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Highland Park News-Letter (1904), 26 May 1906, p. 2

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Highland Park News-Letter Sheridan Road Publishing Company ' RALPH 1. LEE. Manager ' Subscription Price 31.50 a Year. 5 Cum due Copy The Memorlll my 0! the veteran it slowly pus. ing anm 'The long malts of bright uniformed veterans th ut years £30 swung madly put in the Memorial D uy parades is now but: thin line of faded hlue marching into the shudow of the Night. ‘ The old Memorial Day was consacnted by soldier! Pubfishpd evéry Sunday at Highhnd Pal. llfiooii By the " to the. memory of companions 'fnllen in battle or deed in the prisons of the South. The day wu then the soldiers‘ dny’. But now, after the helm of time has cured the wounds of the Great War, Memorial Day husbe' come the patriotic object. lesson of the younger- generation. In the schools the day in set apart with speciel exercises teaching of the patriotism end loyalty of those men of ‘01,“ an inspiration and an example. But should it not have a larger eigniflcanoe? Petriotiem end loyelty. hove primarily, the nine manning, yet in the common interpretation. petriotism end wer are associated thoughts. while loyslty suggests more of the civic virtues of every day life; ' But‘in the truést sense. both words we indie-a: tive of a true and steadfast faith and love for the thing of which one is a. part the country. the home. the school the church the businesq and the civic life. This is the true patriotism. And the lesson of true patriotism ~shonld be taught more generally thun it is. ’ A Dutchman in one of Kipling: stories hasa favorite monkey which seemed eternally full of aches and pains, jabbering and moaning over them6 night. and day. At last the desperate Dutchman draped a rug around the cage, remarking “You ha! too much ego in your cosmos.’ . This remark might well be applyedâ€"mentally, at any rateâ€"to many persons of both sexes. Ego- tism is a prevalent characteristic of human kind All persons are egotists in greater or lesser degree And there 'is no question but that a love of self. within due bounds, is an invaluable possession. The world is apt to take one at one’s own valua- tion, and it is a belief in oue’s own abilitylthat alone brings success. The true lover of self studies himself that he may develop self respect and char- acter, for it is only through these that he may gain the respect of others. Entered at 11.; Put (mice. Highland Park. 111., on «cam! clan mutter. ‘ But there seems to be a grdwing tendency to the extreme of egotiem. Self is the keynote of this commercial age. The extreme egotis't in con- tinneliy calling nttention to his own meritorious “Hopeâ€"blowing his own horn. Tfirough policy ‘be metful worshiper of self conceal: his instincts. uni assumes. for a time, an enthunium in outelde interests that he does not feel. But an surely a the sun fines and ecu-the nntunl iqnpuleel will come to the surface, and" expoee the poueuor to the contempt or oommlaerution of those nronnd The New Mcmofial Day. SATURDAY MAY 26m, 1906 Egotism: An Affliction HIGHLAND PARX'NEWS-LETTEI . And I: the old. the «an: poys [by penaltyâ€"c huvy one. I! be 1n- the power fl") wound. he changes lriendl; and if he merely succeeds in unkind Mum-u ridiculous they either uom him. or, perhaps make him. undenund n.1eugththat he bu ov‘ouenimtod his own import-nee. Ho kn But they I" lend to the same Inevitable andâ€"- loneliness. misunderstanding. neglectâ€"n tremen- dous punishment. Yet none too amt. when it. [I considered that. in most. cases be In! had opportu- nity to retrace his steps the ”lacuna 0! many routes, dependant upon his own chuneteflsti’cs. ' Dr. '~lugs'iln i’s urgnnixing anothotfl fin; X91“ 8 trip to Tnllshonu. Tennessee. to attend thuflnequo given {or the new sealers. which. we nnhcrlund, number: into the hundreds. who have 19“ there the put. two yetn 1mm Indianapllli ,l, Miohigun and Ohio. ‘ ' ' ' Tullnhomn is Ill idenl summer renort, sun rounded by numerous mineral spring; nnd hemati- ful stream: 0! water. and waterfnlls, the tltitnde being 1070 feet, and not. far from the Cumberland Mounuins. The train leaves at 6 45 p. In. Tuesday, July 8rd end “rive: 10.55 next morning. Return the morn- ing of the 6th if desired. A ”The fare is 815.60 found trip. Those flesh-in; bit-thy, reserved tickets. should apply at once so u to (void confusion and delny. , Just Like Him Jacob A. Riis, 't'he sociologiét. in a recent address to o workingmen’s club, praised generosity. “I. see ; handful ofâ€" children here," he said. “Mdy they grow up generous. May none of them grow up into Such a man as an old banker‘whom I know. . , fi‘fle is a. nillionarg, and he lives in a palace. but. his heart. is as hard as steel and as cold as ice. “One of his men completed..the other day, his r wenty-flfth year of service. For twenty-five years this honest. man had worked for the banker faith- fully. .He and his chief were both poor at theiih‘e- ginning, but where, in the quarter century, the banken had accumulated millions. the faithful, middle-aged bookkeeper had only saved a gew hun- dreds. His Salary, yon see, was only 8'25 (week. ' “He didn’t. {hihk' the banker would remember the wenty-flfth anniversary of his engagement. but. the-old man did. That morning he handed the bookkeeper a sealedrenve'lope. " ‘Ggorge.’ he said, ‘today ends the twentyflfth year of’ your work for me, and you have worked steadily and well. In this envelope“is a memento for the occasion.’ - “The bookkeeper opened the enveiope. tremb- ling and eager. Within lay hi: employer’s photo- graph. That was all. . In the {ace of a disapointment no bitter the poor fellow could s'ay nothlng. .- “Well,' asked the Quaker, “what do you think of it?’ : “ ‘It’s just liquou,’ said the bookkeeper simp- 1yâ€"N. ,Y. Observe'r, 9â€"14 ’05. ‘ The telephone is the most democratic of instru- ments. It. saved money for the millionaire, the lewyer, the merchant, ehe lehorer or the nether- women. Many people do not. yet. under-tend thet it neve- more then lie eoet. Chleego Telephone Cem- To Tullahoma, Tgnflgq A Democratic Instrument Mr. nnd Mn. Beoor Cnnninghnm hnving renmd their house here nnd nre you); to spend the sum- ,_ III in the rut They '11in nuke the did in their Snuggle.- he mm: Hindu” nigh hool defeated the cadets on Wednesdny Afternoon by a. more of 1: to a. McKinley put up 3 fine game and stands n good chance of winning the chunpionship in the southern lengue. Mr. crime. Remove I. «in m with poem» nit. Mr. John O'Connor of Chléugo span a law any- thh week with Midnight". In. John Pufly. A number of High‘uud Purk hum went to Winnofln on Than-Mk, ngtgrnoon to “and an in- tormul guthering given by In. 'Dmmu P. Enns. Mn spun has ramped from her trip abrogd. Mrs. Underwobd who was tnvellng with her on the “he! side. expects to stay over then for the The Calico. Hop givenvlpyllxe Le'dy Foresters on Tuesday evening was s great success. Though not us well attended to was hoped for ell of thOse pre- sent enjoyed themselves to the utmost. The Bighlnnd Park ladies held 3 meeting at the home of Mrs. ”Frank MgMnllen on Thuedny am" noon to decide upon on commitment to be given, for the benefit of God’s Hill. They no plnnning to hue something different from the County Fair. which bu been given for the put two yoga, ' HIGHL Ami PAIéK First. Church of Christ. Scientist. Eml evenee near St. Johns. Service Sundey 10:95 5. d1. ' Wed- nesday 8 p. m.. Reading room in church open Wid- neadaye and (lg‘fldeyshom fun p. :11. Lemon new ject Sunday May 27th: God the only Cause and Creator. ~ . ' ' z The Illinois Press Association will hold its For- ty First. Annual Session at the Lexington Hate)... Chicago, June 6th, 7th and 8th. this year. An in- tersiin program has been arranged and it is be- livedi e meeting will be more largely ethendetl than ever before A trip into the great Northwest. ‘ is contemplated' in July or August. At. the meeting I. in June the members will be the guests of the White City Wednesduy night, also at the Illinots and Powers theaters Thursday night. A twin birthday party ”was given in honor of Marvin and Marion, the thréé-years-old twins of Mr. a_nd Mrs. William Witter: on Monduy, ng, 21“. Among the guests were five pairs of twlns, Lulu and Lela. Dltmer, Lillian and Lloyd Brunt, Gregory and George‘ Ervett, Arthur and Ruth Booth, and Gregory and Kath Shoshen. The guests sat down at a. table trimed with green,and partook' of a. twin birthday cake decorated with pink and blue candles. After supper the guests all had their picture taken on the lawn. The mm twins were the recipients 0! many buntifull presents. Proteasor George B. Footer of Chicago Univerni- ty will preoch M. the First Buptist Church on next Sunday morning at. 10.45. Professor Foster’s Incest bgk:v“Finslit; in Rellgon“ has nth-red the entire theological world 3nd it will be 3 rue oportnnity to hear him. - Evening service at 7. 45. B. Y P. U. utvo'olook. All no welcome. Begum-0e. Even wallet-women hue telephone. in their homes. Why? They know in “waning, In mne- nying vilne. And the coat in but. 5 tow cent. each day. Ask the Hunger for nut. Chicago Tele- phono Conway. . First Baptist Church 30th Rich md Poor Bum her 3‘1 in: h dung: Luth oveni dua‘ Beul orde the 1 men‘ The of d' and hen day 375'] wai uue que ligl Maj ne; We

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