Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 64, Number 41, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 February 1922 — Page 7

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semi-: influi:ncj:s IN TJir.Mi; .lays of doing big thins-, which cannot 1 done properly without putting' Into thorn the hardest kind of work, accompanied with undeVlatlng concentration of thought, there Is n disposition anions certain classes of employes to allmv disturbing Influences to hellt tic their elliciency. Trifling as these retarding breaks may fceeni to the young man or wmin" who Is inclined to entertain them, if not overcome, they soon become formidable barriers in blocking the way to progress. The thoughts of last night's rollicking play or gay dances, as they come trooping before you in the morning when you take y'our pJace at your desk, may unfit you for the day's work. Under their influence your mind wanders, eludes control ami places you at a positive disadvantage with the man or woman who is able to think Uncommon Sense By JOHN BLAKE .......... .... vMv SLOGAN OF FAILURE (JF I had gone after that contract I would have landed It," said the manager of a business linn to one of libs subordinates, who had returned empty-handed from a business trip. "Sure you would," said the subordinate, cheerfully, ami If I had your brains instead of you, I'd be sitting in your chair, and you would he out gulling boners on the road." The foregoing is typical of a conversation which, In some form or other, takes place in every business institution of importance on an average of twenty times u week. It may be that the bosses are overconfident in their own ability and over severe on the men under them. But the excuse beginning "If I had your brains," which bosses and employers hear till they weary of it, is the most inexcusable excuse that there Is In existence. The man who admits that he has not the brains to succeed will, of a certainty, never succeed. The man who is convinced that he can never do as well as the boss does has stopped trying, and when a man stops trying he begins to slide back down the hill. Of all the futile unprofitable employments, that of envying another man's brains Is the worst. An employer who hires a man for a position of trust and responsibility has the right to expect him to do what he Is told to do, and to act, when out of the ollice, as the employer would act. If he fails, he fails. Nobody can expoet H" per cent performance. Hut he at least should not make the excuse that he has failed hecause lie lacked the energy, the intelligence and the resourcefulness to succeed. The employer who spoke the words

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v: "The prrof of the pinltlini; is in tile tatlnr." FAMILY DESSERTS TAPIOCA is a desert that may he u-ed in many combinat'ons ami is always a wholesome dessert fr children. Peach Tapioca. Drain a can of peaches from the liquor or Juice, usin a pint of the fruit if heme aimed; sprinkle the peaehes with one-third of a cupful of powdered sugar ami let stand an hour: siak 'iie cupful of tapioea ne hour In cold water to cover, add enough f the peach yrup t4 make thre cupfuls. heal to the hoilinz pint ; add tapitva drained from the cold water, twtvthhds of a cupful 'f sugar and one-half of a leasptwinful of salt; ctok ot ht ater until the tapioca Is clear. Line a pudding dish with the quartered peaches, turn In the tapioca and bake slowly in a moderate oven for minutes. Serve hot or cold with ream. Cracker Custard Pudding. Soak three-fourths of a cupful of cracker crumbs in one quart of scalded rilik ; cool. add. one-third of a cupful of sugar, one-fourth of a cupful of butter, two eggs slightly beaten, one-half teaspoonful of vanilla and the same of lemon, with salt to taste. I'.uke slowly one hour in a moderate oven, spread with a meringue, return to the oven and hrown delicately; serve with vanilla sauce. Coffee Jelly With Cream. Soak two tahlespoonfuls of gelatin In one-half upful of cold water one-

clearly and make every stroke count. Columns of figures refuse to prove themselves; words are misspelled; bands tremble and nerves tingle. In your dismay you wonder what has cine over your usual placidity. At the next desk is a worker twice as much In earnest and not one-quarter so flurried. This timidity of yours Is proof of the presence of disturbing influences, which are digging pitfalls about your feet and leading you blindfolded to the brink. The very flexibility and ease with which this is done, fail to arouse your suspicion until in some way or another you sense that you are standing on a precarious base. In imminent danger of toppling over. And thousands of others like you. through disturbing influences, are standing helpless at the brink, disconcerted and miserable. Yesterday you and they were certain of the future. Today everything is in doubt, simply because of the lack of sufficient will-power to drive frivolous thoughts from the mind and to step down on the solhl ground of common sense. And these same disturbing influences have been fooling with mankind since the foundation of the world! (Copyright.)

SCHOOL L3rc Vou Jim Tfut 71 otx irZ' an U V,U5 0 we quoted above used to be an employee himself. He made failures, of course, but he never excused them. When he was "called" for these failures he resolved not to make them again and sometimes to show the boss that Jie had as many bruins as the average employee. That Is how he got where he is, which is at the head of one of the most important concerns in America. (Copyright.) half hour, dissolve in one cupful of boiling water, strain and add two cupfuls of clear coffee, one-third of a cupful of sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Turn into a ring mould, chill, unmould on a serving dish, fill the center with sweetened whipped cream, flavored with vanilla. Cejyr!Kht. 1922, Weftorn NfwMfor L'nton. o The Friendly Path I By WALTER I. ROBINSON J NO ONi: IS PKKFKCT T I' MK' ate so wicked with rej ligion. what would they be without it'.'" ThoM who are s free with criticism of what rcJigious organizations are trying to do are seldom found helping w hole-hi-artodly in making their work more effetive. It always is much easier to find fault than to offer helpful advice. In ielii;ious work or anythim: else of consequence there an' always certain to be those who devote most of their time to criticising. In consequence, by fault-tinding, without commendation or pointing the way to overcome the things to which exceptions are taken, the natura! tendency is to disrupt, weaken and frequently destroy much of the good thut otherwise would make the world better and its people more happy. Let those who are so free with their criticism of religious activities keep the lesson of the proverb that they'll get hi"re joy every

