The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-15
IF | HAD ANOTHER CHANCE
WHAT ONE MAN WOULD DO IL HE
COULD TRY LIFE OVER AGAIN.
Interesting Address Delivered by
Judge ID n. Baldwin. Last Week,
to Students of Purdue.


again still. the antidote is that God is
unsptakabIy kind in not requiring US to
live these tedious unsatisfactory lives of
OUR a second time-"One chance and no
more Your speaker has had his chance
and az ne has failed TO make the most Of
it. he feels that he owes a duty to the
young whose opportunity is all before
them. 10 tell them how they can avoid the
errors he has fallen into and make more
out Of life than he has.
II I had another chance / would study
personality rather than books. a pleasant
address is more to be desired than great or
little learning. Indeed, the manner of doing
q thing-as the vast majority of all our
Gets are very commonplace of more i'm
poTtance than the thing itself Who get the
soft snaps in church and state? Your we'll
spoken, your well-mannered, well-dressed
man and woman. One Of the great advan-
tages Of city life is this rounding off the
rough corners and angles OF a country
youth or maid City clothes invariably fit
better than the country made. City folks
are quicked witted and more tactful and
polite than rustics. Dress does not make
either man or woman, but when the man
or woman are even half made correct dress
adds marvelously to their appearance.
A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT
The art of being agreeable, of making
and keeping friends. is more than a fine
art 1t is both fine and useful. 1t is your
friendly man who brings things his way.
"He that ruIeth his spirit is better than
he that taketh a city" Learn the self-art of
self-control as a part of your personality.
Anger is the mud Of the souI-aIways un-
profitable because it fouls the otherwise
clear stream of your judgment. The most
vulgar thing in the world is angry man,
unless il be an angry woman. a hrst-class
man or woman never quarrels There is
nothing which costs so much time and
money as a high-grade quarrel, and IL is
only very foolish people who indulge in
them. Quarrels are usually the children of
cowardice They are both prevented and
cured by courage. You have a misunder-
standing with friend; here, as nowhere
else, "a stitch i'm time saves nine Go and
look him or her i'm the eye. If you have
done wrong or have been the aggressor
have the courage to say and in ninety
nine cases out of hundred a bitter feud
will be prevented.
A frst-class man or woman speaks i'll Of
one. The higher up you get in social life
the less you will find of scandal, gossip and
z
land il is considered bad manners to abuse
the party in power. But refraining from
i'll speaking concerning others is not the
whole of the matter. Judge not that We
be not Judged" Never pass judgment on
another's character or conduct until you at
least hear their story. You may take it as
an invariable rule that the great majority
of the human family intend to do right; at
heir Sid of II will
save you world of annoyance if you lis
ten to it before you condemn.
One of the best books concerning conduct
and etiquette / know of is the New Testa-
ment ST Paul is constantly preaching
good manners. BE We courteous kindly
affectionate one toward another" is only
one of a hundred of his maxims for i'm
proving society.
ENTER EVERY OPEN DOOR,
After Frances f. Willard had returned
from her two years trip around the world
and while she was an unknown Evanston
school ma am, some one invited her to de-
liver "A public lecture in Chicago. With a
girls timidity she turned TO her mother.
My child" said the mother. 'enter every
open door" Miss Willard carefully wrote
out her speech. but once started she was
surprised to find she had no need of manu-
script. This was the beginning of the career
of an almost matchless female orator.
Push yourself. Push your opportunities.
Enter every open door" If conscious of
ability do not hesitate to bring your wares
TO the best market. Modest merit with its
finger in its mouth, standing shivering out
in the cold is sight not pleasant TO either
gods or men. ''Modesty." said the great
Benjamin JOwett, the celebrated English
teacher. lis a virtue in only very young
men" What" says some one. do you
recommend the yellow art of blowing one
own horn and self-advertising?" Well. not
exactly: but who will start the horn blow
ing If its owner does not?
Sounding brass" bright, Turing and yell
low. is. after all. a pleasant metal TO look
upon, especially as IL is always found on
the band wagon; while it's brother. modest
iron. has To do duty in the axle-trees and
hubs below. If cheek is so undesirable,
why did our Savior command a double por-
ton of il? IF a man smte you on one
cheek turn to him the other also" How
can this be done without double portion
OF cheek-hard and cold? Milton and
Wordsworth are esteemed the finest SON
neteers in our language. But less than ten
years ago ex-senator John j. ingalls, pro-
duced sonnet 10 opportunity that is
fully equal in merit TO any ever written by
these great authors. Here it is-ponder il.
absorb IL:
i"Master OF human destinies am l.
Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields l walk: penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. and passing by
Hovel and mart and palace-sOon or late
i knock unbidden once at every gate
"If sleeping. wake if fasting rise before
] turn away IL is the hour OF fate,
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hest
tate.
Condemned 10 failure. penury and woe
Seek me in vain and useIessly implore.
/ answer not and l return no more.'
CONCERNING MAMMON
II I had another chance / would retain
my knack OF money-making. but not give
up my whole life 20 IL. In early years
would secure me modest, pleasant home
and endow IL with capital sufficient for an
Independence and 20 guard against acct
dents and misfortune and then spend all