Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-23
PARIS FASHIONS
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, February 9.
I was 80 intensely interested the other
afternoon In DR.. Emil Reich's new book.
Success In Life" that I read on, forget
full Of the hours, until twilight brought me
to q realization of the fact that I should
have been spending the time investigating
creations for the outside Of the head in
stead of reveling in theoretical creations of
the brain. To be definite, had In my pos
session on that same afternoon a magical
piece Of cardboard admitting me to q very
exclusive premiere Of spring hats arranged
by famous Rue de la Paix artist. If I
tell you later about these charming
chapeaux de printemps, which I had the
pleasure Of seeing the next day, may I
say q word first about success along
tent to drift along helplessly through life
our aim is to achieve success in some form
or another. And DR.. Reich gives us the
comforting thought that each Of us in our
own small organism possesses germ, a
microbe, or whatever you like to call 1t,
that, properly developed, should eventually
lead us to the realization of our ambi-
TONS
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OF course. there are many kinds of sue
cess, and l would not suggest for one
moment that it is given to everybody to be
the idol of nation, the creator of undying
thoughts or the maker of fabulous millions.
The popular idea is that success is either
the result of exceptional mental or physical
endowments or mere matter of luck.
Certainly on looking around US and COM
pairing those who have got on with those
who have miserably failed we often find
ourselves bordering over the strange and
unaccountahie workings of that mysterious
force we call fate. While most of us thirst
for success 1t is pathetic to think how few
of us have any idea of setting about achiev-
ing ii. Granting the existence of this de-
veloping line. the rub is to discover our
own particular end of the line. Most peo-
pie are firmly convinced that they are des-
tined to play the one role in life for which
they are least fitted. Then those too. who
have discovered their line are not always
possessed of the moral courage to take the
risks inSeparabfe from the attainment Of
success. To accomplish anything in the
world one must not only take risks, but
and have enough force of character to
make other people believe in them. Or, to
quote DR.. Reich: ITO have authority is the
keynote of success. To be looked upon as
person likely to have authority-that is the
essence of practical life
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And yet who would deny the fascination,
the interest, of the human failures? Where
would history be without it's gloriously I'M
successful heroes? Indeed, it Is doubtful
whether life would be altogether worth llv-
ing IL everybody were quite successful
There is on the whole something very de-
pressing about most people who have ar
rived. We are proud to know them; we
like dining with them; but. to be quite
candid. they do not really appeal to us.
The generality of them are commonplace,
If they are not actually aggressive. a
knowledge of how they gained their sue
cess would be interesting. but this is ex-
actly the part OF the story they would
rather not tell or talk of the time before
they became rich and famous. Then. again,
tremendously successful people are usually
without sense OF humor. and personally I
would rather be humorous failure than
| deadly dull success. For the life Of the
failure can be just as thrilling as the life
| of the successful one. The only thing
missing is the last chapter and in real life
| as in novels the last chapter is as rule.
| the most disappointing. Still l am sure