Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-23
Sunday Morning Talk
Some Paying Investments.

It's a good time to buy stock-so they
say who are supposed to know. Perhaps
it is. provided one has the money where
with to buy and knows just which prop
critics in the long list of stocks, bonds
and ''industrials" to select. My dense ig-
norance on the subject disqualifies me as
an adviser, but there is line of invest
ments concerning which 1 am better in
formed and which I would unhesitatingly
commend to one and all-both to simple,
inexperienced souls and to those who re-
gard themselves as worldly wise-what-
ever that may be. So let me be the man
on the inside" eager to give you a con-
hdential tip on the best paying invest
ments in the market.
Be it understood at the outset that il is
not your money that l want. but your in
terest, your energy, your enthusiasm, in
short, yourself. Those are your most pre-
cious possessions. They ought not to be
squandered on inferior things and pur-
suits A mans investment of himself is
of infinitely more consequence than his
investment of his spare cash.
Take a few shares, then. right away in
the international mental improvement
company. Your mind will outlast your
body What are you doing to store it
with great thoughts. to discipline the
memory. to train the imagination? d.
rect some of the interest which now goes
into the sensational daily, the fiashy
weekly or monthly, the erotic novel to the
books that embalm the noblest thoughts
and emotions. to the quiet essay that
feeds the spirit of reflection. the biogra-
ply that mirrors personality to be emu
lated, the poem that interprets the enigma
of human existence or stirs the soul to
action in behalf of the weak and the OPP
pressed. Take time for the book of
books, which. while it towers above all
other literature. is meant chiefly to help
you in your daily needs.
The human betterment and worlds
uplift association is another concern that
pays regular and splendid dividends. Put
others and you will be surprised at the
returns. Do you realize what is going on
today In India, China. Japan, Korea? Are
you aware of the upward trend in hu-
manity right about you? Yes. society is
rising: the individual is improving. but
that gladdening process is due largely to
the fact that numbers of your fellow-men
are willing and eager to push and help as
they have chance. Some of them are
as busy as you. but they will not let the
pursuit of riches or success prevent them
from having a share in the blessed work
of tightening the load for somebody else
and of lessening the weight Of ignorance.
superstition and sin, as it rests upon
multitudes the world over. These dis.
pensers Of good cheer will not sell any of
their stock to you. but the concern itself
has few more shares left Better Sc
cure them before 1t Is too late.
How does your account stand at the
bank of faith? You have never opened
any? That's a great pity. 1t is the finest
and most successful fiduciary institution
in the world. 1t is an unlimited concern,
or rather 1t is limited only by the doubts
and fears Of the skeptics and the SCOT
fers. But its depositors are happy,
strong and confident set of people. for
they think-and in time they come to
know-that they have acquired key that
unlocks the secrets of the universe.
THE PARSON.