The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1904-12-22
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ON The ROAD TO SUCCESS
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by KATHERINE GLOVER, +
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N~S you read about II ii
books and terse quotation,
IzAE the road 10 success. A
lSU few abstract, smooth.roll
ing phrases about perseverance and
courage. with very little concerning
the snags and the pitfalls, and moth.
ing at all 70 say OF the balm 20 use
for stumpcI purposes and broken
limbs Of resolution.
l am young and I awake early re.
peatlng 10 myself again and again,
Il will make this a day Of great
things" And on that. Il will' stop
the trivial buuonlng Of my waist to
crush my hand IN determination; ny
chin unconsciously take on John L.
Sullivan angle. and my mouth goes
rigid. Let him oppose who dares!
Then I 90 on buttoning my waist and
the button rolls OF just the same TAX.
ing with 1t q large lump Of my deter.
mination. And all day long buttons
keep rolling OF, l1glratively, l has.
ten to add until by night, perhaps,
there is not a single one left and my
determination, detached, has slipped
OF.
90 out alone at twilight for n
thoughtful walk. Success germs are
literally swarm!ng all over me. say
10 myself, softly. Il will Succeed.
Others have, 50 will t. Again the
hand clinches AMI something within
me sv-lis. Il wlll.' l say again 10
the sunset, and then 10 some fancled
obstacle, You shall not daunt me-' in
such a tone that any but the rudest
obstacle would surely scuttle scared
away.
My idea Of success is rather dim,
but It puffs me up and makes me feel
airy and apart from the world. The
horizon Of my dreams looks rose
colored and FAR away--it is a great
big, world-eucompassing dream that 1
take with me on my twilight walk.
read sketch after sketch Of lives Of
great men in the magazines. IN the
papers. everywhere. On all sides l
meet with these little biographies Of
success. They stir me and stimulate
me. So I say, They did: l will. I
will work hard as they worked hard.
and !. too. will succeed. | will ner.
severe without ceasinC: l will make
sacrifices to my work. worship always
at its shrine; and then l will do things
that shall make the world stop IN its
course and wonder"
One thing rank,es a little. Always
in the biographies there were pretty
tales Of the hero's determination,
poverty bound though his youth was.
10 60 TO college; and just as sure as
his path was Uttered with difficulties.
so sure was be 10 tramDle them down
and pass on trnmphanuy to the open
doors OF the college Now, I. in NY
very young days, Rugged to myself a
dream Of college life 1t pillowed me
TO sleep many a night. Not that there
seemed the slightest probability Of It's
tulhllment indeed there was every
reason 10 suppose 1t could not possibly
come to pass, but what mattered that
10 my dream? Indeed. would q dream
be dream, all pumped up with pro-
babilltyO So | cherished it none the
less and felt perfectly certain that l
could not possibly be cheated Of my
rightful heritage. l saw pleading
philanthrOpists troop!ng forward to
help in such a good cause. But the
day Of graduation came TO hand and
the expected philanthropists had for.
gotten their cue and failed to appear
upon the stage Of my well ordered
tFams. The stupid problem Of work
Presented itself TO me with the same
harshness that it would 10 any ordi.
nary non-heroine being. II was my
unmistakable part to pitch In and help
the family finances-it might sound
well In books and biographies, but in
real life it was prosaic, deadly dull
and inevitable.
OF course. I might have chucked
duty, borrowed money OF some
abundantly provided friend and gone
on to college, leaving the family Il
shoe the wolf away without my help
And I admit that II I had been truly
great could have managed to get my
college education and still have KEEP
the family going with the proceeds OF
chocolate fudge or Welsh rarebit con
cocted at odd hours for classmates
But my greatness was not that great
and gulped down with a hard swal
low my college dream and delved int
wOrk-some small newspaper position
in which / chose to see large posi-
bilites. My eyes are Of the kind tina
naturally adjust themselves TO magnl