Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-02-25
NEED OF QUIET ENTHUSIASM
Careful Observer Lectures sagsly on
Subject at Town Hall
JUDGMENT AND QUICK ACTION COUNT
Man who Paws AIR with Excitement
is Usually Away Fishing when
Something Important waits
90 BE Done.

The Careful Observer was the principal
speaker last evening in the town hall,
where swollen fortunes were reduced at
one swoop and the Brownsville affair made
closed incident As the Careful OBJ
server and the Oldest Inhabitant entered
the hall they were greeted with a hearty
burst of applause. The Careful Observer
spoke on the subject of quiet Enthusi-
asm." His speech was as follows with the
exception of one word missing. which the
stenographer failed to get when some
chump yelled 'Louder":
1t is quiet enthusiasm the world needs.
The man who goes around town at top
speed, blowing a fish horn every time there
Is dog fight or smallpox scare. is usually
sixteen miles away cutting bait or waiting
Tor something to turn up when there Is
anything needing men Of cool judgment
and quick action. The world wants min
ute men, for they are the kind to be re-
lied on and the kind that do things worth
talking about at the old settlers picnic on
the Fourth of July.
Enthusiasm is not altogether a mere
disturbance of the atmosphere by human
sound waves, accompanied by violent move
ments of arms and legs. Enthusiasm Is an
earnest and steady interest in those things
which work for the betterment of the race
and willing payment of pew rent before
the church clerk announces that some of
the members had better open an account in
the heavenly treasury. lest the minister
place his ear to the ground and hear a
CALL
Enthusiasm is something which should
be part and parcel of every persons
makeup rather than thing to be mani
tested every time the fast mali whizzes
by or the price of eggs drops.
Direct Your Enthusiasm.
"A person with too much enthusiasm Is
as bad Off as one with none at all. 1t is
the well-directed enthusiasm that counts
In this world. The use Of enthusiasm is
part Of the science of living. He who Is
wisely enthusiastic over small things will
know when to be enthusiastic on impor-
tant. occasions. One does not have to get
up in the morning and chase around the
block or talk about the big stick to be
enthusiastic. runaway horse might be
referred to as enthusiastic. but the ami
mails migratory exhilaration does not get
It more oats. It has been cited that bark
ing dogs do not bite and that whistling
women and Growing hens get the blue PEN
| GIL Some sage remarked that haste makes
waste and that slow and sure goes far in
a day; also that still waters run deep. A
writer OF the olden days noted that fly
under tumbler hustled, but did not make
much Roadway.
Turn TO the fable OF the tortoise and
hare: tortoise and hare were matched to
run a race. Nearly all Of the 10000 speo-
tators reported as having attended bet on
| the hare. which was known to be feet Of
| foot. Tie match was looked on by the
sporting editors OF the time as joke. so
| sure were they Of the outcome. Historians
! said the tortoise won the race. How? The
tortoise directed its enthusiasm and made II
count by running for the goal; and the
hare, blinded with enthusiasm and con-
fdence, ran in circles and posed for the
kodak flends. The tortoise won and had
wind to spare; the hare lost and was tired
out. The race is not always to the swift.
| Enthusiasm without rudder is dangerous.
Limited in Extent.
There can be only a certain amount of
enthusiasm in any one life and the thing
to do is to husband that enthusiasm as
something precious. to be brought out in its
glory only on special occasions. and should
no special occasion arise It should be spread
out over life, warming its environments
| like a gentle ray Of sunshine There is a
quiet enthusiasm in nature, measured by
| conditions obtaining at the time. The roots
Of the oak gently delve into the earth, and
when the winds toss the tree to and fro
then the roots take hrmer hold and the
whole tree is strengthened. 1t Ia only by
bringing ones personal enthusiasm to the
fore when needed that the person is truly
strengthened. Enthusiasm without set
ting is like pearls before swine.
"A quiet enthusiasm is what is desired
Do not tell all you know in one day OF
spend all your money in one place. The
world was not made in day and no one
person can change it in a day. The best
you can do is to do your best and let your