Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1913 — POLITENESS OF VALUE [ARTICLE]

POLITENESS OF VALUE

IS CONSTANT* HELP AND BENEFIT TO OTHERS. No Greater Good In This World Tha» Love, Kindnoke and the Consideration of Others In the Home. Politeness that Is bred in the bone and is In constant use creates in the character a resemblance to a flower whose beauty and perfume pervades the atmosphere in which it develops, and is a constant help and benefit to others. I Suppose there is no greater good in this world than love, kindness, and the consideration of others in the home. Boys in a family where there are no girls, owe It to their mother to help her with the heavy housework. There is nothing degrading in pushing a washing machine or turning a wringer, but on the contrary it is honorable service. Any boy who will let his mother do any heavy work that can be done by him is making a wrong start In life and h> laying up trouble for somebody’s daughter when he marries her. Most of us take life too seriously and fail to see the bright and beautiful side of things as we plod along with our daily work. Cheerfulness and the ability to be happy and make those around us happy are not Divine gifts, but simple heart growths that can be cultivated at the same time we cultivate corn and the flowers. Thpy are crops that pay 1,000 per cent. The most beautiful thing in the world is a wholesome, sweet-tempered girl, whose r cardinal points are unselffishness, clealiness, neatness and poU-t-nesB —whose natural lovableness is so ifresistible that people swarm around her like bees around a honeysuckle. She is a tonic tp the ill .And unfortunate. She is the embodiment of joy, and her friends are legion. This girl is the one who helps her mother —who sings at her work-—who caresses and cheera her father, looking after his comfort —who works Instinctively and quietly without ostentation. She thinks her people are the finest people in the world and they adore her as she deserves. —Julie Gordon.