0. 20 PAGE FOUR THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 1930 GOOD INTENTIONS.
HOMELY PHILOSOPHY By GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE WORKMAN many a good intention has fallen into oblivion by lack of confidence in one ability and courage of one convictions. It would seem that many lack respect for GOOD HEALTH Published on Saturday by HN. WALROND, at the office No 73 their intelligence, when they discard ambitions which CARLOS MENDOZA Street No. 72, Panama, P.
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assertive and ambitious. he who defies opinion is cour ageous; yet, if he has the truth in his heart, Khows The Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of our rights JUNIUS that a certain thing can be worked out successfully, he INTERESTING invariably comes out a winner.
Too often have we heard our own thoughts which we THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY OCTOBER 4, 1930 were too timid to utter, spoken by other lips, and from Suicide is almost entirely a white man game, we others they carried a significance which we could not gather from an article by Louis Dublin, nationally SERIOUS SITUATION dare attach to them, lad we been the first to speak. We known authority on vital statistics, in Harper Monthly accept them from others with respect, yet did not for September.
trust ourselves to offer anything which seemed ori Among our 11, 000, 000 Negroes. Mr. Dublin says, There are many situations that are really serious.
ginal or new. We are content to follow along with the there are anually only about 500 cases of self deSome are universal, some local only. Merely saying they crowd, drifting along with them, doing the same things struction. Among whites, Mr. Dublin declares, there are serious will not change them, and we are not here acting the same way and becoming a part of them.
are about 16, 000 suicides recorded, not including the trying to change them by the mere statement. Maybe, we It is true that we abide by certain conditions, live great number of doubtful cases that usually get listed are powerless to change them; but as a news journal, it in the conventional way and follow along certain lines, as accidents.
is in keeping with the policy of such to comment on pub but when it comes to taking up our own reins, departing Even as great an authority as Dr. Dublin does not lic questions; so, our comment now is to help in the only from the cut and dried customs, we are more than way we can by calling attention to it.
timid and are lacking in confidence in our own ability.
go too far in attempting to explain the causes of these suicides. He gives only the conditions as they occur Through our brains travel hundreds of phantoms We are referring to the traffic situation in the which could be brought to light and life if we had suf most frequently and suggests the remedy. Perhaps, if cities of Colon and Panama, and in some parts of the he would go a little further into the matter and tell us ficie respect for them to disclose them.
Zone. Within the last five years, vehicular traffic has in just what social state the majority of suicides attain creased with great speed. There seems to be competition The geniuses, which contributed the greatest things before they remove themselves from this world we between automobiles and population. Whereas, formerto our universes, had dreams and schemes and ideas might be able, by comparison, to tell just how far along ly, one had to wait a long time to get conveyance to any which they believed in. They brought them forth unthe scale of civilization we have progressed!
place, now the waiting has to be done to get a chance to ashamed as their own cherished ideas, nursed them, de take the one selected with safety. There is almost imi veloped them, worked over them until they were satisfied that they had done the best. They were keen to they court. They have not yet been tempered with exnent danger every minute of the time one might perience. As they grow older, there is a change. We spend on the streets, and there have been occasions detect the phantoms with possibilities of realities. They find them a bit hesitant about doing the things, which when people were sitting on verandahs of houses, feel were confident that they had a certain amount of ability a year before gave them no concern.
ing quite safe until the contrary was proven by the fact but were unaware of their power until they actually of finding themselves miraculously escaping death upon began to work out their problem.
If we were as children with the thoughts and opinThe time comes to all when they must start out for ions which have possibilities of offering something the pavements below.
themselves. One cannot be absolutely dependent all the worth while to the world, there would be many more In the city of Panama, one does not have to lose any time. Some are thrust with responsibility at an early geniuses and leaders added to the lists. It is because we time to conclude that autombiles and other powerage. They embark on stormy seas and weather them lack that certain confidence in ourselves that the numdriven vehicles are far too many for a city of its size. In they must or disaster soon overtakes them. It is a ber remains so small. We are so consistently consistent the city of Colon, it is the same, as also in Silver City, question of accepting it for better or for worse. The in our views and opinions that something original is Cristobal, and sometimes in LaBoca. What with the world is a large place, and there is room for each and treated as a hobgoblin. We are afraid to venture and very reckless disposition of some drivers, and the awk everyone to do his work according to his portion and accomplish something which seems near to impossible.
wardness and stupidity of some pedestrians, one his ambitions. They must discover the power which lies. St. Anthony Messenger.
marvels that there are not many more traffic accidents within them.
than those actually occurring.
The coward shivers and shakes. He is filled with Letter to the Editor Panama Wesleyan this connection, due credit 1st be given to the fear and trembling, afraid to venture out and strike for police of the Zone and Republic, for it is due to their himself. Rather would he drift along, following the Society dictates of others. He has opinions, ideas thoughts vigilance and strict supervision that vehicular killings which are original and valuable: but he lacks self reliance The Editor, the Workman, are not more numerous.
and confidence. From him the world receives nothing.
