The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-06-25

"HE number of persons who are
trying to make "both ends
meet" as the phrase has it
are legion; but one never hears
of anyone attempting to make three
ends meet. This quaint expression is
often seen in print, and while it is gen.
orally understood that it has reference
to person who undertook certain task,
but failed to accomplish it, 1T is also
used in other ways.
AS a boy 1 had the Quixotic idea that
the task of making both ends meet,
was a genteel sort of employment de-
manding genius and skill, and that it
was highly remunerative. Since then,
however, this fanciful illusion has been
dissipated, and 1 now realize that the
term has broader, deeper and more
significant meaning attached to it.
Indirectly speaking, it is term that
engages the profound attention OF the
world. 1t is cardinal factor in; shap-
ing the destinies of nations as we'll as
individuals. No matter what occupa-
ton we are at or what profession we
practice, our energies and abilities are
directed toward making both ends
meet.
Some, through training and innate
cleverness, have little difficulty in
making both ends meet, but with
Others the task is lifelong struggle.
No matter how diligently they labor,
how many hours they work day their
status in the sphere of human endeavor
remains the same.
Those who are equipped mentally
and physically to plan, scheme and put
into operation great enterprises OF
national or international scope, find it
an easy task to make both ends meet.
\To man with brains, ambition and
enthusiasm there is no limit to his
achievements. Such man will make
both ends meet no matter where you
place him. If today he is working with
a pick and shovel that belongs.to some
body else, his ambition will raise him
from such uncongenial environments.
In the course of time he will own that
pick and shovel and hire some one else
to WELD them. That is the secret of
making both ends meet, and to do it
scientifically and successfully one will
early realize that he must be thinker
instead of letting others think for him
Think And when you begin to think
seriously as to why you are unable to
make both ends meet, you will soon be
in position to cut the Gordian knot
that binds you to penury, poverty and
wretchedness. Never mind such an in
significant thing as headache. That
is an excellent barometer that shows
you have brains. Henry Ward Beech
or occasionally had headaches; Rookie
Teller and. j. Pierpont Morgan now ano
then suffer from headaches. They
are considered excellent types of tha
ever increasing class who are success
fully making both ends meet. Th'
world has pronounced their careers
successful and has eulogized them ant
sang their praises with ever increasing
enthusiasm, while the man who ha
made failure of life has lived ant
died in obscurity, unknown and un
mourned by the human race.
The man who let's others do hi
thinking will never make both end
meet with any degree of -luxuriou
comfort. The thinking man is the chal
that counts nowadays. 1t is the think
ing man who is in demand by ou
large manufacturing concerns, by tn
presidents of railroads, and it is b
who will later on be captain of in
dustry.
Those whom we designate captain
of industry" were not divinely create
for that special purpose. That meas
ure of success which they have achieve
can be emulated If not surpassed. The
unquestionsbly owe their present Q,
allied position in the financial wori
because they are thinkers. Their an