The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1903-10-15

D. Herbert Moore, in Judieious Advertising.
Think not, Sir Man of Leisure, as
you peep lazily through your heavily
curtained window at the scurry-seven
O'Clock crowd on the way to it's daily
toll, that you have the best of it be
cause you can snuggle back beneath
your luxurious covering and sleep
until Jeems or Meadows brings your
morning coffee and paper and asks
If you prefer the Yellow Dragon or
the Green Devil for your forenoon
spin.
Do not lay the fattering unction
I to your soul that yours is the hap
pier lot.
1Onder youth with swinging step,
with fists dug deep into the pockets
of his thread-bare coat and a cold
luncheon wrapped i'll paper tucked
beneath his arm, tastes a finer,
sweeter JOY than all your luxury can
bring
His is the pleasure of incentive
the glory of work.
For there is n zest to it all. The
quick spring from bed at the alarm
clocks summons, the hastily swal-
lowed breakfast, then out into the
wine like air of early neutrality-suspicious.
Gus work of brain or Drawn, whether
it be pegging away at a desk or
directing the eternal grind of clank-
ing machinery.
1t is sOccupation-accomplishment!
Do not pity these work IA day folk
Save your sympathy for the hapless
and hopeless idle fellows-the unfor-
tunates or unwillings; alike commits
erable.
JOY goes with the working masses
There is JOY in the MONDAY luncheon
whether in a gilded cafe or a cold
snack hastily devoured "before the
whistle blows"
The evening meal is a feast to the
weary man, and his well-earned rest
is the greatest Joy of all.
Hard work is the best of all cures
for insomnia.
Thank God you can work!
Though your office labor strains
your nerves and racks your brain,
though the "shop' takes the best of
your strength and vitality-be glad
to be living, an active part of the
working world.
You must earn your amusements
before you can enjoy them. Ennui
has no part in the strenuous life~
Be glad, for conscience sake, that
you are not one of those most mis-
erable of all men, a fellow without q
| job-a human machine standing idle,
rusting and losing it's value from
| disuse.
Thank God you can work!
| When sorrow and grief come, when
| you seek to forget, to crush out cruel
thoughts, thank God that you can
absorb yourself in your occupation.
plunge deep into the details of your
| duty.
Thank God that you can work
that you can grasp your pay envel-
ope and say, "This is mine, the right
full pay for the labor of my brain,
the just earnings of my strong right
arm"
Be thankful, employer as we'll as
employe for the Joy of working.
You know the pleasure of it.
Do not deceive yourself by the
promise mine times in ten a pleasant
little fiction) that by-md-by you will
retire, end up, rest your life in idle
luxury.
The business game is not alone for
the pleasure of the spoils, but for the
| JOY of playing.
| What theworld may call greed and
avarice you know to be the faseina
tion of success-the intOxication o.
accomplishment; and it will keep you
untiringly at ton your mettle il
the battle-till the end of life.
For life is work.
And work is life.
"FORCE,' a ready-to-serve, ready-to-di
gest, delightful food. brings the indepeuden