Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-08

be the foil. Ill temper contracts muscles,
1t robs of reason and Of truth. Love mod
ulates the being and enables one to do the
best for self and others. The woman who
gave the soft answer drew unto herself all
that was good. She remained calm and the
poise of her life was undisturbed, and she
had gained the admiration of others. The
other one had contracted brews and burn
ing cheeks, an unbalanced mind and the
pity OF those who realized that she was
her own worst enemy.
A Young Man
Who was one of earths prodlgies as a
child and one of the mysteries as a young
asprant, and who today at forty is one
of its gravest realities, started out In life
with this motto. THE world owes me liv-
ing He also sort of imagined that 1t
would be luxurious one: that the world
would take pleasure in giving him broad
cloth coats, fancy vests, patent leather
shoes and take in compensation the grace
with which he could bear an easy life. The
world led him on. 1t smiled, it dressed
him well, and fed him bountifully-for a
while. But one morning after an unusually
sound sleep, he awoke to find that the
world had turned to dust and ashes at his
feet. He used great physical effort in trying
to live without honorable work. The final
lesson came at last and he found that the
living the world owed him was a debt that
would never be paid until he could hand In
a bill for services rendered At thirty-two
he made his real start in life. He came
to himself by getting out of himself. He
was willing to creep where he could look
up to the ladder he hoped some time to
climb. Nickels and dimes began to be of
use to him when it was his own money he
spent Today he feels that he owes the
world something and his face tells the story
of how he made his fortune and place
among men.
Work thou for pleasure
Paint or sing or carve
The thing thou lowest,
Though the body starve.
Who works for glory misses oft the goal.
Who works for money
Coins his very soul!
Work for the works sake, then,
And it may be
That these things
Shall be added unto thee. Any other kind
of work does not pay financially is not
satisfying mentally, and is morally degrad-
ing All the forces of nature are constant
ly at work, and thereby they grow in power
true self by taking his place in the COM
mon service of humanity, and he can only
be of service when he works.
Silent Forces
Are the most powerful both of nature and
of life. From nature may we get the criterion
for life. The growth of the trees. the re-
sources of the earth are silent factors in
the development of a great universe.
Large bodies move slowly and small ones
go quickly, with more haste less speed
activity.
A consciousness Of this theory will help
US to develop characters Of strength and
endurance Every man has in himself a
continent of undiscovered character Happy
is he who acts the Columbus to his own
soul" 1t is true. Discover the silent forces
within you and you have found the means
to achievement.
Everything goes to prove the theory that
conscious strength assumes weak attitudes
silent forces) and conscious weakness as
sumes strong attitudes" This is illustrated
by the large steamer and the small tug
The steamer silently glides into port. leav-
ing the little tug far behind. putting along
and forgotten.
The Insignificant dog banks and jumps and
declares its intention of devouring the OBJ
ject of its attention. If it gets too close we
brush 1t away and pass on. The dangerous
animal looks wise, and the fact that he
could bite is not lost sight of. Still wa
tiers run deep.
AT one of the gardens a pass was pre-
scented to the doorkeeper. 1t had the o. K
of the management, but he refused to &C
cept it. The man who presented 1t was one
of the forces of life. He made a mild re-
monstrance. The doorkeeper expanded per-
ceptibly and said: II represent the C.
L band. and I'll not accept those tickets
tonight" Had he been the band itself he
could not have afforded to do that but as
he was just the doorkeeper not much was
thought of it. And SO 1t is all through life,
and everywhere reserve force is the sign
of true greatness.
What Feverish Contest
Life is when it is lived for the sake of
popularity rather than usefulness, and what
shallow thing 1t is also! Popularity is a
tickle god. You carry incense and myrrh
to Its shrine, and 1t turns from you to take
the smaller gifts of your rival, while use
fulness rewards itself and in doing gains
the lasting favors of life. More often than
not the useful one is popular. but if not ha .
the consciousness of a We'll done thou
good and faithful servant"
MAUDE WINIFRED ROGERS.