PAGE FOUR THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1980 HOMELY PHILOSOPHY By GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON MEN WHO LEAD Men who lead are generally envied by those who follow them. Often followers have keener minds than their masters, but they lack pluck, they lack the iron in the blood which makes them dare. Dare take responsi bilities, dare to step out in front of the crowd and take a chance with Fate.
When you see a man leading men, you may be sure that he has this one quality at least courage!. 60. 20 PUTA. FORT FORI DUNLOP DISCRETION THE WORKMAN The snbjoined article taken from THE PILOT is here reproduced with the assurance that it will be Published on Saturday by WALROND, at the office No 72 read, marked and digested by many of our readers:CARLOS MENDOZA Street No. 72, Panama, Discretion has been described as the better part of P0. Bus 74, Panama Box 1102, Ancon valour and truly it might be added that it is the better RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION part of man.
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The outstanding asset which has its value in every sphere is discretion. It is useful and helpful to each and he Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of our rights JUNIUS every one who is attempting to make his own life as happy as possible and at the same time desires the THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1930 good will of his friends. learned writer once remarked that the main difTHE FOOL AND HIS FOLLY ference hetween the wise man and the fool was in the use and lack of use of discretion in action and speech.
It is agreed that every man indulges in reveries, dayIt is common knowledge that a fool is one who aets dreams, lofty ambitions, and fantastic ideas while stupidly an insensible being who is deficient and dull alone with his thoughts. The wise man keeps them with of understanding one who speaks and acts without in his heart and bares these secrets to no one, lest he be season or judgement. The foregoing defines the fool in misunderstood. He is able to cull the most reasonable general; but there is a variety of fools in the same way and the best for use in conversation and puts into operas there is a variety of Asses, horses, reptiles, birds and ation the ideas which are sane and reasonable. The fish. There is the stupid fool, strange as it may sound1ool on the other hand has no secret. He speaks his the week minded fool the jesting fool the habitual mind openly and without discrimination. He thinks fool the errand fool the ridiculous fool, and even the aloud at all times, acts upon impulse and without foolish fool.
oserioue consideration of the problems before him. He Like the ass, some fools bray in season and out oi ushes into trouble by not weighing his action, or lookfountain season. Like the horse, some drink of a ing ahead. He blunders and errs, makes great mistakes.
which there is no water. Like the reptile, others show He places himself in a ridiculous position by allowing up themselves merely to exhibit their hideousness, to himself to be laughed at and derided by those who are terrify and disgust. Still, some are like birds flitting ignorant of the real good that is in him. He can never about from place to place without purpose and like the command respect for himself. He is indifferent in his fish some nip at every conceivable object around them, sneech and action. He does not use discretion.
till they swallow the hook.
In the ordinary run of life, discretion is the safest guide. It acts very much like a latch key which is turned bui 1or our purpose, the most diabolical and uisyusting of all this variety is the one we classify as ridi at will to open the door to allow man to bring out what culous. The one who lives, moves, and has his being in is required of him and to lock in the useless and harmful things of life over which he has some command.
mis paradise the paradise of fools the bantering fo. Discretion acts as a preventative to hurts and. the Tool who is a mockery the fool who is the emblem harms to self and others for it checks the mind and the of derision, contempt, and scorn. The variety whose ultongue in many a case. To act on first impulse is not alLerances are based neither on fact or sentiment whoe argument is like the bushel without a bottom, the skuil ways wise and were it not for the exercise of discretion, many fatal miscarriages of justice would be enacted.
without any brains, and the dough without leaven.
Possessed with a number of good qualities cultiNow, we have in mind as a specimen of these (th vated by a long training, man without discretion is like idiculous iool) a despicable beast in human form who a boat without a ruder. He needs a guide, a check and went out of his way, not so many hours ago to make proper balance if he would get along with any ease or the following statement. NO ÑIGGER IS WORTH comfort in this world. With wisdom he must weigh his DAMN. We use the word statement because we words and have consideration for those to whom he are hard up for a better word. This pitiful simpleton speaks. He learns to act only after reasonable thought was referring to colored people Negroes. We underand chooses the beter path on which he will work. Disstand that he was divesting himself of this phlegm becretion produces a vigilance over self which aids him cause man had been unjustly dealt with, and a statein avoiding many a difficulty.
ment was made to that effect by a man, not colored, and This asset which may be described as discretion who has evidently tasted of civilization. The fool in prudence, common sense, balance or any other appellaquestion is very plainly one of those with a flaw in his tion gives an added value to other useful qualities of brain which a fixes to him the scourge of mental flatuman. For it is the controlling power over the other lency. He is, to boot, possessed with a fistula in assets which sets them to work at the proper time and the heart, and might as well be called heartless. He is in the proper place. They function under the direction one of the many ambassadors of moral impotence, and of discretion a social desperado, destitute of common sense, propriety ever to the advantage of the possessor. He who can produently follow the and reason. His purpose is to express derision and dictates of his conscience and carefully exercise discre.
speak contemptuously of a whole race of human beings tion in his actions is assured that he cannot drift far thereby placing himself in a position absolutely untenfrom his course.
able.
