San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-01-31

ence to certain fixed laws is requir-
ed This habit of obeying fixed laws,
gives Il fiXedneSS to all the life that
| follows. and a power of laying down
laws for personal government, later
on in life when the individual is to be
his own lawmaker, that no other edu-
cation can confer This is so univer
sally true that the exceptions to it are
of the rareSt kind. and the testimony
of nearly all human success in life
| IS to the necessity Of this early con-
formity of the life to some fixed law.
This necessitates power on the part
Of the parent. as well as wisdom, to
establish home law Of such character
as will lead to the best results. If
| this is not done. then the very power
Of home to regulate becomes a power
TO regulate inirdiciously, and the re-
suit is only evil.
For this there is no provision under
the sun. There is no preventive
against the utter incompetency OF
parents. There is no power to pre-
vent the foolish in thought. and I'M
wise in life, and ignorant in expert
eice from marrying their own kind
and begetting children in their own
likeness. But it is not possible that
thee hildren thus born will be any
wiser than their parents, and there
is not afforded in this lamentable con-
dition any release from the law that
requires the boys and girls so unfOr-
| tunatPly born from coming under the
law. The ice is thinner where the law
is broken. No matter what that law.
| Obedience comes first as the habit to
| he inculratpd.. When that is mas
tered and the subject of home Obedi-
| once goes out to make his own laws.
he will have no difficulty in conform
ing to the law that he has laid down
for himself. The ice is strong beneath
| the feet of a wise Splf-reStraint.
1t is so in the business pond as well
| The thin ice lies in the direction of
| lack of obedience A strict adherence
to method is the law of success in bus
| mess. Every considerable establish
ment must be directed by method.
The business manager" is the meth
cd maker of such establishment. Such
an officer is the head and brains of the
directory of every well conducted es-
4 Establishment. Management is the very
| antipOde of slackneSs. The business
that manages is lost. The business
that is managed is saved. The habit
of method contracted at home under
home law. renders the habit of meth
I'd in business. under the business
manager. comparatively easy. This
readily coming under the laws of the
business house is noted at headduar-
ters and it counts in your favor. This
&c the second benefit of bringing your
life at home under the home law,even
Il that law is not the wisest or the
hest.
These are but illustrations of the
text. This one habit of method, this
early conformity to regulations impOs-
ed, this coming under the law of adj
juStment is the most vital thing on
earth to the success of the ordinary
man or woman. 1t is said that the
reason why women are usually less
successful in business matters than
men, is because of their lack of meth
cd. Be this as it may, method is the
alpha and the omega of business sue
cess. Go into any office, any store
any mandatory, any place where
any buSlntSS vi hlhh NOhuuNtSb
and the Obseryant man at once takes
his impressions from the method OF
lack of it here displayed. No wise
man entrusts his law business to the
man without method. No builder
gives his contract to the mechanic
without method. No merchant makes
a manager of a clerk who is without
method. The man who skates ovel
the ice where this danger signal is no
nut up skates to his destruction. The
destruction of all his chances of bus
mess success.
To the boys and girls in the home
this morning, then, comes the admo
milton, Danger! Thin Icei Whreeve
the steps turn away from the hOm
regulations, there the first step is TAX
en- to danger. 1t is a matter of indif
ference in what that first step lies
it is taking it that counts. 1t counts
because it leads you out NJ tt" patti
Of obedience, this OFT of the track q
method. this out Of The highway I
success. Lack of business method
the objectionable sin in the code o
the business world. This mOrnin
the warning signal is raised. Dan
ger! Thin Ice! Beware Of turnin
= aside from the path where the myria
: feet of others passing safely show yO1
that the ice is sufficiently strong I
bear your weight. For confirmation
of this truth, consult the successful
men, old or young, of your acquaint
ance, and you will find that the rOya
: road to success lies long the lines o
, lmethOd. Method is only acquired b.
obedience to regulations The frs
step is home obedience. Whereve
: the feet incline to depart from thi
{ there is danger and the signal gOe
+ | up. Danger! Thin Ice!
That it must be so in social life
equally clear. only the path way ma
differ. Here it is pOliteness. r
straining your tongue from saying dis