The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
Get In
The Game.

The rOOter is hardly less important
than the star player. The encouraging
friend in the audience is hardly less
q factor than the best periods OF the
orator. The silent hand pressure in
hours OF bitter sorrow is of at least as
much effect as the greatest measure
Of philosophy or religion that the
bowed heart can summon out of it
self TO its own support. The good
follower plays no less effective a part
though less Decentralization the
strong leader.
We are prone to forget the tritely
obvious truths and simple principles
60 everyday affairs, and especially On
those lines of effort which make for
sometimes slow, though steady, prog
ress to accomplishments. We are es-
pecially prone to forget them IN their
application tO-such matters as the
school Improvement and park i'm.
provement movements in this city, and
TO ask ourselves individually If the
work can't go on just as we'll without
Dur personal efforts
No one should ever undeFrate his
OWN efforts. no one should ever feel
that he is Of no use. In that indefi-
mite state of affairs known as the life
Of a city, each has his place, and it
Is not very hard to make that partic-
ular place one of at least moderate
Importance.
Just at present, the school improve
ment and park improvement cam
paigns constitute the two most acute
phases of the city beautiful infection,
which threatens us not less because
beneficently.
Every one can aid, and aid easily.
The prattling child, by telling how
much it wishes the parks and school
grounds were beautiful. The child's
voice is not often strong enough To
be heard very far, and yet in cases
Of this sort it can perhaps do more
than string OF editorials in a news
paper Father or mother may think
the editorial writer has nothing else
TO do, and so pay little attention to
his writings. but when the child in
its home utters its wish, the parents
are apt to heed and get TO work.
But, how? the reader may ask.
That's easy. Talk about it, in season
and out of season.
Do you recall the Roman orator
who. whatever his topic, always
wound up with "Carta delenda est
Carthage must be destroyed-and
what happened to Carthage?
Any man who constantly wishes
that somebody would do a certain
thing IS apt to go DO it himself, or at
least by the consistency or his express
ed wish induce some one else with
greater ability or easier means to do
II. All great works have their incep-
ton in the mind of some one person,
and often in the mind of one who can
not himself do very much that is On
its face accomplishment. But those
who, for one reason or another, can
not do, can always inspire others to
do, and the surest way is TO keep it
before everybody's mind.
AuO So llJtlS men lljjlo HOulen
of tomorrow can help to make Pensa-
cola what she should be in her
schools and parks; and parents can
all help. and everybody can help. If
you can't do anything else, you can
talk
Then get in the game. Do what You |
can when you can. If you do not see /
what else You can do, then talk. and |
keep on talking Get in the game.
The Tampa Times has just issued I
q 160-page Greater Tampa Magazine, /
which is one of the most complete and !
attractive works of the kind ever !
printed in Florida. 1t is a credit to !
Editor Mckay and his able corps of
and it ought to result in
great good to the splendid city of
Tampa.
A Roanoke, Va. lady had a baby
recent with too heads. We doant no