The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1909-10-14

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The point is, are you living or are
you just nosing around with your
head bent down? Unless you get
rid of that impression that all the
fun in life has to be paid for in
hard cash, there's no hope for you.
Coney Island and Newport are the
same place, and checkers at moth
ing aside is as good a game as
bridge at dollar points. Anywhere
where you can get fresh air and
sunshine ought to be an improve
ment on Paradise, especially when
you know where the next meals
coming from, and have friend or
two, "Our business in life" re-
marked Stevenson, 'is not to sue
coed, but to keep on failing in
good spirits" All the foregoing
is easy enough to preach. [ often
wonder whether the men who write
that kind of stuff live up to it. 70
tell man not to worry is one OF
the easiest things in the world,
just as not to worry is one of the
hardest. In my Office there will
be two signs, go ahead; worryP
and Don't do it now" You've
got to worry to succeed in life;
worry hard and all the time. Per.
sonally, I don't give continental
for anybody or anything; and that
is the chief factor which has con-
tributed to my amazing success
and raised me to the exalted posi-
in which find myself. [ do not
wish to appear pulled up any more
than I really am, but as an adj
vertisement for the don't-worry
cure I particularly shine. Where
fore, dear brethren, the issue mar
rows down to this: Would you
rather apply yourselfwith diligence
and in heaviness of spirit that you
might attain to the eminence Of j.
D. Rockefeller, or take things as
you find them with view to reach
ing the supreme serenity which
distinguishes the otherwise undis-
tinguished brother who now ad-
dresses you? Think it over and
let me know by return.
The statement that Cleopatra s
hair was red is another instance of
the prevalence of undertaking.
Cleopatra with red hair is as un-
thinkable as Joan of Arc with a
wig, or Kilograms with side
whiskers. The tendency to repre-
sent historical characters as similar
beings to ourselves is deplorable.
Henry VIII hanging to strap on
a Brooklyn car is as out of order
as Mary Stuart ironing overalls
Look at Napoleon, too. The little
Corporal receiving his title at the
bridge of Lodi is proper subject
for description; but Napoleon un.
der his car with a monkey-wrench
seems out of place, as do Helen Of
Troy fighting policeman, la
Sufragette, or Aspasia receiving
orders to move up three streets
Benjamin Franklin expoundine
Christian Science, Louis XIV. de.
livering a spit-ball, the Duke Of
Wellington shaking for the drinks
Caesars wife in burlesque show
Dante writing for the Sunday news.
papers, Newton denying that the
other fellow had been to the Pole
Shelley writing Geo. Cohan's plays
for him, Jefferson on the lecture
platform, Capt. Kidd standing uI
to the bar until the count is taken
Demosthenes running on the Tam.
many ticket, Catherine de Medic
earning twelve per as a stenogra.
pher, Michael Angelo advertising
soap, Francis of Assist nature-fak.
ing, Croesus in the bread line, Pla.
to covering baseball-these be
tough thoughts. But if this, why
not Hobson in the pass of Their
mopylae, Roosevelt in mediaeva
monastery, Aldrich leading tht
peasants instruction, Cannon il
the Roman Senate under Augustus