Sir: Owing to inclement weather, But with all this efficiency on the part of the Police, The great men have been the leaders, and the real leadon Wednesday night last, Oddfellows of the Indepen programme scheduled for the the danger to pedestrians, to occupants of automobiles ers are always of the courageous type.
dent Order of Manchester Unity. Panama Wesleyan So Chivas, and even to drivers themselves, is becoming Mother earth is generous to the farmers who till the and all other Friendly Society ciety had to be cancelled, and more and more serious. And it appears that something soil. When cultivated by constant care and hard work adherents on the Isthmus will have to be done about it, if there is no proposition the yield is great and bountiful. The farm which is of in its place, an improptu Panama were scandalized last was substituted.
to reduce the population by traffic homicides, which we neglected soon goes to seed. The earth will not respond Sunday morning upon reading do not believe to be the case. We observe that quite a to neglect. It is the same with man and his mind. It was the very colorful article pub chairman for the evening, and The Rev. Wright was number of irresponsible youngsters who are light head given to him to use. When he uses it to advantage, to lished in the Panama Tribune ed, blank minded and frivolous for three quarters of t! get results, it responds generously; but if it is allowed working day, sitting behind driving wheels, making to remain dormant, nothing original ever comes from reporting the meeting of the took for his subject Onesimus District held in the St. Charles the Profitable from the daily jokes with the lives of aged pedestrians and juvenile it.
Lodge room on the night of the delivered a very interesting ad bible reading for the week, and ones as well. This makes us wonder what is the age at Young children are venturesome: We see them at 20th ult.
which an individual becomes eligible to obtain driver tempt things which make the cautious parents shudder.
dress.
liscence. We know that the law does not hold one re They will climb and jump with no thought of the danger Is one very much interested in the ethics rightly prized by ed changes which have He also spoke of the improv sponsible for certain acts if such a one has not reached e Order, was painfully sur planned in the interest of been his maturity which in general is twenty one years, and to prised at seeing such a report young people of the Society the we are quite sure that many of these drivers are mere published. or any other kind of boys with no sense of responsibility, decorum, or even FOR THE BEST IN a report for that matter) by the of evenings of the La Be among which is the common sense. unless they have been living very conexchange Panama Tribune or any other servative lives which we know they do not. and cannot help saying that such drivers as these are a great. HARDWARE. newspaper since the Central ca, Paraiso and Panama American District of the Man Socieities.
source of danger to the lives of pedestrians, and even themselves. Lloyd George is quoted to have once said, chester Unity of Oddfellows has reading was contributed by the greatest enemy civilization has to encounter is the been established in the Republic Master Barton Niles and a fool behind the gun. And we copy him here and say of every description ince 1915, composed of lodges Vocal Solo by Mrs. Maud that in this place, the greatest enemy pedestrians have in operation since 1894, and ne Bishop.
VISIT THE to encounter, is the fool behind the wheel!
account of any of its proceedings have ever before this appeared The meeting was brought to And the seriousness of the situation does not fail to rein the public press, possibly only a close with prayer by the gister itself. There has been reported in the week just Chairman.
because there has never been closing, the very sad case of the death of MacDonald in a vehicular accident in the city of Colon. We are not at any scandal before with either the lodges or district, and other the purpose of obtaining the tempting to pass upon the case; but we are merely citing it as a case in point. The unfortunate young man matters were thought not to be few questionable sticks of copy.
was virtually mangled to an untimely end by the ima fine Selection of sufficiently interesting, without It is to be hoped that a strict a scandal attached to them.
pact of another vehicle in broad day light. Surely, accountability will be required some one must have blundered. In the Magistrate It is unfortunately true that of those of the District who court at Cristobal during the same week end, Desmond ARTIZAN TOOLS such scenes occur in that and were in the know to endeavour Perkins, Louis Burriel, Silvester Balavedo and Joseph like Dua assemblies when during to locate those who may be re Martin were fined from five to fifteen dollars, all for ALSO THE VERY BEST BRAND IN the heat of debate men lose Sponsible for the exposé.
reckless driving. In Panama, little four year old Louis their heads, but it has been re If, as has been suggested, the Ortega suffered a fractured skull, the result of being run over by an automobile. All these occurrences over PAINTS ENAMELS served for a colored paper pur article has been published for porting to cater to inteligent purposes of spite against some one week end are, to say the least, sufficient to call attention to the seriousness of the situation, and it is a Give us a call before purchasing people of the community to dish prominent member of the Dis out this morsel of scandal trict, it is time that Oddfellows problem for the Government, the Police, and pedestrians elsewhere which does not interest but and similar respectable institu to solve. These three should make haste to take care of few readers of the paper. tions exclude from their the drivers for it is obvious, they cannot be relied on to Understanding as do that ings those who mistaking the take care either of themselves, nor pedestrians at PANAMA HARDWARE the principal officers high ideals of the Pressstoop least, the majority of them.
of that paper are mem to such Scurrilous and CATHEDRAL PLAZA bers of the Order, can find no levels.
Indeed, a serious situation demands serious study excuse for them in so flagrant and quick action.
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