The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-07

and tide, or to manage our course when the storms beat and the winds rave. To drop the metaphor, most of us enjoy taking the initiative with a new study or q new enter prise Our commencement is with epthusi- asm, but presently we reach irregular verbs, or abstruse problems and our ardor damp ems. Very likely some of you could show. if you chose, beautiful pieces os embroidery and knitting on which you have made fair start The place that tires one and tries ones metal is in the middle of the road. or the middle of the task. Those whe begin we'll. keep on well. and finish we'll gain the laureis and wear them with honor
 Perseverance tells on your monthly or quarterly reports as examinations never do. The real test Of ability in any line is just here: Is the student easily daunted or does she hold fast with an iron grip until she has accomplished what shs undertakes ?
 As our favorite Longfellow sings:
 Let us then be up and doinE
 With q heart for any fato;
 Still achieving. still pursuing
 Learn to labor and to wait.
 The twin sister of perseverance is Patience. You remember. do you not. the cid fairy stories in which the little princess was set to unravsI terribly tangled slteir. and how she made no headway until a fairy named Patience came and helped her straighten out the threads. and lay them side by side Let your fairy be named Perseverance,. and if her sister comes to help her, give a well come to them both.
 Punctuality.
 Of the three P's, punctuality is probably the most important, because. YOU see, if you are not punctual. you are thief. It is dreadful thing to be a thief. Hosts of people who would not steal diamonds or gold or break into houses O. pick pockets. have no hesitation whatever in robbinR others of soy bI ala han you fail to keep an engagement at the right moment. when you come dawdling in five or ten minutes late. whether if be a recitation, committee meeting or any other appointment you have wasted what did not belong to you-the time of other and busy folk. We prove that We can he punctual whenever We catch q train that is scheduled to leave the station at a certain hour. Know ing well that trains do not await the conve- nience of passengers. or ocean steamers tar ry at the wharf T moment arter the hour fixed for sailing, we are puactuai If we are starting on a Journey or q voyage; but we are much less apt to be punc:ual. for in stance, about entering church in season. or reaching a friends home at the moment We were asked.
 is an unpardonable sin. and when you are old enough to be dinner zurstS you will discover that you must be punctual then, Try to be punctual now. It Is Jults a8 easy to be 6 little in advance of ones daily engage rnents as to be Q itttie behind Never al low yourself to be spoken of as the tardy Miss Emily or the late Miss Alice Pride yourself on being known as one who is as puuctual as the sun May I say word about the start in the morning? If one dislikes getting up and dressing and being ready for breakfast in good season. and fl she yields to her dislike. it is more than probable that she will lose time all day long One never catches up with that half hour that was wasted in a nap after the rising bell had rung.
 The morning hour has gold in its mouth
 wouldn't 1t be awful if President Roosevelt got lost in the woods some time,-New York Commercial