Evening journal., 1903-06-17

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enterprise and progress. Without them
We can DO but little But they are not
everything, They are not even first.
! Work inconlestably holds that place,
/ tor By work We create. and above all,
By work We ntrengthen and elevate
ourselves, Even the work OF Sisyphus.
who you viii remember was condemned
By the gOua to rOn rock thfoushout
All time Go the top or a high mountain.
and when he got II almost there IL
would break from hm and 20 thunder
ins back 10 the bottom TO be again roll
ed ldboriously 10 the summit. Even
such work as that, Is better than idle
ness, for II develops the strength, calls
out the mental resources and builds up
the character Yet say again. wealth
ana money are necessary. Like nearly
every other good thing they may be
abused, but that should not deter YOU
from accumuldting them by every hon
est means II has been well said that.
The paths By which men get money
lead downward" ana considering some
of the examples about us we ny we'll
believe this is too frequently the case,
but this IS only another reason why We
should be honest and faith
ful, and stand inneXiby on
guard against the temptation
To increase our store by trickery and
dishonesty.
Booker Washinston's Idea.
Curiously enough a mulatto has
pointed out the true philosophy of in
dustrial life. Booker T. Washington
tells his people who are striving to ele-
Vate themselves against the difficulties
put In their way by race prejudice. that
no matter how little they earn they
must save a part Of it--no matter how
small a sum they receive by the
day, week, month o- season. They
must put part of 1t into the saving
fund. He shows them how to save.
and what TO 90 with the money as Il
Increases. Wages are not low even In
the South, and every man who earnest
| ~ tries To save can put by something.
And as Il fact the negroes are putting
by a great deal. They are establishing
banks buying land, raising stock, culti-
lNatlng cotton and accommodating
| wealth. Ii the negroes throughout the
South should settle down on this advice
| Of their Moses as their first rule of life,
| they viii probably az no distant day
iind themselves richer than their white
neighbors. but II the rule is good for
the humble negro, it win be sull better
for you. In the East North and West
whore wages aud salaries are higher
and wealth more abundant, life Is
easier and the rewards of Industry and
trugality are more bountifuL This
makes it certain that the simple prin-
ciple of Booker II. Washington. n early
adopted and rigidly adhered "a. VIII ult-
mately enrich you. provided YOU work
hard, study hard and play hard. The
virtues as taught by your mothers
your professors and your books win
carry you safely through all the diff
culties which assail you. They will
make you scorn 10 take that which you
have not earned, or to receive that
which does not belong 70 YOU
Good reading. which is "a precious part
Of civilizations indestructible gain.
viii stimulate Your ambition. elevate
your sense Of honor ana strengthen
your character for az! the emergencies
of life and for this purpose there are
nothing better than Plutarch's Lives
, Shakespeare's plays and Scotts novels
They are fuli of brave. generous and
patriotic mon. heroic deeds and lofty
ideals and no right-mhlded youth on
fun grown inan FOR that matter can
rise irom them without feeling his mind
enlarged, his aspirations strcngthened
land his soul upllfted. / can give you no
better rule tnan TO read them over and
over again, and when you are VA doubt
as to your course in any of lfc's emer-
gcncies. consider how your favorite
hero of history or OF romance would
act, and then go and do likewise. IN
you follow this simple course faithfully
you win never have cause TO regret II.
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