The National tribune., 1883-10-04
LOYAL WOMBNS WORK
Genius Of Labor - Our Experience
MeeliHg--Relief Corps Work.
Eoonsuctod By Ea,s B. s.erOooa,;


A good old-fashioned poet once said,-in the
DAYS when poets as well as prose writers We're
privileged 70 write sound words
SIN Idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Re tlere "a VIII and wisdom finds the way"
Perhars ii was in this spirit that a certain
brave man, Ia the face Of formidable obstacles,
said: III find way or make il. However
that may be, we certainly do know that the
chief distinction between the genius and the
slaggarl is, that the genius finds a way 10 ac-
cempllsh what he desires while the sluggard
sits down TO the indulgence Of thoughts and
fancies that never can be realized, since he VIII
put forth no effort TO make them his. Some
one pronOunoes genius the ability 10 do hard
work and given a due amount OF intellect, this
Is not far from the truth. certain 1t Is that we
all know, among eur aoqua%ntances, of men and
women richly endowed with rare talents, who
vet live long lives and die 1T last as undevei-
oped as infants The f.ct of their ample leis-
ure has served rather as a lar TO their advance
ment than q medium into the realms OF success.
On the other hand, We know of many who,
though hut moderately gifted, have taken an
exalted position amoug their fellows by the
exercise of the talents which have been their
norton il certainly would seem that patient
plodding uol IS the key TO :ell success.
few days since, at a social dinner gentle
man who has recently been elected TO the
United States Senate from an important State
q
nounced by the host presiding, and did it in a
clear and elegant style, though making no pre-
tensions 10 orst0ry. HIS words were brief but
well chosen and he had that sense Of propriety
which led him TO say just enough and sit down
when the climax was reached. The impression
he left was most favorable, and every one turn
ing to his neighb0r, said, - What a fine talker
the Senator is!
When il was all over a gentleman present
WHISPERED coaidentially TO a little group of
which be was among the number, " Do you
know / weat 10 school with the Senator. and
he was considered the dullest boy of the lotl
But look at him now. ] tell you can't un-
derstand il. De was the last boy lever thought
would have become distinguished for anything"
Had the speaker chosen 10 make the most of
himself as the Senator had done, by persistent
application, and never-let-up devotion 10 prin-
ciple and purpose, he might to-day be num-
bered among the men the country Is talking
about. Never let the dull boy or girl be dis
couraged. The slowest growths are always the
strongest. Remember the old fable of the hare
and the tortoise. Keep your face TO the goal
and press on.
EsoP's HARE AND TORTOISE.
A hare one day ridiculed the short feet and
slow pace OF the tortoise. The latter laugh
ingly said: g Though You beswift as the wind
will beat you in a race" The hare, deeming
her assertion an empty boast, assented to
the proposal; and they agreed that the fox
should choose the course and fix the goal On
the day appointed for the race they started
together The tortoise never for a moment
stopped. but went on with a slow but steady
pace TO the end of the course. The hare, trust
ing TO his native swiftness, cared little about
the race, and lying down by the wayside fell
fast asleep. at last. waking up, and moving as
fast as he could. he saw the tortoise had reached
the goal and was comfortably doing after her
fatigue.
PERSEVERANCE, ooNoUERs ALL THINGS.
There is, perhaps, no more trying thing in
nature than TO see q splendid looking. gifted
woman or girl lolling back in an easy chair
ane saying @. Iwould so love TO bear artist; ."
Or, If 1 could only write cut for Others the
beautiful thoughts that come into my mind !"
or, love music of all things, but there is no
nse in trying, l cannot become skilled in any
thing" Pope felt this, too. who heard the
Everlasting wears confess
The pains and penalties of ideness.
All this kind of talk is simply aggravat-
ing to one who knows that, restrained only by
the Limitations set by Divinity itself, every
thing is possible TO the soul which earnestly
desires success and is willing to make a long
fight and strong fight for it. Whatever you
set out to do, provided it is worth the effort
that you may and can accomplish IL may
take you through priyati0ns ana hardships
through much physical toll and mental travail
but sooner or later the reward is yours, and il
the very effort you make rests your greatest
triumph
THE COST OF SUCCESS.
You desire success, but what are you willing
to pa- for itg You would be writer But if so
are you willing 20 burn the midnight OIL writ
ing and rewriting your crude and unpublished
sentences until you have acquired the seere
Of expressing yourself with clearness and force
You would paint pictures and draw beautiful
portraits! But will you give months and year
20 the mere act OF training your hand to max,
straight lines and curves and simple figures
You WOud be a musiciani Then viii YOU con
tent yourself with months of tedious practic'
10 produce a single run or tTill, and be salts
FED to LOOK beyond TO far years for the tim'
when yOur ability 10 execute equals your de
sire 10 producer You would fashion god-lik'
statues But viii you sit until your heaC
aches and your back seems ready to break, Will
your hands in duh clay whose secrets yOu mus
fully master before you can pat your chisel int
the marble fresh from the virgin quarry? Their
Is no royal road TO success. Nothing wort
doing is accomplished without the effort. /
requires application and skill to make a loaf O
broad, OF thread q needle, or run a co0l1n
stove SO as 10 secure just the right amount c
heat
our acts our angels arc. or good or il
Our fatal shadows that walk by still.
Household Department.
FASHION IN COOKERY FASHION HINTS
Cooking clubs are already fashionable,
says Miss COrson, the pioneer instructor " an
If il comes TO be understood that the daughte
OF the millionaire receives IN addition 20 be
other training, special course Of lessons i
cookery, we shall have DO trouble with th
middle and lower classes. Even q sensibl
measure is sooner adopted if it is made fashion
able"
Miss Corson Is cutie right in saving that it
not so much what you cook as how you cool
As 10 the practicsbiiity Of instruction in cool
ing in connection with our common school
she says any classroom viii do and very lit
capital is needed; a little answers as well
better, than mere. She herself made an e,
cellent dinner one time in a charitable instit
ton in the suburbs of a Southern city, wit
only a cracked sauce pan, a frying pan minus
handle two tin spoons, and her own pock
knife 10 Werk with.
FASHIONS FREAKS
hOdisteS seem 10 prefer Arcadia Velvcteel
above all ethers-La Efsde.
Black stockings are fashionable with eYel
kind OF bsilet, day or evening.
a new Paris kink is TO wear o small bird {
the left shoulder
Yellow silks are trinmed with lace hounc
and rosetJss OF red velvet ribbon.
Princesse merning dresses with loose from
are becoming 10 slight figures.
lunches of pink and white clover are fas
1onsbie for bsanets
Black gaaze dresses with frills and iabots