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No Good Thing 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 EV EK lost. The wisdom that rules this
universe forbids loss absolutely.
Th? scientists can prove Io 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.
You 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
om? form to another and will exist entire—just as it was. If it
were possible to destroy the matter hv burning, the earth would
long since have disappeared, for the hulk of wood and coal
Horned through the ages would more than equal the bulk of the
world. Nothing is lost.
When you blow out 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 you use in the blow is changed into heat as the hands
meet; 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
mt beginning and without end. indestructible.
Nothing in the physical world is ever destroyed.
t Nothing in the world of the spirit is ever lost.
The architects and the artists built a temple. It fell and
vanished. Rut its beaut\ 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 born, eagerly awaited, warmly welcomed. It dies,
and the father and mother feci that the world has come to an
end. that nothing is worth while. The earth swallows the child’s
body as it swallows the stones of the fallen temple. But noth
ing is lost.
The love of the parents for the child: the power and
beauty that have disappeared persist in another form. Kindness
to other children, smypathy 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 1 ’ 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 popr. unselfish
devotion 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
us 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
beauty, 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 tire to the great temple in order that his
name might be remembered burned the temple, but did not de
stroy it.
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
the writers. But they did not destroy it. li lives in the de
scendants of those that read the books It lives in the eiviliza
tion and the better thought of today
NO GOOD THING IS EVER LOST
Remember that truth, the most important and encouraging
of al! truths. Your life may not seem worth while, the sacri
fice that you make for others max not seem worth while. Rut
NO GOOD THING IS EVER LOST. Ami he who does his duty
contributes FOREVER to the sum tot JI of that which is good
in the universe.
Monkeys and Measles
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Science is steadily sobbing us of some of th' 1 pastimes we 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 eup. <>ur Simian friends max
have dour a good deal to develop that uncomfortable disease But
we may still admire the giraffe ami the polar bear al close range
u it bout bad effects
Lot us hope thi'il science, having diseox<-ii-d tin danger, will
uuu'kh devise -owe ui*'uu*' l<» ioido the iu<»ui.< x eug, haruiics. |
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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 witli 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 shows. 70
cents, will look very different next
Saturday than they seem when we
put them down one at a time.
Tile fundamental cause of much
of the trouble about the Cost of
Lixing 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 s 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
arc any, but that does not bring
the money back
It docs not require much time
or intelligence to keep a family < x
ponsc book. Ila) by day set down
all amounts expended and at the
end of th> week or month subtract
them from the Income
But that is not the end of the
operation.
To make a suet ess of It. the man
and wife should »ll down one. a
week and play Mln-rloek Hollies on
iliii item ami accailini 10l It be
ing iln r<.
ERO)AY, OCTOBER IL 1912.
By THOMAS TAPPER.
• This docs take time and intelli
gence.
But it leads to a great result,
whieli is:
That gradually they begin to
question the necessity lor spending
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even little sums that do nut bring
in full value —that are nut really
necessarj .
And a second result soon fol
lows the first.
These accountants «ill begin to
see that they can actually admin
ister thou home expenses just as
• f it w< r« a business ANI> THEN
THEY WILL WANT TO HAVE
IT PAY \ PlloEH
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livtit man ami wife should take
no end <>l trouble ami pains to
put tin family tirmm < s on u |-oy -
mg bari-
Tlio surplus tin' mt v be able
Io st i » ah pion els Hie luillll} >
I'i.im in ituid mm Alien Hie
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
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, there is pro
tection for those remaining.
Second, every well-conducted
business sets aside annually—be
sides its insurance—an amount of
cash 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 mining smoothly and show
ing a profit, they are justified in
iniinj 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 i«u save One Hundred Dollars
thi- year, and invent it at five per
• nt. your principal next year is
one Hundred and Five Dollars.
Tin following year it is one Hun
dred and Ten - Dollaia and Twenty
tlve cents —and so on
Don't think it beneath your dig
nil) to keep accounts It i» as fitn
a tialning for tin mind and fm
' <" ' i llielili • t > I-< ,<|,
I to, m< body.
nTHE HOME PAPER
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Writes on
Rights of Birds
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Women, She Says, Should
Organize No-Bird Move
ment to Prevent Slaughter.
Written For The Atlanta Georgian
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Copyright, 1912, by Ajuerican-Joumal-Exaraiaer.
NOW, while the agitation of
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
have 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
clear conviction that animals have
lights; 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 to 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 titan a mere skeleton upon
wnieh tine apparel is hung, every
woman who believes she has a
heart and a mind, pause and con-
:: A Memory I
By William F. Kirk.
, AULTS? I have fifteen hundred
* Some of them big, some small,
Thousands of times I have blundered. ■
Answering some si range call. B
II housands of times_l've wondered
What is behind it all. H
Hut once on a time I met a t'hild ■
Who crept up into nn and smiled H
Lies" I have told a million - H
Some ot them big, some small. H|
None ot these lies escaped the Eyes
I hat watch for the sparrow's fall.
My soul is seared by the wrong, the weird - B
Ihe painted cheeks, and the brawl. B
But once' mi a tune I met a child B
W ho cr< pi tip into my arms mid smiled
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. sider the enormity of the crime
against the feathered creatures of
earth which fashionable millimn
wages. And let her resolve to u r
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 chin
luncheon where women, wearing
every manner of bird decoration mt
their heads, meet together to dis
euss 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 thi,
question (subject, rather, -since it
is no question), there is the ap
palling hACt that the decrease of
birds means the Increase of in
sects and moths, and the cons,
quent destruction of fruits, grain
vegetables and trees.
From an industrial, as well as t
humane point of view, women
should organize a no-bird millinery
movement.
Beautiful creations in headg-ar
are fashioned out of ribbons, i,,. ,
ferns, flowers and jet.
Analyzed, the idea of carrying a
dead bird or anything which mean* I
the destruction of life on the head I
is monstrous, inartistic and sen.-, -
less. I
The wearing of furs can be de- I
fended by the argument that , r I
animals would soon own the eart. I
if not destroyed; and that human I
beings need their skins to ke-m. I
them from the cold. I
But no such argument can !-■ I
offered in excuse by the women I
who cause birds to be slaughtered I
by the millions for their use in I
head decorations. I
Shame Women Who Wear
Dead Birds on Hats.
Tell the milliner, dear lady tn I
fashion you the most exquisite im! I
possible out of nature's and .ir ■' I
inanimate articles. ■
Suggest ideas to her. and I
deavor to produce something wm- 'n B
shall be so beautiful it puts m B
shame the miniature butcher sem ■ ■
which other women spurt. H
Talk this subject to your friend'. ■
and to your enemies, and m,iL H
familiar to the minds of ■
women. ■
Refuse to belong to a club 'i H
does not consider tills questini: ■
of importance to tlie progie-s M
woman. ■
Make the women who M
your church ashamed of w, - H
dead birds. Refuse to boii'. > ■ M
their religion until they ■> H
aid the cause of Murderous M ■
nery. M