rds of each day--
To smile, whilst sifting life's wheat from its chaff
And strive to see just good along the way.

--_Helba Baker_.

_Promise Yourself_

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look on the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come
true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect
only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about success of others as you are about
your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater
achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and to have a smile ready
for every living creature you meet.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no
time to criticise others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear,
and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.

To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world--not
in loud words, but in great deeds.

To live in the faith that the world is on your side so long as you are
true to the best that is in you.

CONFESSIONS

_Open Confession is Good for the Soul_

Surgeon's instrument case lost in some saloon. Reward. Dr. H.E. Lebel.
1227 Hennepin.

A certain rector, just before the service, was called to the vestibule
to meet a couple who wanted to be married. He explained that there
wasn't time for the ceremony then. "But," said he, "if you will be
seated I will give you an opportunity at the end of the service to
come forward, and I will then perform the ceremony."

The couple agreed, and at the proper moment the clergyman said: "Will
those who wish to be united in the holy bond of matrimony please come
forward?"

Thereupon thirteen women and one man proceeded to the altar.

The Irish lad and the Yiddish boy were engaged in verbal combat.
Finally the subject came down to their respective churches.

"I guess I know that Father Harrity knows more than your Rabbi," the
little Irish boy insisted.

"Shure, he does; vy not?" replied the Jewish boy. "You tell him
everything."

CONFIDENCES

A man got in a cab at a Southern railway station and said: "Drive me
to a haberdasher's."

"Yaas, suh," said the driver, whipped up his horse and drove a block;
then he leaned over to address