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. THE FINGER NAILS AS A general rule, when the. nails fire short, it is a sign of sharpness and quickness of intellect and the ability to learn easily. These indications must be continued, of course, by a study of the line of the head, which must he good; that is, clear and strong. If the line of Apollo, which runs up into the finger of Apollo, the third finger, is als good, the. short nails mean wit, and in some cases irony. J "Short-nailed subjects make the best Journalists, by reason of their loe of criticism and their readiness to engage in any dispute or contention," says Heron-Allen, a well known writer on palmistry. He holds also that in a good-natured and happy hand, or in a lazy hand, short nails denote u spirit of mockery and of good-humored sarcasm, frivolity, criticism and contradiction. Of course, it must be understood that by "short nails" are meant those that are short from base to tip, not those that are shortened by the nervous habit of biting them. The latter is an indication of nervousness, melancholy, and worry, especially if the finger tips are spatulated. (Copyright.) DAYS ctke's tWU t't o. fnO 'JT 3 Hi I day, because they'll see some good even among the bad conditions they claim to deplore. Those who become disheartened in doing good, because of the constant fault-finding, need a new estimate of the importance of the work in which they are engaged. Instead of being sensitive of criticism, it would be much more to their credit if they accepted fault-finding as something to he expected; then their efforts would likely be more effective in accomplishing the amount of good they set out to do. On the whole, the influence of religious work, even though slow and disappointing at times, is responsible for the high moral code under which virtually all the civilized world ! operates. There may be evasions of j the true course which is generally acj ceptod as the pathway everyone should ' tread. Hut, nevertheless, as a rule people don't side-step very often without experiencing a pang of regret and without lowering their estimates of themselves. It Is always disanointing when those who teach others stray from the proper course themselves. Hut, it is well to remember that no one is perfeet. (Copyright.) o South African Locust Plague. Locusts in immense swarms which covered the permanent way and nrought the engine to a standstill held tip a train on the Oroaff Iteinet line. South Africa, for two hours. Tassciigers ;ind ol!i( ials. hy sweeping steadily with improvised brooms for two hours, continued partially to char the iine to mUow i ho journey being res'iuied. The insects were a couple of f e; Jeep in places. OW CHEERFUL CHERUB lika TYt-tlOrS ryvs-ke me sick; TkeyVe, eotitict-l. I rrYkes tkem "tkirvK t Kpa rvAc. t rirtrvh To 5t our world in svcKmesv a S

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i e i. s(Sv .V KS X4& kr'. REAL WASHINGTON INTENSELY HUMAN BY NO MEANS THE DEMIGOD HE HAS BEEN DEPICTED. Admittedly of Violent Temper, but With Strong Powers of Self-Con-trol Naturally Melancholy. The Father of His Country would hnrdly have fancied himself in the role of a demigod as folks nowadays are disposed to regard him. He was very human. When a young man. his hair was decidedly red. At the nge of fifty he was quite gray, and on occasions of ceremony his locks (done up in a queue) were freely powdered, as was the custom of the day. His teeth from early manhood gave him a great deal of trouble. They were, in fact, badly decayeddentistry at that period being an undeveloped art and tlds circumstance rather marred bis good looks when he smiled or laughed. He was also considerably pockmarked, having suffered an attack of smallpox at nineteen years of age. while in Barbados with his invalid brother. Those were days when most people had smallpox sooner or later, vaccination being as yet untbougbt of. At fifty-seven (when inaugurated as President in New York), he had lost nearly all of his teeth. He then wore a false set of hippopotamus ivory, which made him very uncomfortable. In sitting for his most famous portrait, painted hy Gilbert Stuart, his lips were padded out with a wad of cotton. He seems to have had little sense of humor, and unquestionably was of a most melancholy temperament. The dinners he gave In New York were described by his guests as dull affairs. As a rule, he sat silent, rather sad of visage, and taking little part in the conversation. While others talked, he would keep tap-tapping on the tableedge with fork or spoon a curious habit he had. He had a pronounced weakness for '.rambling though always held in ( heck by a reluctance to commit himself imprudently. A horn speculator, he was constantly engaged in land deals. He subscribed to every lottery and raflle that came alon, and would spend many hours at a stretch with a pack of cards, though usually a loser. To attend and bet on a horse race, he often went to Annapolis, or even as far as Philadelphia. Spelling was by no means his forte. To the end of his life he wrote "winder" for window, "latten" for Latin, etc. Nor is this surprising, inasmuch as his education was finished in a village school. The style of his penmanship, so neat and clear, followed the iiMt. -IHilll.(tilil'tliliiMii ittttMHf t ! tlt. ! H n Honor of Ir l I M 7 Sons of the Revolution, Walking U iVashington. Members of This Patri rinn1. Resting Place, and Paid Tribute

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