird skins, and 356,389 East
Indian, besides thousands of pheas
ants and birds of paradise.
"The meaning of such statistics
is simply that the women of Eu
rope and America have given an
order for the ruthless extermina
tion of birds.
No Justification for
Such Destruction.
“It is not seriously contended In
any quarter that this wholesale de
struction, effected often in the most
revolting and heartless manner. Is
capable of excuse or justification:
yet the efforts of those who address
themselves to the better feelings of
the offenders appear to meet with
little or no success. The cause of
this failure must undoubtedly be
sought in the general lack of any
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clear conviction that animals have
rights; and the evil will never be
thoroughly remedied until not only
this particular abuse, but all such
abuses, and the prime source from
which such abuses originate, have
been subjected tp an impartial crit
icism. In saying this I do not, of
course, mean to imply that special
efforts should not be directed
against special cruelties. I have
already remarked that the main re
sponsibility for the daily murders
which fashionable millinery is In
stigating must lie at the door of
those who demand, rather than
those who supply, these hideous
and funereal ornaments. Unfor
tunately, the process, like that of
slaughtering cattle, is throughout
delegated to other hands than those
of the ultimate purchaser, so that
it is exceedingly difficult to bring
home a due sense of blood-guilti
ness to the right person.”
Let every woman who claims to
be more than a mere skeleton upon
which fine apparel is hung, every
woman who believes she has a
heart and a mind, pause and con-
FAULTS? I have fifteen hundred—
Some of them big. some small.
Thousands of times I have blundered.
Answering some strange call.
Thousands of times I’ve wondered
What is behind it all.
But once on a time I met a child
Who crept up into my arms and smiled.
Lies? I have told a million—
Some of them big, some small.
None ot these lies escaped the Eyes
That watch for Ihe sparrow’s fall.
My soul is seared by the wrong, the weird
the painted cheeks, and the brawl.
But om-e on a time I met a child .
Who crept up into m\ arms and smiled.
j. sider the enormity of the
against the feathered creatures of
earth which fashionable millinery
wages. And let her resolve to use
her feminine ingenuity and taste in
creating hats and bonnets for her
own use which do not require the
corpses of or feathers of dead birds
to make them beautiful.
There is no more grotesque sight
to behold than a woman’s club
luncheon where women, wearing
every manner of bird decoration on
their heads, meet together to dis
cuss the best ways of bringing
kindness into the world and lessen
ing cruelty.
Decrease of Birds Means
Increase of Insects.
Besides the cruel aspect of this
question (subject, rather, since it
1s no question), there is the ap
palling FACT that the decrease of
birds means the increase of in
sects and moths, and the conse
quent destraction of fruits, grains,
vegetables and trees.
From an industrial, as well as a
humane point of view, women
should organize a no-bird millinery
movement.
Beautiful creations In headgear
are fashioned out of ribbons, lace,
ferns, flowers and jet.
Analyzed, the idea of carrying a
dead bird or anything which means
the destruction of life on the head
is monstrous, inartistic and sense
less.
The wearing of furs can be de
fended by the argument that wild
animals would soon own the earth
if not destroyed; and that human
beings need their skins to keep
them from the cold.
But no such argument can be
offered in excuse by the women
who cause birds to be slaughtered
by the millions for their use in
head decorations.
Shame Women Who Wear
Dead Birds on Hats,
Tell the milliner, dear lady, to
fashion you the most exquisite hat
possible out of nature's and art’s
inanimate articles.'
Suggest ideas to her. and en
deavor to produce something which
shall be so beautiful it puts to
shame the miniature butcher shops
which other women sport.
Talk this subject to your friends,
and to your enemies, and make it
familiar to the minds of all
women.
Refuse to belong- to a club that
does not consider this question one
of importance to the progress of
woman.
Make the women who attend
your church ashamed of wearing
dead birds. Refuse to believe in
their religion until they cease to
aid the cause of Murderous MilH
v nery.
A Memory
By William F. Kirk.
