SYSTEM IN LABOR
A full week's work may be well divided according to a plan.
The father of Theodore Roosevelt was a
wealthy business man and a Christian. A
remarkable thing about him was that he
worked five days a week attending strictly
to business; one day he spent improving his
own mind and heart, and one day doing good,
visiting the poor and otherwise helping
others. (Text.)
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System versus Men—See Unnatural Education. T TABOOED TOPICS IN THE EAST The greatest danger of falling into verbal sin, perhaps, is that missionaries talk upon topics which are tabooed. For instance, you meet a friend whose shop is next to a house that has burned down, and you congratulate him upon it. It is an awful mistake, a most ill-omened remark. When Dr. Nassau, of Gabun, met some children and tried to cultivate the friendship of their mothers, he began to count them, which was unfortunate to the last degree. One can not talk about death in many countries without giving great offense. There are many other topics that are tabooed, but they can be learned about from native teachers.—H. P. Beach, "Student Volunteer Movement," 1906.
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TACT In 1747 Mr. John Brown was invited to become the pastor of a church at Hingham. There was but one opponent to his settlement, a man whom Mr. Brown won over by a stroke of good humor. He asked for the grounds of his opposition. "I like your person and your manner," was the reply, "but your preaching, sir, I disapprove." "Then," said Mr. Brown, "we are agreed. I do not like my preaching very well myself, but how great a folly it is for you and me to set up our opinion against that of the whole parish." The force of this reasoning appealed to the man, and he at once withdrew his objections.—The Argonaut.
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The impression that most people have regarding the life of kings and queens is that of everything in a costly and magnificent style. One of the admirable things about the life of King Edward VII at Sandringham Palace was its simplicity.
Court formality was laid aside and the
king's guests enjoyed themselves without restraint.
As host and hostess King Edward
and Queen Alexandra were notably hospitable,
and the person who failed to enjoy himself
at the royal table was indeed an unfortunate
being. Many were the tales told about
the king's tact, as displayed toward his
guests, not the least of which was one concerning
the famous English sculptor, Alfred
Gilbert. Gilbert received an invitation to
Sandringham, and his servant, in the excitement
of packing, omitted to put a pair of
black shoes into his bag. When the sculptor
arrived at the king's residence he discovered,
much to his dismay, that he must appear in
tan shoes if he wished to attend dinner. His
embarrassment was all the more keen because
he was aware that the king disliked
tan footgear. However, there was nothing
for him to do but make the best of matters,
and on the shoes went. In some mysterious
manner word of Gilbert's predicament
reached the king's ears, and when Edward
appeared to greet his guest the latter was
surprized to note that his host also wore tan
shoes.
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At Bannockburn Lord Randolph Murray was being sorely prest by a large body of cavalry. Sir James Douglas got leave from Bruce to go to his aid, but just as he came up he found the English in disorder, and many horses galloping away with empty saddles. "Halt!" he cried to his men; "These brave men have already repulsed the enemy; let us not diminish their glory by seeking to share it."—William Moodie.
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