The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
]. H. WALLACE TALKS TO MEN How to Succeed Is the
 Topic. AUDIENCE IS IMPRESSED High Ideals for Young Men
 Advised. Third of Y. M. c. A. Sunday Afternoon Mems Meetings at Orpheum Draws Good Audience of Mont
 gomery Young Men.

Taking as his topic Success. Hon. John H. Wallace, State Fish and Game Commissioner, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock addressed the mems meet ing of the Y. M. c. A.. at the orpheum Theatre, on Court Square. The audi torium of the theatre was well filled with young men, and the speakers thoughts were closely followed:
 The speaker touched upon the great ideas of Success. illustrating them with brilliant bits of verse. Ideals, self-control during heated moments. a central purpose to which all things must give way, and to which all mat ters must contribute, a cheerful dis position, and confidence in ones abil- ity, were strongly emph asked. The speaker closed his remarks with ad- vice as to needing the church of the heart as to right and wrong.
 "A man who wishes to accomplish great things must have great ideals and visions" declared Mir. Wallace. "The statesman has his. ideals of the progress and prosperity of the coun- try which he Is serving; the artist conceives his idea of subject and color before putting expression to his brain creation on the canvass. So also must the young man have his ideals and high purposes in starting forward in the effort to achieve success.
 Tt is very easy for the man to smile when things are going his way. but no one wishes. or has the time to listen to a hard luck tale. If he does have the time, he Is always sorry that such Is the case. Therefore, cultivate cheerful and smiling disposition. The man worth while is the man with a smile. when everything seems to go wrong.
 "A brute Is able to appreciate the great pleasant thingssof life. but 1t takes a person of finely developed sen abilities to appreciate the little things that amalgamate the sum total of hap piness For this reason. the little things of life should be carefully noted and happiness derived from them.
 '-To attain success, a man must have Belf control. When mans heart is a boiling cauldron of wrath and his brain is raging like a typhoon, that mans exterior should be as cool and Rs calm as the North Pole. To give way to wrath is to place yourself im- mediately in the hands of your adver- sary. Keep that even suavity of man ner and undisturbed urbanity, and you will be more than a match for the most determined adversary.
 Again, have the spirit that never gives up, be man that will never say die. The man who has succeeded knew and acknowledged no obstacle. hG ldtluT6 COlIiCS, anu T AS d CI in which a man is tested. To a man who has nothing to him. this crucible puts an end to his career, but to tn e man who has ability. the same cruci- ble leaves him the pure gold of char acter. See man you envy with a cer- tain characteristic. This stamp has not been gotten through an easy time, but has been placed upon his brow through pain and sorrow.
 Success is but a relative term. If one measured 1t by achieving the Pres idency of the United States, think of how many failures there would be in the present and future generations. If a man measured success by being Governor of the State of Alabama, think of the countless number of fafl- ures at your very door. Success can be measured by no absolute term. A man is a success If he gets to be the best in some particular calling of life. no matter how humble that calling may seem.
 'The trouble with the young man of today is that he tries to be successful with one bound, and, failing short of the pinnacle of success at this first bound, lies in the dust at the foot of that to which he aspired. A man, to be successful, eminently successful, must be imbued with one idea and one set of ideals, and never vacilate from OhS OuSlnGSS IO ID cessfuI who derives the greatest com fort from a certain calling, and of the successful man I believe the greatest praise is that posterity will point back wards to declare he Is my ancestor!
 Harness your own power. You may have the power, but never make 1t serve you. Niagara Falls may be harnassed to supply electric current for the whole State of New York, but unharnassed it goes to waste. Har- ness your own powers. make them serve your ends, have confidence in yourself and your abilities, make them do what you wish them to do.
 Last of all. heed Ine church of the heart. In every man there is an in- nermost church that has no priest, and has no bells but which will surely tell you the right and the wrong. All ways heed 1t, never give way to the reasoning of the brain when it tells you that 1t may not be the best policy at the present time. Go to the judge. take your heart to the church of the heart and learn the right from the wrong"
 At the conclusion of the meeting many went forward and congratulated the speaker upon his presentation of the subject.