BRASS TACKS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12095, 12 March 1910, Page 2 (Supplement)

BRASS TACKS.

Brass tacks are of and for to-day. Yesterday is gone. We cannot change Avhat happened then. Our ' concern is to Ha^c each day m act and thought and Avords so Aye may have peaoo and happiness as we go along the road. We say a great deal about to-day, and we do it purposely; and for. fear some of our friends may get a. Avrong tAvist on this to-day business, avo will make the point clear. Wo do: not mean "Eat, drink, and be merry, for to-morrow ye die." That, isn't our understanding of the to-day idea. ,

We know that the kind word, the helping- hand, 'gentleness, and doing good bring, jpy v * „We know you can't change a,riy ac".. of yesterday., We may not be here to-morrow. Wo are here to-day, and the time to do things is now. We have problems and tasks which i we can finish to-dajt Yes, indeed 1 But if we get husy and tackle one thing at a time, and. get .that dowii and hogT tied, -we can tackle tlie next thriig ; iind one tiling at a time well done- eats into tli© pile of things waiting far; us to do. -\Tho ox team moves siowly. Bint ox teams , took the '49er from the Mississippi ti> the Pacific! ' Each day s the oxen did their best. Each day was a link m ; a mighty long chain. Each day was progress. . , * ,If wo -spent to-day m. struggle arid ariibition 'and selfishness avo have spoiled it; arid it passes' into a yesterday, tlie looking back to \v hich giA-es >us no pleasure. - . • ..,.. ' . The man , of A 0 .regrets he cannot- do or enjoy i^he things he did at 20, and most men; Av6i\ry over*, this. ;* There are pleasures and occupations and : duties- for each, day of our lives,. and .. ,Aye : must do things to-day Avhich' aro of "to-day. 7 „ "Malicious inuendo and ridicule ai'o cowards' AA r eapons. •When a youth is 18 he is m lo\'e Avith a girl of 36, When he's 36 his eyes are ori. the _irl 'of 18. A ,Avbrtian tells fairy stories to her children to quiet them. A man tells •fairy stories to his Avife- for tlie same reason. ,* * ' . Sjtariy , /women cling, to ...their. SAveet- ; heart's neck, but after marriage they perambulate oi} tlie aforesaid neck. ' We know a man who Avorked his Avay* fl'Om poverty to riches and lived to a good, . happy <■ old age, < and he ahvays minded r his own business. — Chicago Blade. * ' 77