The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-05
klcksRs AND KlcKs.

Lnce Ipol 2 Tine Ntielc were tHo lIo5S-
They zen INTO jar OF In.lA. The jar was
h-SA ana The n.-lk VAS deep, ana there
seemed no way CT escape
Il guess were cone for sorrowfUlly
cOuc4ld1,. the Eas.Iy Discouraged FROG,
and re might as well lie down and cie
row as sater on.
''2Eaybe you're right. replied the Hope
FIJI Frog. but 4 intend 70 keep on kick
Ing il tae meantime.
&c, huoy-d 81 bg the spirit Of the Hope
sal Frog the two kicked al night. AM
IL the morning found no dinicu.ty in
making their was- ont Of the jsr-for the
Kicking had churneo the milk into butter.
The moral is obv-ous. ism Z II?
: told that story TO { discouraged friend
o. nine the other day. RE p0ndeTed un-
s-nilingly over II fer space ana thet
delivered himself of the following
That's all right. believe in the kick
ing process. I'm kicking now-but I've
kicked so long without results that /
s1ess It s d jar Of butternilk I've fallen
into"
The moral here is also discernabie.
But don't you think because the first
kick or TWO doesn I bring the butter,
tha1 you are doomed TO kick unseen.
Even if its only outterLl.lk, there are
chances that the disturbance YOU raise
VIII attract attention and that some in
{
into freedom.
We're an born into a world of milk. it
almost seems 10 ne. which needs 10 &c
churned If we are TO surmcunt our DIFF
dculties by success.
There are several kinds of kickers in thi
world.
There are the diligent kickers. the intel
ligent kickers. the kcizcrs who KICK on
principle. the lickers who kick anyway.
mo l-fafro--r vsrf7n waste their strength
on footballs and the kicl5ers who are too
lazy to kick but would Ike 10 to.
Then Of course there are people who
don't kick-thcse who are too timid. or
Who sit upon this mundane sphere with
a noble resignation. believing that If Fate
intends them TO move FaJe VIII do thu
necessary kicking; or those who view
with a laugh the world and is doings
But at present I'm talking about kicks
and kicizers.
The duigent kicker generally gets what
ne wants. because he makes himself so
d-sagreeable il he doesn't The other fel-
low sives in to keep the peace. When the
6il,gent kicker gets home in the evening
his dinner IS steamiag hot on the table
at the moment des,red-but his family
hates him as a rule. He kicks at the
Office until the office machinery runs like
clockworl. but he incurs the III viii of his
clerks. II he's a clerk he kicks until his
salary IS raised-if he isn't fired The
Giligent kicker obtains his ends usually.
but he isn't loved.
The Intelligent kicker knows when he
is in milk or buttarmiI1. anS he governs
his kick accordingly. Moreover. when
there is nothing to be gained by kicking.
he is wise enough 10 keep the peace and
enjoy life. He never kicks without q def
mite purpose.
Not so the kicker who kicks on prin-
ciple or the kicker who Kicks anyway.
The one who kicks on principle may be
q pretty good sort of fellow when the
mania isn't upon him. lie is the kind
ahO refuses to Sive up his nickel to the
conductor when he can't find a seat. The
principle is an right and if his fellow
beings would join their kicks 70 his on the
SPOT. there might be resultant good and
we'd have Il Better street car service. But
as a rule he is ridiculed for a fool, and
has TO pay up or get of the car.
The man who kicks anyway is some
thing we have got to bear. lie cant
help it, Us in the blood. You might
a well try TO cure a mule. He never
gains anything by his kicking unless its
He would die if he couldn't kick. It's
crly mental relaxation.
The man who is 900 lazy to kick. but
would like to- is generally the man at the
foot of the ladder He's the man who
says "Aw what's the user' lie never
amounts to anything.
There is another class Of kicker-the
man who stands in front Of a stone wall
and bruises his toe impotently against IT,
Here is unthinking LABOR striking without
Intelligence. and here are the uureasoning
discontented- The man who kicks at a
stone wall is 90 be more pitied than de-
spiscd He needs help. and FOR the good
OF ourselves as well as Of him, II should
bt given him.
And, again. there is the one who vents
his righteous wrath kicking at the at
mosnhere when he should be operating
upoa something solid. Oh, I know that
lCind-too Intimately 20 take q pleasure
iE yCiubie discourse concerning ii. Lots
Of AS have courage 20 punish the air ia
che bosom 0f cur famiiies-presenti
mld and meek coUntenance when in the
presence cf the hatod bat powerful OBJ
1ecL ut oU- Kicks
Many Scod laws are the result of siren
ucus SicEiugs.
Dom waste all your kicks" on little
things The big ones can stand &c best.
Most man attain success through their
own kcAing but There are some who need
10 be kickad into greatness. Many great
names would have been lost To the world
If good kicker hadn't been behind the
dreaming poet, the lazy musician. the
happy so-iuc-y artist, the drunken
writer
a mule IS respected from the rear but
that doesn prevent as from hitting him
over the head
a man who doesn't occasionally kick is
oFcr-run by his ncigh5ogs, his fellow
clerks and employers.
Never KICK at man who's down-ha
NAV set up again.
u rni- To srrrera an fufrranr rrnrrr=rff
Kick Tor Justice. Kick for amusement.
kick f2r courage Kick for princip.e
lie on your back ana kick with -four
feet. Il nee ssary. for solf--espect Kick
re-Vs-if when you aesere X. But don ~
don't kici. chronicaily Tor mere mean
ress.
And whatever you Do. doa't elbow your-
self 90 be general kiokee--E. *. Wooiey.