HARDWOOD RECORD 



15 



Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent. 



Life is full ol small relations, 



Little worries, little nibs. 

 (Unexpected aggravations, 



Petty set-backs, sneers and snub*. 

 If you mean to lei 'em tret you, 



Hankie iiml' tim i h your hide. 

 Soon an rarly grave will get you 



Let 'em slide. 



Here's the "Best Way. 



Laugh and cast away your troubles; 



Never lin^ them to your breast. 

 Worry, ami your grievance doubles 



Don't take sorrow for your guest. 

 Bound to linger if you pet it, 



Laugh and ii won't long abide 

 Let it so and then forget ii 



Lei it slide. 



Not a lot of use in crying 



Over any milk 1 hat's spilled. 

 Nothing's ever helped by sighing — 



Care a nine-lived cat lias killed. 

 i'ou've y ■ trials— I don't doubt it: 



still. It's time your tears were dried. 

 Never look so glum about it — 



Let it slide. 



Unprofitable. 

 Advertise y u r 



competitor 's weak- 

 ness and he will cor- 

 rect it. 



Active. 

 The term "idle 

 gossip" is scarcely 

 applicable — most gos- 

 sips work twenty 

 three hours a day. 



True. 

 When a friend in 

 need drops in the 

 average man gets 

 cold feet. 



Or Should Be. 

 A man's conscience 

 is his private watch- 

 man. 



Not the Same. 

 Are you patient or 

 just lazy? 



Universal. 



Everybody hates to 

 be short long. 



Good Excuse. 

 A man usually 

 charges his poor 

 judgment t b a d 

 luck. 



Too True. 



Running expenses 

 go right on even when 

 business is at a 

 standstill. 



Hardly. 



A man never goes 

 around looking for 

 trouble in the guise 

 of a creditor. 



Very Useful. 

 While money may 

 not make a man 

 great it enables peo- 

 ple to see what little 

 greatness he has. 



THE BIGGEST GAME OF ALL. 



j^-j-^wi: 



[That bugaboo the "lumber trust"— finds manifestation In Rldgeway's magazine, an alleged 

 "militant weekly for God and country," in the form of a cartoon which is herewith reproduced. 

 it is published for the sole purpose Of showing bow foolish the secular press can be when it 

 attempts to discuss matters of which it has no technical knowledge. As a matter of fact the 

 lumber trust is just about as hollow as the empty cask which forms the chief feature of the pic 

 ture. ] 



Much Better. 

 It's it lot better to 

 be a small success 

 than a big failure. 



Slightly Twisted. 



It 's a still wind 

 that blows nobody 

 harm. 



Cleverness. 



Cleverness is ser- 

 viceable for every- 

 thing, sufficient for 



nothing. 



The Sequel. 



A bushel of fun is 

 very often followed 

 by a peek of trouble. 



Policy. 

 Men who tire hon- 

 est for policy will be 

 dishonest f r the 

 same thing. 



That's Sure. 

 Try to live right 

 a n d don 't worry' 

 about how you are 

 going to die; you'll 

 die all right. 



A Recipe. 

 For a case of the 

 blues — Mix a quan- 

 tity of hard work 

 with an equal 

 amount of resolution; 

 add a hearty laugh, 

 and stir together 

 with an hour of vig- 

 orous exercise. 



The Real Reason. 



Most, people who 

 pose as martyrs be- 

 cause they are ' ' hope- 

 lessly misunder- 

 stood" are merely 

 smarting from t h e 

 discovery that some- 

 body has seen clear 

 through them. 



Nine men toll while one man plays, 

 Nine men serve one all their days ; 

 Nine men beg what one may give. 

 Nine men die that one may live. 



The One Man Out of Ten. 



One man laughs while nine men sigh ; 

 One succeeds where nine men try ; 

 One man wins the love he craves, 

 Nine men to pretense are slaves. 



One man hopes while nine despair ; 

 One usurps what nine should share; 

 "Sonic time," nine men weakly say, 

 Boldly one man says "Today." — S. E. KlSEE. 