Many a heartache is caused by the person who It must have been on an occasion like this that the allows the tongue to utter every unbridled thought man of poetic wisdom exclaimed, what fools we opinion and judgment that passes through the mind.
mortals be?
When we come in contact with such ungodly FORO specimens as these, we are driven forthwith to the 10 DO query what kind of a world would this be if its population was entirely made up of such as these, and the FOR THE BEST IN like of them? But fortunately, there are those who are possessed of knowledge, discretion and judgementmen whose statements are founded upon prudence, sagacity and eruditton men whose dictator is wisdom, and whose sphere of existence is without the precincts of the paradise of fools.
of every description And after all, it is these who command the movements in the march of civilization. It is they whose VISIT THE words are effectively heard in the ranks of the living yes, those who live in the atmosphere of reality. Not so with the fool. He is untamed and uncivilized. He is a dweller in the wilderness of folly. He is exposed to the violent winds of a mental dissolution which separates him from the body of men and women who comprise that entity of humanity called civilization. And what then? a state of nothingness.
a fine Selection of The preacher of ancient times is recorded in the good book to have said, the wise man eyes are in his head, but the fool walketh in darkness. The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. When he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth ALSO THE VERY BEST BRAND IN him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Since those distant days, the fool has not changed.
PAINTS ENAMELS Upon the mantle of civilization, down through the are to the present day, there has been a continuity of dark Give us a call before purchasing spots; but they have never been so many, they are not elsewhere so many now, they never will be so many as to be able to destroy that mantle, viz. the wisdom of the wise. The fool and his folly are what their names imply, neglible PANAMA avantities. And this one to whom we refer is such, for HARDWARE he hath no delight in understanding. Verily, in the CATHEDRAL PLAZA fool and his folly, we have some material to be scrapped. Also Opor opo 10 DO 1000. HARDWARE :Into a maelstrom of trouble and harm goes the unwise and indiscreet soul who scorns consideration, respect for self and for others.
Discretion is the look out on the hill of life. It enables man to see the noblest and best of life and points out the proper means of attaining it. It broadens man vision along his horizon and he is better able to choose his path with his eyes so opened. He gathers strength in its exercise, and the more he cultivates discretion, good sense and proper balance are developed.
The discret man does not look at a problem as it af fects him in the present moment. He looks ahead to the future and scans the possibilities which may arise. He has foresight and good judgment. He looks at life without magnifying or minimizing its importance. He acts with consistence according to his belief and resists advantages and opportunities presented to him which are out of tune with the noble principles of honour.
In every path of life, discretion finds the best and the right way to attain one goal. The struggle between reason and temper is won when discretion plays a part, for it sets up the proper balance in every action of man. He knows and considers the value of life, he is aware that at best it is short and for the time allotted to him he is accountable. The contemplation of this truth keeps him alert and on guard against the tempta tions of the world. He does not lose sight of the purpose of his creation. He is making ready for another life which is eternal. Is this not sufficient to prompt discretion in his actions, in his speech and in his entire life?
Discretion is the great aid in the ordinary path of life. It is the complement to other qualities. It is the asset which brings man comfort, respect and happiness Discretion will make many friends but never an enemy.
In truth it is the better part of man.
ST. PAUL HARVEST DENTIST HOWELL FESTIVAL OBSERVANCE ALL DAY TOMORROW House No. 912 La Boca Tomorrow, Whe Sunday before Canal Zone Thanksgiving Day, the Annual Harvest Festival of St. Paul parish will. according to previous arrange ira, and Mrs. DeDier of St.
ments, be observed with special Paul will contribute items to the services throughout the day.
program to be rendered by the The members of the congregation parish choir.
and friends are asked make this service pupils of the be gifts of fruits and vegetables and ginners and primary graded will to give special thankofferings at nake a procession through the all of the service isles of the Church carrying Musical will be the feature of baskets of flowers and fruits which the afternoon service when Miss they will present at the Chancel Rose Simmons and Miss Ehid steps to be placed within the anet Welch of St. Alban Church, Para uary, Panama Hardware ARTIZAN TOOLS to