Evening journal., 1903-06-17

as wholesome and vigorous work. but
they should never be carried on to-
gether. They should never be mixed
up, but should be separated and kept
separate, for Ia that way and i'm that
way only can they be kept from inter-
fering with and nentralizlng each
other
/ once heard our strenuous President.
while still a ranchman and a bear
hunter. say that he had found out why
so many men who went for erizglies
failed to get them. when asked 10 ex-
plain he said: why because while
they are trying to shoot the bear they
are also buslly engaged in trying to
climb a tree" ! need not waste time
I'm pointing out the moral of this story.
1t is obvious. 1t means simply that
when you have found the bear YOU
should keep your eye and mind on the
gun and the bear. and not upon the
tree. This requires nerve. and atten-
ton, and courage. but under such con q
ditions nerve, attention and courage
pay. They and they alone will carry
you through, while ther absence may
prove fatal.
Wnen 70 be strenuous,
And whatever work confronts you.
tackle IL boldly and resolutely. There
are no longer any mysteries I'm this
life. Whatever another man can do or
has done you can do if you try. and
opportunity offers. or course the
amount of work TO be done
is any case is generally pro-
portional to the magnitude Of the task.
The big job will require more work and
more time than the little one, but work
and brains will accomplish II il IL is
within the range of human possibility.
And if it or anything like it has ever
been done before. # is possible and you
are fully justified, If II comes your
way. in trying for it with all your
might II may not pay directly, but
YOU should remember as a life maxim
that one of the wisest things ever said
is that the work a man does is better
than the pay he gets for it," Money
pay is not everything nor the chief
thing The work, the conscience the
power. the concentration you put into
your task. however great or however
small il may be, is the true measure
of its value. not only to the purchaser
but to yourself, and your greatest in
terest i'm that value is always safe
when the task is honestly and COM
pletely done. No man can deprive you
of that. II is yours forever, and can
not fail to add TO your true worth and
contribute to your real success in life
And so, it is the part of true wis
dom that whatever you undertake youi
first care should be to carry it through
faithfully. honestly and successfully
Nothing should turn you from it till il
is finished. Constancy is one Of the
greatest of the virtues.
Choosing a Career.
And this brings me to another point
that of deciding what you should un-
dertake. This in youth is generally set
tied by your parents. your family OF
your college, and later in a larger de-
rec by society or the state. Each OF
these in its proper sphere should b'
promptly obeyed-indeed, must be
obeyed for reasons not necessary to de.
tail here. They are obvious and i'm.
perative, but withal leave you quite al
much independence in the choice o
your life work as win fully tax YOU
Judgment and good sense MY purpos
is not TO help you I'm the choice of you
calling or profession in life, so mucl
as to show you how to prepare your.
self for it, and TO carry yourself wheI