NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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The pessimistic attitude to life has 
_ grown up through discontent, un- 
_ happiness, dissatisfaction, cynicism, 
53 rebellion, doubt and despair until 
_ pessimism has become a settled con- 
-vietion and life has lost its charm 
A and that the few pleasures which are 
left are but the sweetness of honey 
eaten before an inevitable death. 
— Such experiences are not unusual to 
men. Tolstoi’s is somewhat exag- 
: ‘gerated. as a type but the reflection 
seems altogether too natural a rec- 
_ ord of the lives of countless-men and 
- women. The help is in the mind it- 
self. For one’s own mind’s sake 
man must seek, Strength, passing 
-e strength of men, to fight the de- 
eeptive enemy of the mind. The 
white mice in such lives have no 
reality they are the figments of the 
imagination. The worst troubles of 
-*»aman’s life are imaginary. The 
_* enemies are the mice of fear and dis- 
trust gnawing away at the roots of 
the tree of life. Man must not be 
robbed of his life by the figments and 
forebodings of the mind. He must 
drive out the demons of fear and 
distrust, and enshrine angel thoughts 
For light, joy and happiness. There 
is a sense in which, through bright 
thoughts and contented living 
; A man is his own star 
Our acts our angels are 
‘. For good or ill. 
a The World in Boston. 
* ~The World in Boston promises to 
be one of the most interesting ex- 
hibits held in Boston for a genera- 
.tion. Although the doors have not 
-been opened, the exposition is al- 
ready a suecess. It is in reality a 
missionary propaganda but in the 
‘end it will be great educator. The 
tremendous proportions of the mod- 
ern missionary enterprises are little 
‘realized by many otherwise intelli- 
. gent people. It has become a great 
centre of civilizing agencies. A 
: _modern missionary station stands 
for sanitary engineering, contract- 
- ing and building, medical aid, sur- 
gical assistance, hospital service, 
education from childhood through 
- collegiate courses, as well as preach- 
ing stations, churches and theologi- 
eal schools. The World in Boston 
is an exemplification of the civilizing 
F Pe concien of Christianity in foreign 
~Tands. 
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The Yellow Peril. 
One of the perils of our day is 
: medical ignorance. Where the ig- 
; norant are the ‘‘yellow apothecary”’ 
: thrives and scientific treatment of 
| disease through medical care and ac- 
curate prescriptions is neglected. 
The public pays the price and the 
unscrupulous manufacturers of nar- 
cotic drugs grow fat on _ their 
ill gotten gains. This evil can only 
be stamped out as the public awak- 
ens to the sacredness of the human 
body and the folly of making it the 
subject of experiment for every 
nostrum advised by ignorant friends. 
It is of course at once apparent that 
the cost in money will be greater to 
any family in ealling in a regular 
physician and administering an ac- 
curate prescription. A prescription 
pharmacist should be entitled to the 
profits of his intelligence and skill. 
But m‘the end is not a body broken 
and wrecked by ‘‘patent drugs’’ a 
heavier expense. Is it not cheaper to 
pay the honorable physician and 
pharmacist his fee?” The Harvard 
Medical School lectures are filling a 
long-felt need in this respect and 
an unknown amount of good is being 
accomplished. 
Mayor Fitzgerald and the Drama. 
Mr. Fitzgerald’s censors are still 
on duty in Boston and the theatre 
managers are awakening to the fact 
that public opinion counts in a 
matter of moral judgment. No 
drama can be an artistic success that 
is immoral in its suggestions or even 
lacking the ethical tone. That Mr. 
Fitzgerald has made no mistake is 
apparent. It is a pity that many of 
the dramatic critics, so-called, have 
not sustained the Mayor in his de- 
cision. It is only another illustration 
of the befogging influence of pro- 
fessionalism and the restraint of 
‘‘eonnections.’’ The easiest way for 
the leaders of dramatic art to over- 
come the defensible prejudice of a 
part of the public is to raise the tone 
and character of its stage produc- 
tions. This movement to elevate 
the stage should come from within 
the profession. 
Fools and Their Money. 
The writer of the book of Proverbs 
could have written the line, ‘the 
fool and his money are soon parted”’ 
very recently judging from the pir- 
acy of bucket shops and false brok- 
erage firms. The flight of the schem- 
ing Davie and the trouble now being 
aired in the courts illustrates the 
cullibility of the public. Some time 
people will learn. The teaching of 
thrift has already become a regular 
nart of our school system and there 
is still much to be taught. The 
Stamp Savings Card System has 
been instructive and the government 
Postal Savings Bank will help. But 
with both of these the interest ac- 
count is unattractive. For safety the 
savings banks are unassailable. The 
small investor has no moral right to 
squander his hard earned money in 
doubtful cheap stocks and securities. 
He should flee from them as from 
the plague. There are many indus- 
trial preferred stocks with command- 
ing values yielding larger returns 
than the savings bank but in such 
investments a consultation should be 
made with reputable banking houses. 
For systematie saving nothing has 
equalled the compulsory saving sys- 
tem of the Co-operative Bank. 
Most of such banks yield about five 
per cent. interest. The shares are 
sold usually semi-annually and each 
share costs one dollar and requires 
one dollar to be paid in each month. 
At the end of about eleven years 
the share matures with a_ value 
around $200. In France, there are 
many bonds sold in $100 denomin- 
ations. There ought to be more 
bonds of small denominations from 
$100 to $200 in America. There is 
a demand. With all these reputable 
means and opportunities for a true 
investment, safety of principal, regu- 
larity and rate of interest a small 
investor has no defensible reason for 
dabbling in curb stocks and margin 
speculations. 
Governor Foss. 
Governor Foss in his veto of the 
Lowell Celebration Bill has done 
well. The tone of the veto com- 
mends itself and is its own defense. 
Let us do all we ean to let the old 
wound be forgotten. In so doing we 
do not honor the brave men who fell 
April 19, 1861 any the less. No man 
ean add anything to the honor that 
is already theirs. 
Thanks! 
The North Shore Breeze has in- 
augurated a Cape Ann department 
which is proving a wise venture on 
the part of Editor Lodge. The Cape 
Ann representative is doing some 
hustling down on the cape. A series 
of articles from the pen of M. J. 
Brown of the Little Valley (N. Y.) 
Hub, covering the southwest and 
along the Rio Grande and the Zunis, 
is intensely interesting. —Beverly 
Column, in Salem News. 
There is more sound in a hollow 
gourd than in a full one, and the 
same is true of an empty head. 
angrily 
and he 
‘Well, Ull be switched,”’ 
exclaimed the small boy; 
was. 
