The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-26

on you. Some people are naturally
members OF the club: they have what
IS known as happy disposition. II
Is necessary for others to make an ef-
Tort gu need only say, I Will try II
II you fail land you need not fail, en-
tirely), no one will know of your effort,
and no one will laugh at you. You hear
a good deal lately of occult philosophy
so far as 1t is of any value, and has
any existence, it is possible to members
of the Don't Worry club
Is Inc members of this club who
nave peen 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.
10. 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
20. Few men become greater than the
good citizen; the good husband; the
good father; the good brother
81 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 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
Slstance 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-
pies of the Don't Worry club, but if
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 it politely, intelli-
gently, and without a needless repeti-
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; g. He
seems to be 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.
(Note.-The official 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 a year. but no member of the club
is expected to take the paper unless he
wishes The price of the daily is equal
ly 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 AtchisoH 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 indie
pendent says: I'm my opinion, the
Atchison Globe prints better para
graphs than any other paper in this
country.')