A CHICKEN FOR HIM. Once upon a time a youth who had commenced to navigate the sea of matrimony, went to his father and said: "Father, who should be boss-I or my wife?" Then the old man smiled and said: "Here are 100 chickens and a team of horses. Hitch up the horses, load the chickens into the wagon and wherever you can find a man and his wife dwelling stop and make inquiry as to who is the boss.. Wherever you find a woman running things leave a chicken. If you come to a place where the man is in control, give him one of the horses." After seventy-nine chickens had been disposed of, says the San Francisco Chronicle, he came to a house and made the usual inquiry. "I'm the boss o' this ranch," said the "Don't whine. Take what comes to you and do your best with it. Make the bravest fight you can; train yourself to see the cheerful side of things, even the funny side of the mishaps you cannot help; strangle complaints with a laugh; a cheery laugh is good for the heart and brain and clears the mists from the eyes of faith." -0 CHEER UP. Look up! look up, ye moody folks, Why do you hunt for shadows, when Why, when you see the roses fair, Look for the thorns they hide; As tho' the thorns were all they gave And they had naught beside? Why mar your pleasures with the fear Lest pain should lurk behind? And blame your foes which, after all You try so hard to find? Cheer up; cheer up, ye moody ones! Look for the "bit of blue," When the sun lies just behind. & DON'T FORGET The Brotherhood sells the BEST CARD CASE for carrying your Membership Card. 50 cents, Postpaid. Send all orders to R. E. FISHER, G. S. and T., Kansas City, Mo. HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THE FUTURE? And if so have you made provision for those THE BROTHERHOOD your Brotherhood-has provided the way for you by establishing "THE MEMBERS' MUTUAL BENEFIT DEPARTMENT," through which you can secure, at a nominal cost, insurance that is not only safe, but in which you are both an interested party and a stockholder as well. All the other Brotherhoods carry their own insurance and the Railway Clerks can do the same thing and will just as soon as the members become acquainted with the workings of the Mutual Benefit Department of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. HAVE YOU Read Articles I and II of the Mutual Benefit Laws? ARTICLE I Title and Government. This department shall be known under the name and title of the Members' Mutual Benefit Department of The Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, and shall be under the control and government of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks. ARTICLE II Its aim is to benefit the families and any person, or persons, having an insurable interest in the lives of deceased members of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, as defined by Article XVIII hereof. The expenses of maintaining this Department will be very light compared with what it would cost were it not run in connection with the Brotherhood; the same officers acting for this Department, which precludes the necessity of even small salaries being paid out of the funds of this Department. You would do well to investigate this thoroughly, for it is worthy your most earnest consideration. |