Safed and the Horseshoe Over the Garage

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 155, 27 March 1926, Page 15

Safed and the Horseshoe Over the Garage

t _ OW there was a man who builded an house for his Automobile, and he fain would place above the door a symbol of Good Luck. , And he found the Shoe of an Horse, and he nailed it above the door of that Temple dedicated to the worship of speed. “And it came to pass that I and Keturah we went that

way. “And I said, Behold that horseshoe above,the door of the Garage. “And when Keturah beheld it she smiled. “And she said, That man may have the Right Idea of what will bring

him Good .mck. “And I said, It is even so. He may yet have to call for the aid of some farmer’s horse to bring his Motor Car back to the Garage. , “And Keturah said, An horse may be a vain thing for safety, even as the Psalmist declared, but it is a good reliance when the Motor breaketh down. “And I said unto her, Men do not easily rid themselves of bondage to the past. When they no longer drive an horse, they still will not choose their emblem of Good Luck from the Iron Thing they drive, but from the shoe of the Beast they have turned out to grass. Even so did Saul, the first King of Israel, despise Samuel while he was alive, and seek to call up his ghost after he was dead. For ideas that once have ruled the minds of men give way but slowly to new thoughts and ideals, and then leave Vestiges of their cowmuity, and ths?

dead hands of Institutions-that have given way to other things better or worse still exercise their influence on. Human Conduct, and the great men of the past, and some others as well, still Rule us from their Urns. “And Keturah said, Thou and I, my lord, are very nearly free from superstition, and we put not our trust in Horseshoes and such like. Neither do we fear things numbered Thirteen nor remember not to do-things on Friday. “And I said, It is even so, and I do not take too seriously other people’s fondness for old wives’ fables and the symbols' thereof. If any man careth for an Horseshoe over the Barn Door, I sec no objection to it. But for a Garage, I think that I should prefer something at least as up to date as the automobile. } “And Keturah said, What symbol wouldest thou prefer for Good Luck above the door of the Garage? “And I said, As I own no Garage I will select no Symbol for it. But this I would desire, that my Good Luck Sign be as nearly up to date as my means of transportation. “And Keturah said, Yea, and they may have the Motor Cars. But I enjoy the rides they give to us. ' “And so do I. “But if I sought a Symbol, it would be the Wings of-an Airplane, or the Motor of a Blimp. For I would choose my Ideals from things that belong to the Future.”