GLEANINGS

Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1933, Page 3

GLEANINGS

, A bachelor is a man who never makes the same mistake once.

Middle age: The time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel just its good as ever.

. A certain’ Oriental King who was' very unhappy called a philosopher to him for advice. The philosopher fold him to find the most contented man in the realm, and to wear this man’s shirt. After long search the king found this man, but lie had no shirt.

, I look back, said Sir Philip Gibbs, to my adventure in - life and think of the happiest people 1 have met. They were mostly poverty, stricken. They were unsuccessful authors, painters, poets and odd fellows. They had' to make a few shillings go along way at a cheap restaurant. They kept laughing. They found life a good joke.

In a large city, one daily passes hundreds in the streets. Happiness as often appears in the eyes of the street cleaner as in the faces of those who ride in liniosines. The wise man faces realities bravely. Because he cannot reach the peak of the mountain ,lie does not refuse to enjoy the vfew from the lower level.