Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-11-17
WHEN is SUCCESS A FAILURE?

physician or scientist.
When you are not a cleaner. fine -,
larger man ON account of your life
work.
When you have lost ON Zeur WAY up
- your fortune Your self respect, you;
courage. your self-controI. or any
other quality Of manhood.
! When If has m,.de conscience an a..
cuser, and shut he suaiieht out o,
ycnr life.
Nh"n the attainmont Vi your omh'-
ton has bI;-htod tho asafratau- AM
crushed the hopes Of o'hars.
When your hi2hest brain cells have
been crowded oHt Of business by @rends
Hhea ag sympathy has been crush
cd ont oil your nature by YOU S.-l1sl=
devotion 10 yeHr a7oeatioa.=
] When You plead hat yen.u#..e Ind
tiMe u calg.lat" Xoru =fs.#E'jst55pz p.
likeness OF good maanar-.
Whom zau have lived a double I'll
aaa =aaHble#doalfH4.=
when it brin-s zoa me- #8e=sas4z Of
e1.l5'lfe. eaaaatieHz# eassa1 =e', al oapo9=
t4H5ties t4=heza 4ta ~
When il dWarfs cramps or inter
feses with another's ri4IJs; Nhea II
binds you to tho interest OF the man
the other end Of he bargain.
When there is a dishonest or a de-
ceitful dollar in yoHr possessjon; Whoe
you fortune spells the ruin Of widows
and orphans, or the crushing of the
opportunities Of others.
When the hunger for more money,
noro land. more houses and bonds has
grown to be your dominant passion.
When ii has dWarfed yon mentally
and morally, aud robbed You OF the
sfontaneity and enthusiasm OF youth.
When It has made you physical
wreck-a victim of nerves" and
moods
When it has lowered your standards
ard made You traitor to all your
mohest and noblest impulses
When it has hardened you to the
needs and sufferings of others. and
made you scorner of the poor and
unfortunate.
When you rob those who work for
you of what is justly their due and
then pose as philanthropst by con-
tributing a small fraction Of your un-
just gains to some charity or to the
endowment of some public institution.
When the world is not the better
and richer for your life: when yor
have boarded every dollar you have
made. and have refused to help your
less fortunate fellowmen.
When you have used oilers as step
ping stones to fortune and ignored
their existence when your selfish ends
were attained.
When in your climb to power you
have trampled on duty, friendship,
love- honor. patriotism and all the
most sacred feelings of humanity.
When your example has dragged
others down; when your injustice AMI
Ityranny have driven men and women
to desperation, and destroyed their
! faith in God and man.
When your absorption in your work
las made you practically stranger
to your family.
When your children do not look up
on you as their best friend next to
their mother.
| When ihe nervous irritability engen-
dered by constant work, without any
relaxation, has made you brute in
your home and nuisance to thoss
who work for you.
When your greed for money has
darkened and cramped your wife's life
and deprived her of needed rest and
recreation, Or amusement of any kind.
When your narrow spirit makes yoi
Cry out, "What was good enough for
ne is good enough for my children"
and you refuse to give them the edu,
cation they crave, and which you can
amply afford.
When you have met your children's
caresses with repulses, and have de
led them the help of your compan-
! iC Cnship and loving encouragement
and guidance during their formative
years.
When the dssolute lives of your
sons cry out against you as the one
who, either by direct example or by
complete neglect of them. has pointed
their downward path.
When you are gloomy and pessimis-
tic; when you spread discourag cement
and despair wherever YOU go: when