The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-07-31

praise. The grocer, the hardware man
and the butcher who. ought to know
all about such things, have prop
ably asked you why you didn't go into
grand opera. You mean 10, OF course
but the point 1 wish to make is that
you shouldn't rush upon the stage at
twenty-four hours notice. Human be-
fngs are not always good judges OF the
human voice. Cows are. Before you
have contracted for any three-sneet
posters, go out into the pasture and try
your voice on TWO or three COWS. II
they don't elevate their heads and tails
and prepare to defend themselves
against attempted murder, you can can
it a success. Then go to some Erores-
sfonal singer and ask him to be FRANK
with YOU They are the frankest peo-
pie in the world If you can approach
them right. You may be welcomed 10
the ranks of grand opera, or you may
be told to resume the hoe IN me corn
field. You may get a jar, put such
things never kill My family outcneI
was told at the age Of twenty, lnat
he had the most wonderful voice DIS
covered for years. He was told SO Dy
his pa and ma and the preacher. but
after he had sung for a professional
he was brought home on shutter. IL
didn't kill him though He recoVereo
in time and became a successful sputcn-
er. He has few equals in the art OF
Weighing the bone with the meat ana
You have heard poor sermons from
moor preachers, my son. We all nave,
but none OF US old hands nave ilSL ol u
I'D against them -fEhey dlQ tn & - =
they could. 1t was pa and ma anu
Amt Rettv who saw q. second Henry
Ward .Beecfer~ in Them and advised
and encouraged The young man mig NJ ~
have done fairly we'll as a bookkeeper
or salesman but they insisted on ms
filing the niche they selected, ana SO
1-v- hi
have no interest in keeping up OO1
pew rent. ~
AS smart a young man as you are OF
as Won imagine yourself should take
to nOHtics at an early stage Iaik re
form and the demand for honest men
~ of5ce Sound the tocsin for the ras-
calls and corruptionists to be turned
ont You can state that such part OF
this country as Is not owned Dy M
trusts is owned by the railroads Il SOu
delve deep enough you can st ,'5,ta-s
hundred things that the honest voters
ought to get up and howl about: FER FER
1,asse Won can secure nomination
yourself. If YOU do give II 10 tnS
neoDle red hot. Appeal to honor anu
5onastv. Give figures to make the
71S,bItc's hair stand up. Be young
Moses to lead US out OF the Wlloer-
ness. When the campaign IS over anu
the votes counted up, you Aeel tlee
l-o11r ears reach clear down 10 gOui
ah011IdGTS. Inc pOiitACtdAAS 9
nc ring and the suffering electors are
sfiIl suffering. You haven't changed a
vote. Things are left just as they were
when your pa and ma and other 1olks
made you believe tnaI you o0uiu
what should you do If not these
+tines9 All. my SON. there's the rub.
II needs a deal Of sitting down and
thinlxirg over, and meanwhile II you
have a chance to act as agent IN sen
la1S take 1t and do the best you
can Plenty Of United states sena-
tors started life with as humble occu-
nations. and plenty OF them ought TO
be back there now. II what we read
be baIf true. Get busy at something,
- - The con game, and the world
WI mace YOU in time. Copyright
1905. BY Eugene Parcells-)