San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-23
THE NEGLECTED TALENT.

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ThS Road 60 euccess-Hints for Those
VINO Are Discouraged.
When one becomes alive to the value Of
any quality or talent he or she may pos
sess, there ceases to be any such thing as
failure, for every trial of the quality and
every exercise of the talent serves to in
crease its power.
by nature to effect results Its every
efficient for use. 1t may fail of obtaining
the better for use tomorrow. providing
that this truth is known and recognized.
and the spirit be not broken by q sue
cession of failures.
You have. we will assume, Q certain
amount of mechanical skill. though not q
professional mechanic. You attempt the
construction of hencoop. doghouse, or
you repair a broken lock or window
shutter. Suppose you do not make q
clean job" Of itf Suppose you would
fain hide your botched work from the
critical eye Of the professional carpenterY
You have gained more or less Of mechan-
ical skill You can do the same Job bet
ter next time. You have added some
thing to talent. It Is gain for eter
nifty.
You feel keenly your lack In some quail
ity. You may 80 lack in order. neatness.
method You may feel the want of per
severance or patience. You look back at
the occupations or the studies which you
have taken up time after time and sban
doned: at the good resolutions made-and
broken You are discouraged and say.
There Is no use In trying further"
But you must try. You can't help it.
The very knowledge Of your lack is the
proof that you are to conquer. The "evfl
known, Is half cured" II Is when none
are aware that the ship Is sinking. there
is the most danger. That you have taken
up many employments or studies and
abandoned them is proof that you have
a capacity for many-that your powers
are varied, that you are not harp Of q
single string
Is your defect that Of lack Of control In
appetizer Have you fallen time after
timer Have you dragged your soul count
less times out Of some mire Of degrade
ton. carried thither by passions Of the
bodyf Have you cried With Paul. "Wbo
shall deliver me from The body OF this
deathr 81 ~ ~
Your misery. your sense Of degradation,
Is your greatest hope h Is the contest
Of the spirit warning with the higher man,
striving to subdue the lower; of the angel
within you trying to conquer the devil
We're you comparatively Indifferent there
would be much more cause for alarm
You know your defect You can never
escape from this knowledge. You can
never cease trying TO put the evil down
and to cultivate whatever quality or
qualities may be most eficactous in put
ting it down Your aspiration is saving
you by making each succeeding fall more
painful than the last and It's agony more
intense, while the paths of the better
way become more and more beautiful
Prentice milford in New York Star re-
I'D OUT give n-r the true cause of his re-
league had been formed by the men pledg-
ing themselves not TO attend evening
parties as long as the ladies wear low
necked dresses. 20
The reason for this revolt on the part
Of the men lies In the fact that
the rooms have to be kept so heated for
the ladies to be comfortable that the men
suffer untold agonies, many becoming so
overheated that they take cold on coming
out into the open air, pneumonia follows
and death ensues. This league is prepar
ing statistics to prove that more men are
sacrificed in this way every year than by
war. pestilence. famine and intemperance
The presidents of the. league Is the reverse
of woman Halter, and he finds it very
irksome to attend the club all the while;
accordingly he has formulated scheme
whereby the difficulty can be obviated---
New York Mail and Express.