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"'.i'!.l. ..... ~·i,-....-·..;.o.';~ ....~· . -. can .one moat accuntely determine . . the .·true character, the inner ess~nce, of another person? How shall one find out just what kind 6>f WJacac you Lilce an individual his f r i e n d or acand Wlacat YOK A1'e quaint an c e is? There is a way of finding out and not a ·difficult way. Find out what the other person likes, · ·and you will know what kind of a person he is. Don't take his own estimate of himself. He probably thinks himself better or worse than he really is. In any case he It seems to us that a father can do no can't read his ~wn character. And you · better thing for his children than to .help cannot depend on his own estimate of himthem learn to skate .and later go out with self. them on the frozen But one's likes and dislikes are .deepWinter Sports pond and spen~ . an seated and more a part of one's real self Slcatin hour or so .gbdmg than any· other traits. They are the least S'.__:-JL.. ~....,..._, g about. While not so susceptible to change. What a man likes valuable a skill as to-day, he probably has liked for many swimming, skating, when once well · years and will probably continue to like learned, ·is a source of almost inexhaust- for many years. · · ible pleasure. And when you try to find out what this A boy who can perform on the ice such man likes, be sure that you search for capers as double dutch, spread eagle, and what he really likes, not for what he thinks cutting one's initials is surely to be envied he ought to like. Many a man thinks that by his less fortunate mates. If the ice is he likes classic masterpieces, but what he hard and smooth and his skates are sharp, really likes is jazz. Everybodl: will say he flies over the ·ice as the swallow skims that Shakespeare is the world s greatest over the evening water. · writer, but few really like his plays. Those who have never experienced the Examine your ~wn soul. What do you of skating down a frozen honestly and truly like? Shakespeare or. . ~yous adventure · river to some far off destination must some Eddie Guest? weak substitute. The ~t, Wordsworth, loved this form ·of skattng anu tells of it Long ago there was a Puritanic objecin stirring lines in . his autobiagraphical tion to indulging on Sunday in any form of ~m, The Prelude. This zero weather is highly favorable secular entertainment. Piano playing, baseball games, and the like for skating, perhaps a little too chilly for w e r e · strictly forbidden. all but. the hardiest, but wonderfully good Sports OR Anyone who has passed the for sudl vigorous youth. It sends the Sunday half-century line can probblQOd coursing through one's veins, and ably recall with unpleasant lends a zest to life superior to that lent by vividness the <lisapproval which greeted the any other activity. sound of any sort of profane music on the Get out your good old skate~ and enjoy Sabbath. an afternoon or evening on the rink with your children; But times have changed. Actions once frowned upon are now even smiled upon. · We have _j~st returned from a five days' The piano, once closed on Sunday, is now sojourn in Washington, not the state far open seven days in the :week and perhaps off on the Pacinc· coast but the capital of more used on the first day than on any the nation. We board- other. Sunday baseball was not long ago ed the train thither regarded as positively imm.oral. But nowon the second day af- adays it is one of the most harmless of · ter Christmas a n d . amuseme~ts. There was a time, and that only a few reached our home town, returning, on the day . after New years ago, when preachers fulminated Year's. · against the playing of golf on Sunday. .But We noted several improvements on our in these present days church services are western way of doing things. ·F or example, so arranged that the anemic business man 11101t of the troUey line$ were underfound, may get in at least a little golf on his only which seemed to us conducive o both free day. l»eauty and safety. Second, all the railroads, so far as. we knew, converged into Now is just the time to resolve to save