Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1910 — FROM THE BOOK OF BILDAD [ARTICLE]

FROM THE BOOK OF BILDAD

The humor of a woman lies not so much in the tales she tells, my lad, as in the way in which she tells them unto thee. Love laughs at locksmiths, oh, my son, because, being blind, he has nd use for keyholes. When thou at last hast won the Only One, my boy, heed not the cynic’s jeers, for two hearts that beat as one beat all. In building character avoid veneer and let thy mortar be well mixed of equal parts of high resolve and virtue. A poet hath said that a drop of ink may make a million think, but more often doth it prove the incapacity for thought of him who uses it. Restitution does not always cure a wrong. Eve brought the world about our ears when she gave the apple unto Adam, and in another age, when Paris gave it back to Venus, war broke out again. It is probably true, as the sage hath said, that “Love wil find a weigh.” The scale is oftenest found upon some lover’s knee while he is making experiments to ascertain if he can support the lady of his choice.—Judge.