Rural School Lkaflet. 



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FIRESIDE TALKS 



"Bui a sii^hl sae dclightj ul I trow I ne'er spied 

 As the bonnie blythe blink o' my ain fireside." 



Tlie Road to Happy, Useful Lives 



Boys and girls of the right spirit have a desire to do right things 

 and to be heroes and heroines. There never was a hero, I think, who 

 did not begin young to sacrifice some things he wanted to do for some 

 of the things he ought to do. We cannot be dishonest, untruthful, and 

 lazy for eighteen years of our lives and then all at once be honest and 

 truthful and energetic and noble. If the boys and girls who belong to 

 us now will each month make effort to grow stronger in some one thing 

 that counts for a great manhood and a great womanhood they will be 

 making the start that will probably count for heroic deeds in the 

 future. 



This month let us think about being honest for honesty means so 

 much. I wish you would ask your teacher to read aloud to you the 

 life of Abraham Lincoln, who, you know, was called " Honest Abe." 

 U helps boys and girls very much to learn of someone who has gone 

 ahead heroically and done the things that he believed right no matter 

 how hard they were. 



V^n' this month and the next month and all the coming months make 

 a real struggle to be honest in all that you do. Play every game straight. 

 It does not matter if someone should beat you in any sport. Take 



