The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-14
THE MONDAY
MEETING
Treasurer Trent on
the Subject of
Dividends.

At the monday Y. NJ. c. A. men s
meeting held in the vacant store in the
McInerny block, on Fort street, yes
terday, Mr. T. Give Davies presided
at the piano, prayer was offered by
Rev. Mr.. Turner, and a goodly com
pany of men listened to a short talk
by County Treasurer Trent on the sub
ject of Dividends Mr.. Trent said
in part:
Perhaps a number of my auditors
enjoy the experience every month of
drawing fat dividends from fortunate
Investments in sugar stocks, ard yet
others are busted semi-annually in clip
ping coupons from sugar bonds. This
happy privilege of drawing money
dividends may come to US in two ways,
viz, by Inheritance from our fathers,
and economy, followed by sound judg-
ment In making investments. But don t
let US get the idea that money dividends
are the only kind of dividends worth
seeking after. Only one little letter
appears in both the words money"
and "Success, and money is a very
small part of the best success-in fact
it is no necessary part of the most
lasting and commendable success.
1.-The greatest dividends come from
correct character building. What we
sow, we reap, is literal truth. If you
see y man coming down the street with
d long face and frowning brow, and
you watch closely, you IL find that he
meets with long faces and frowning
brows every where he goes On the
other hand, watch a cheerful, smiling
fellow as he passes along, and you II
find happy smiles and cheerful words
coming to him from all directions. Like
surely begets likes.
Let US remember yesterdays mis-
takes only to avoid them today. In
bathing our faces in the morning, let
US wash away the doubts and misgiv-
ings and hurts of the day before, and
face the new day with courage and
good cheer. Speak little more kindly
to mother and father, or to wife and
children; as you go out, pat the dog
on the head and see how happy he
will be, and cheer the cat with a.
kindly stroke instead of kick; have
a smile and a good word for the first
fellow you meet, and for the next, and
the neXt-and soon the dividends will
begin to pour in. The dog will wag
his tail more happily as you pass, the
cat will purr more joyfully, and smiles
and good words will meet you on every
hand. Try it once, just for a day, and
you'll find that it pays.
1.-THE meanest miser is the man who |
tries to get everything he can out
of the world without giving anything |
to the world. View all seen the fellow |
who joined the lodge for what he could |
get out of it, with no thought of what |
he could contribute to it; and the fell |
low who joined the church in order to |
benefit his position socially, or be |
thrown in contact with business men |
who might be of benefit to him, with |
no thought of ever being of any benefit |
to anything or anybody himself. And |
all good men naturally hold such a fell |
low in contempt. But the fellow who |
goes into the lodge or into the church |
for the good he can get, wins the ad-
of others and draws the
dividends of good viii.
"The man who gets most does not |
always give most; but the man who
gives most is almost sure to get most |
in affection, and love and confidence,
and esteem, and in quiet and happy
Dividends follow invest
investments. And if a man
invests his time and talents in unset
fish service, in encouraging the dis
in helping the helpless, in
cheering the faint hearted, and in hon
estly and sincerely endeavoring to make
the world little brighter for every
one with whom he comes in contact,
he needn't worry about the results.
The dividends viii come all right, and
hey II be better dividends than viii
ever be derived from any investments
n sugar stocks or other securities.
And after all is said, l believe you
will agree with me that the most salts
Tying dividends are to be found in the
owe and esteem and friendship of our
these dividends may be
,njOyed by every one of us who will so
order his life as to earn them.