The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-03-10

on you. Some people are naturally
members of the club: they have what
IS known as happy disposition" It
Is necessary for others to make an eff
fort You need only say, Il will try it.
If you fail (and you need not fail, en-
tlrely), no one will know of your effort,
and no one viii laugh at you. You hear
good deal lately of occult philosophy.
50 far as it Is Of any value. and has
any existence. it Is possible to mem bers
of the Don't Worry club.
10 The members of this club who
nave been denied a college education,
VIII acquire one that is in some re-
spects superior: no one need remain
poor or ignorant because of poverty in
youth.
IS. Do not be too sentimental; senti-
ment easily becomes weakness A barn
yard hen cannot become a lark; there
are those who say a longing for such a
change is ridiculous.
~ Few, men become greater than the
good citizen; the good husband the
good father; the good brother.
Fl The Don't Worry Club was sug-
gested by the wisdom of an Atchison
butcher who never worries: Charley
Poehler pronounced Pay-ler) An
Atehison woman who trades with Char
ley Poehler says she has been abusing
him twenty years. and does not believe
he ever heard a word she said
While the Don't Worry club has no
grips or passwords, it has a few signs
for recognizing members. Here they
are:
Signs for Recognizing Members of the
Don't Worry Club:
When you meet a man who Is neat
IN his habits, intelligent and modest in
conversation, and quick to render as
sistance to children and the aged. he
is usually at least a beginner, and
striving for the higher honors of the
club. Unfortunately, however, a few
men of this description have not yet
learned the Importance of the princi-
nj ha nAsf " Oh trr+
you watch the man closely, you may
satisfy yourself fully. Here are a few
signs that will nearly always indicate
that he is member: a If he is a
young man, he will not speak of his
father as the old man." b. If he is an
elderly man, he will not speak disparag-
ingly of the young; C. If he needs infor-
nation, he asks for 1t politely, intelli-
ton of words; if he has business to
transact. he transacts it as quickly
and thoroughly as possible; d. He does
not argue" insolently, and in a loud
voice; e He is polite in public places
and does not try to attract attention by
any species Of smartneSs; f. He is
courageous in case of danger; &. He
seems to be a gentleman in all respects.
In order to avoid worry. it is necessary
to practice the virtues enumerated
above The same rules, with a few
changes as to conditions, will apply to
women and children.
A4NOlCs-1 organ OF the DON'T
Worry club is the Atchison Globe. The
Weekly Globe is an eight page paper;
eight columns to the page. The price
is not enough to worry you; twenty-five
cents year. but no member of the club
is expected to take the paper unless he
wishes. The price of the daily is equal
~ reasonable The Atchison Globe is
the only paper printed in a city of six
teen thousand inhabitants. Its two con-
temporaries worried themselves to
death. Copies of this booklet furnished
free; club buttons at the same price.
The Lawrence Journal says: 1T is the
opinion of Kansas newspaper men that
the AtchisoE Globe is the best paper in
the state" William Allen White, who
wrote Whats the Matter with Kan
sas," says in the Emporia Gazette:
THE Atchison Globe is known wher-
ever the English language is spoken"
Hamilton Holt. Of the New York hide
pendent says: I'm my opinion, the
Atchison Globe prints better para
graphs than any other paper in this
country')