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are times when factories are obliged lO shut 

 down, where, for the time being, there is a 

 surplus of help; but the good energetic men 

 or women whj are ready lr. take hold of 

 any kind of work never remain idle very 

 long. Wi^at I have said about the high 

 price of men's woi'k will apply equally well 

 to women. There is a continual complaint 

 that the average hflp in the home costs so 

 much nowadays that the good wife cannot 

 afford it; and one of the worst troubles is. 

 that the incompetent demand just as much 

 as the expert help. Just one more sugges- 

 tion : 



The man or woman who goes to work 

 with a sour face and her mind full of a 

 feeling of the injustices that the working 

 people have to bear, is not, as a rule, prof- 

 itable help. It .s impossible that it should 

 be. But the cheerful or happy person who 

 has pleasant feelings toward employer and 

 all the rest of the world, including happy 

 and pleasant feelings toward his Maker, is 

 the one who makes a success in life, and is 

 wanted and welcomed everjrwhere. 



A few weeks ago a bright young man of 

 foreign birth came here and wanted work. 

 I spoke to our business managei', and lie 

 said our season was so nearly over we could 

 not take on any more help — in fact, we 

 should have to drop quite a few very soon. 

 But the stranger looked so cheerful and 

 good-natiared, that I told him I could give 

 him work for one day. I told him to cut 

 down some trees that were dead and dying, 

 and cut them up for firewood. I thought 

 it would keep him busy all day. When he 

 found out exactly what I wanted ha went 

 to work with such \agor and good nature 

 that he had the job all done before noon. 

 Then I found him some other work in the 

 neighborhood, and he pleased every one of 

 the neighbors. In a very few days he was 

 wanted several times at once. One man 

 especially who was laying stone flagging 

 said he wanted the same fellow he had be- 

 fore; but the man was doing important 

 work elsewhere, and could not very well he 

 spared. When told of this he ejaculated. 

 " Why, I must have that fellow. He knows 

 just what to do without telling, and does it. 

 He is worth, two common men." 



I presume the above incident could be 

 duplicated in every community in the Unit- 

 ed States. If it is true, as my good friend 

 has stated, that almost half the people in 

 the United States are out of a job, it is a 

 sad comment on poor imperfect humanity. 

 But I feel sure it is not true. God forbid! 

 I fear my good friend forgets that even 

 our government gets hold of some chaps 

 every little while wlio use their positions 



and authority to load up for tlieir own 

 personal use all nev can get hold of from 

 the governn: .1 n. 



Here is scraefhing thai ha? been ii;oizjii. 

 the rounds i)f ibi^. papers, and it seems tudt 

 nobody l?J' tell who originated it. It is a, 

 grand sermon, right along the line about 

 which we have been talking — a sermon com- 

 posed of only a single sentence. Read it, 

 and see if I am not right. 



If a man can preach a better sermon, or write a 

 better book, or make a better mouse-trap than his 

 neighbor, though he live in the woods, the world 

 will make a beaten path to his door. 



After the above was put in type our good 

 friend from Palatka (H. H. KoUister) sent 

 us a marked copy of The Appeal to Reason. 

 In years past The Appeal to Reason has not 

 " appealed " very favorably to me; but here 

 is something in this issue that does appeal 

 to my sense of right and wrong. 



Help us to write into the Constitution of the 

 United States : " War shall not be declared except 

 by direct vote of all the men and women in the 

 United States." 



It occurs to me that socialism and Chrisj 

 tianity can entirely agree and unite on the 

 above sentiment, even if we cannot see 

 thing's alike in other respects. May God 

 hasten the day when war shall be declared 

 in no nation unless the men and women 

 vote for it. I say, may God hasten the day ; 

 for when that day comes that the men and 

 ivomen shall vote on the matter, war will 

 be no more. 



Our good friend, at the end of one of 

 his long letters, has this vehement winding- 

 up: 



The Devil rules the earth, and he'll starve me to 

 death unless I serve him. But while I must do 

 that now (at least to some extent), I warn him 

 that I will bombard his forts with tongue and pen 

 until not an atom of his profit system remains, and 

 God's children can live that life which Jesus taught 

 them to. Brother Root, will you help? God's king- 

 dom come. H. H. Kollister. 



THE A, I, BOOT CO.'S EXHIBIT AT SAN DIEGO; 

 MOVING BEES SOUTH BY RAIL, ETC. 



The following, from Howard R. Calvert, 

 explains itself, and I am sure will be read 

 with interest : 



Dear Grandpa and Grandma: — I am not quite as 

 far south as you are, but I imagine it is almost as 

 warm here as it is in Bradentowii. 



Jesse Warren and I are getting along finely -ivith 

 the exhibit. There are certainly great possibilities 

 out here in the West for our business. For instance, 

 Jesse wanted some honey for his throat (he has some 

 bronchial trouble), and we couldn't find any nice 

 white honey anywhere in San Diego. At one or 

 two stores they had a little granulated amber honey. 



The climate out here is fine for beekeeping. Flow- 

 ers and orange-blossoms are blooming all the year. 



There are four fellows here in flic Y. M. C. A. 

 who are aviators. Two of tluni art' flying for the 