one great central station. Third, the plan money. During the first two weeks of ·the f bUilding the city with the capitol build- year, say over and over to yourself, "A ing at the center of wide radiating penny saved. is a penny earned." Put a ...,roughfares, . intersecting the other definite part of your first New Year's ttreets, appropriatelr lettered and nom- money into your- savings account and folred, enabled tl)e v1sitor to locate himself low that up with equal amount from _your . and points of interest with unusual ease. se~nd pay envelops. Keep it up. Then After we had taken all the trips offered when next Christmas comes, what a grand ·y the sifbt seeing companies, nothing and glorious pile you'll have! else rema1ned to be seen. We saw the ·exteriors and interiors of practically all the Remember the poor. They will always aational buildings. We visited Alexandria be with us arid the need of helping them pd ),{punt Vernon, and Arlington Ceme- will always be present. If you have lost ~. and saw the President and his family the belief that it is more blessed to give leaving the Congregational Church. than to receive, loosen your purse-strings We found the railroad trips pleasing, and see if you cannot regain the belief. ft1tt·ill2 more comfort out of the dining car Even Scrooge was thawed out by the warmth of giving. ~----·· iD the alecper. SHORB. LINES MELTING SNOW Across tllil olllf s~e, wltere, froyetl IJit4 ltlllwlll. Lies Wittltr's dnlbbktl slulwl U. di.SGmJy Discarded lttutily, tU tllowgla it fltlllltretl Notlli·g ·81 all sirlte Wi·ter cDMitl 110t slaySorM mee iiHJlks daiatily iff cool, grelff mf&dGis, W ear.ing a scarf of Jil·y yellotv light TaNgled with mist, soMe o..e wlao deftly laandle.r With couing finger-lils tlae ragged wlaite Fringes, ·and brushing all of t~m from .riglat Liglals one b)' one tlae dandelaoK candles. Grtltt Strickler Dtlwson. Ours through the kindly · offices of Irene S. Ratlaer SDAPP7, Ell. Wlaat? Something envious was said in Shore Lines last week about Fil the Filosofer and his numerous vacations. The theme permeating the entire diatribe was of the why-should-you-have-what-wecan't-have type. F. the F. admits that he has during the year many so-called vacations, or empty periods. But if one were to observe F. the F. during these apparently vacant times, he would find him working probably harder than during his so-called working hours. We urge the writer of · last week's slam to enjoy his work more and take less notice of what those about him are doing or even not' doing. Those who philosophize. moreover, need more change of scene and occupation than those who merely collect and distribute news. Fil the Philosofer. ..D..ela7 . _.. (lo D. J. A~) Dorothy Jane, you are aclv'lly ot·rs~ And tve ltn~e you lo Jtieces~ my dear. Dorothy Jat~t, with ynr elfi·ish smile~ I caR hardll' believe l'O" are here! Dorolla:y Lookiflg Dorothy Are )'Oil Jane of llae wolllleriKg eyes, out on a twrld of peace, Jane, Oh~ most wonderfully wise! really and tnuy my niece f -Kay Ja~e Bll. . ... : . Note: Kay Jane Ell, so happy to have you back. There you've "made it." But, why not oftener? Why not a resolution? w..t Joke cla.dde owr tlaia · · tlaat'a tlae ........ WJa,. are tlae of Da.W folk ......... wriat watclaea? Ala, . . . . . tJaeYwe loat tlaeir ... .... ··lri·· ·w., too, elljo~ a year'a r ....t a- AF.....OTia_.t Soon I'll say goodbye to you · And go so far CIUIGJ- · But I'll co"'e IHJtle to yo· again Some fvtvre luJII:V day. Au wlaeff 1'· far GUIWIJ~ Pkase jwsl ret~telflber, dea.r, Tltat llaotlgll I ""'1 luJw gorw ' My laellrl rttt~aitas right ltwe. aWay, A·d 10, wile· we are far a.~t~rt, And ewrytlaiKg sen~~~ drtarJtut reali&t you lllwe ·1 latarl, And llaal 1~,. alWGys t~tar. -The Pisca.tor· FutW_. She: (with a glare)-"This lovely golden strand of hair on your tuxedo-how Come, darling?~ He: ."Just a minute"-( excitedly at the phone) "Oh, Bill, I win I She found it!" . -H. F. S. Fil the Filosofer (recently in Washington) comments boastinJIY over the rare treat of having observed Prestdent Cal coming out of a church. Yet, 'tis rarer by far to catch many of us going in. -Mique