The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-05-22

wuY rHsv FAXED.
The Chicago Tribune Enunerates Ssme
or the Leading Causes.

The Chicago Tribune has beef
having what it calls a symposium
Of failures-lhat Is, Of people VIII,
are pour anil miserable. They Civ,
IN the Tribune their reasons fol
their non-sUccess in life, The let
iers are interesting, bul The result
j. not all to the taste Of the editor
who thereupon proceeds 10 lecture
the miserables on his own account
He is struck with the disingenuons,
ness Of the failures. They are dis
posed to blame somebody else iol
the fact That they have not got OF
we'll in life. The "hOnest aud sin
cere' reports r the exception.
The Tribune's definition of a failure
is a person who, at the close oil
life's journey, finds himself worse
off than he was when he began
who has not advanced at least a
little beyond the achievement OF
his father who has failed to make
a decent and comfortable living.
and 10 leave something for those
dependent on him. In such case.
unless he has been debarred by
sickness or something more than
the h%indrances that beset ordinary
men, he is a failure to the extent
That he falls below the average of
his fellows.
The Tribune ennmerates the
causes OF failures to which the mis-
cradles do not confess 10. Drink
is The most prolific. Then comes
the desire TO get rich by short cuts
and without hard work. Some of
The hardest working men in Amer
lea to-day are among the million
aires. Sickness is another cause
of failure. Bnt there is one cause
having more influence than all the
rest probahly--,hat is want Of
pluck. Ii is the one who caunot
he downed that succeeds at last.
Fale may make football of him
for fifty years, but he will YET come
out right side up and make bis for
tune. II people only understood
The magic power there Is in hold
ing on and never giving up there
would be more rich men and wo-
men in the world by far than there
are to-day. lfone plan is not sue
ceSsful it simply shows this was
not The right way, not that the man
who failed TO make il work has eX-
hausted his powers. To the man
or woman with any sense it shows
anything but that. The Tribune
editor writes:
'The want Of economy is a pro-
life cause OF imlure-tEat is, the
prudent saving of money and its
ludicious investment. There is no
surer road 10 competence than
that Of living within ones income,
saving a portion of it and placing
il where it will increase by slow
and sure growth. There is no sur
er road To Incompetence than liv-
ing beyond ones income, and hop
ing TO escape by "a streak OF luck or
the happening Of The Unexpected.
"Another frequent cause of faIl
IRE is The lack of ability 10 recog-
nize The real opportunities and
promptly improve them. In home
ly phrase, if ones foresight were !
as ones hindsigh', there would be I
fewer failures. This, however, Is
not a reprehensible cause, as fore
sight of this kind is a special gift,
and sometimes an intuItive talent.
No every one have it.
"These are the principal reasons
for failure in lille, and of these an
doubleday dunk, gambling. specu.
%lalion, fast living and The lnfaiua.
ilon TO get rich by sone grand
stroke are The most common. We
do not observe, however, that those !
who have failed are, As a rule, hon
est enough 10 make This acknowl-
eagment. They are ready to as
sign any reasons but the right
ones. They are not courageous
enough 10 lace The music. They 9
will not own up 10 themselves that
the fault is their own and not that /.
,f their friends, their partners and .
he world" :