The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-27
Bleriot Sailed to
Honor and Fame While
Latham Was Asleep
n You Want To Win the Prizes
In This Life You Must Be
Awake When Opportunity
Comes 70 Your Door.

This | he
ii channel accomplishing the feat first
Comes 10 your DOOR and waking all England to the I'M
~ pOrtance o. aviation where that
country freely criticised for lack Of interest IN matter 50
military standpoint all the on the globe
Ber received $4,000 prize money for flying the course but the
money compared the pauds he frenchman receiving az
the hands Of excited London alone
navigation decided victory too having advanced 70
point where straight and defined may be travelled and the
English channel defed
And BeO is the man whose connection with
that triumph pages of the worlds history
Beot triumph Bleriots cheers when they might
have been anothers.
Thew might have been Hubert Laham Latham while
Bot and mOnopane channel fame ASLEEP
news Of he successful fight;
sss: tn. S%s Sss ts' s iS arrived
ready and started, asleep
watching for him" At O'clock and agar" a. %
wind return 10
and overheard remark
= IN. n.e. that sOt had started
dark spot rapidly already several miles
upeeon he realized that s'er was ~0"
on hs way, while he had Latham to sleep
he awakened needs no description u
a no time to give
they crossed the same day and with ben. naa au
ing his manhoy figure paced to and FRO az
pulled the Antoinete VII out Of its she'd
But the golden opportunity the wind
strengthened. follow his rival but found impossible.
he could do send wireless message to
.cordl.l congratulations. ! hope . you
Opportunity has knocked many sleeper failed to
knock
Awang upon opportunity called has rubbed his eyes
and oundan walked away with the prize
ALI that for congratulate the who alive
landed safely the other side Of the great channel
stands between the trial and success
frequent eaherous body of water over which
this channel life that all must all must be awake
for the calm morning make the stroke
somewhere today-at point for the trial
YOU ared somewhere today
pressing scheduled time at the oppOrtune
time while the heavens clear and the waters quiet
for you to strike
wellington facing Napoleon prayed might Butcher
his army and Butcher came time history would
read differently today
Butcher possibly would have come too late
Therefore AWAKE and be ON TIME
put here to accomplish something.
WHAT
It for you to ind
the arship be comparatively ngnncant
achievement to s expected of you.
Find ont what you are to and
your place the history be read by future generations
however unless awake when opportunity
your door.
It knocks but
Hubert Latham asleep will be known the
man first to triumph English channel
for YOU and not for your BleriOt
Right now the opportunity presented show
his real
time mans of relaxation when he puts bus
mess behind him and seeks cool spot to rest
when the boss and employee one OF his
We say that is the time for him
possibly himself command when the boss comes
line take command when the boss ready to retire or goes
the long vacation. -
the employee left charge by the boss should be show
up doing with the business than the boss could do
himself
Young temporarily this filing others places
places they hope for themselves eventually.
will depend how they aquit themselves at this time whether
they to get them.
Opportunity knocking dull months for those who awake
while others III sleeping for spell, so to speak
while the old cats the kittens Will
play but the fellow who plays while the boss makes sad mis-
offered the opportunity for him to make his mark
In the world. =
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