Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-02-06
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By E. s. eooDHuE, M. D. ,HolualOa, Hawaii

corrected by word from him. lie
doesn't wait for some one else to do
II better; he doesn't fear those who
| will say: "Oh. he knows II all; he
doesn't care scratch of his agile pen
= for what others may say as to his mo-
! tives, for he well knows that those
who Judge Of the motives of others
have none of their own.
Now the secret of all this time is
simple. All that needs to be done is
to apply to time the methods we use
In the sensible saving of dollars and
| cents. To be economical with It, but
not stingy; to save It at the right
time and In the right way. but to be
| generous with 1t when necessary. To
hoard II now in time of plenty for
the day of scarcity; If possible, never
to waste a single moment.
| Henry Ward Beecher did some of
his most profitable reading at odd
moments. waiting for meals. cars,
people. boats, and so on. You know
there is always a margin somewhere
In the days dOings,-some unexpect-
ed minute, or half-hour, which gem
orally is lost. lieecher used Il. and
so do some others who seem to have
mere time and knowledge than 9TH
ers.
Pepper, the great doctor, and per-
haps one of the most cultured of
men. read on his daily trips here and
/ there.
1t is not the time you have, young
man, but the way you use It. You
can AFFORD To write letters for the
newspapers, to your friends, or may
even make books, II you get up early
In the morning and use the seconds
and minutes which others about you
squander. That is clear profit u
margin on Wholesale rates; you have
cornered the market.
II you are a Kona doctor and take
two days sometimes to make one call,
80 twenty or thirty miles every day
for days, where very rev patients.
living miles apart keep you as busy
US the city practitioner who has a
hundred cases in a day,-if you are
that, | say, you can still find time to
write for the newspapers, romp with
your children. read books. listen to
music, work with your hands In your
own garden, and take an intelligent
interest In what goes on In Timbuc-
too. You'll not need to neglect Il
single detail Of your professional
work. and you'll know great deal
more about doing your work well
than the city practitioner your pa.
tient goes to. And your find that
where Mr.. Blank spends two hours In
wasteful talk, you can pu; down two
hours to the credit of your account
A Chicago friend of mine told me
some years ago that he learned ltal.
ian In the length Of time consumed
by an acquaintance In rolling up Gig.
arettes; they had reckoned this NJ
: for period of ten years! Who wa!
: the richer in the end of the period
IL Is well, of course, to give a reas
! enable amount OF time to social life
but Il round OF parties, dances, ant
so-called entertainments, the cease
less waste of time and opportunit,
going on In many of our towns, Is, L
say the least, sad loss of valuable
time.
.Church-going may easily be over
done (though | believe one service
each Sunday is almost necessary 70
. the spiritual life of us all), and
don't know that Il Is any worse L
waste an hour on a cracker-box In
y corner grocery than IL Is listening
to dull sermon In poorly yentilat
ed church. The cracker-box has aeria
u and aesthetic advantage.
y You will find persons who neve
= had any time to do anything. The,
y never had time to write a letter, rea,
book. listen to symphony. or u
give their children the companionshi
u they need so much at u certain age
% These persons are Industrious, too
= but they are always doing something
> else. Fussing, stewing, rushing, Civ
l. ing no muscle chance to relax fror
u morning till night. they imagin
themselves, and make others think
" they are busy. when, as n matter O
. fact, they wouldn't be missed In tn
y world II they suddenly We're turne
into pillar of salt as Lots wife was
Young man. keep your eyes oper
and you will soon discover that tn
D. great and real men of the world hav
y always been possessed OF "certai
u amplitude of leisure" which mad
" their presence not only pleasant bu
'e stimulating; that the buster you rea
u ~ are the more time you will find o
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