Fraternity-Testvériség, 1959 (37. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1959-12-01 / 12. szám
2 FRATERNITY mother can take care of her children and the home where they must be left alone or to the care of others while she goes out to earn a living; between the children who have her guiding care and the children who grow up as best they can — and the juvenile courts know the difference; too. The Lord may provide, but it may be a washtub for your wife to sweat over, a room in a dingy tenement for your children to live in, or public charity to support your family. God does not put a premium on your thoughtlessness or neglect. If you could not provide for them and did your best, you may trust them to the God who said, “Leave thy fatherless children and I will preserve them.” But if you could provide for them and did not, you may slip out but your children will pay the price. If I could not be a minister, I would want to be a life insurance agent, from the standpoint of the good that I could do. The minister cannot always save the fatherless and the widow from loneliness and sorrow, but the life insurance man can rescue them from poverty and need, and lift the fear from their hearts. (The Fraternal Monitor) THINGS WORTHWHILE KNOWING THAT TIRED FEELING If you can’t shake that “old tired feeling” here are six things that may help you regain your old zip: 1. Have a physical examination. 2. Exercise. 3. Sleep eight hours at night. 4. Don’t overeat or overdiet. 5. Check work habits for sources of tension. 6. Develop outside interests. DON'T MIND THE FLYING ATOMS Man has always been bombarded by radioactive atoms. Radioactive materials are in the earth we walk on and the air we breathe. In the average square foot of soil 100,000 atoms of radium, uranium and thorium flash off rays every minute. Some 500,000 atoms explode inside your body every 60 seconds. Sit dowm to a juicy one-pound steak and you’re contemplating 2,000 radioactive atoms of carbon and potassium. Don’t get alarmed, though. We’ve always lived with this slight radiation — and probably always will. OLD GLORY INTENDED FOR THE NAVY With interest currently centered on the new 50-star flag, it may surprise some Americans to learn Old Glory was not originally intended to be the country’s exclusive flag. In 1777 there was a pressing need for a marine flag to identify our craft on the high seas. “The Stars and Stripes” was approved by the Continental Congress for use on the sea, but we never got around to the flag for the land forces.
