Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-12

----JDING down town last Thursday
% evening on the back platform
Of one OF the new "No-pay-no-
- ride cars, which require cash
~ In advance and which are the
49, Joy and delight Of the Farnam
street car users. the musical editor Of The
Bee found himself In the company Of an
Interesting group OF business men who
preferred the joys Of the brisk, fresh air,
TO the comfortable seats inside: to one Of
these men, the youngest in the group. the
writer said: Are you still working day
and night, and all the time. as you were
last year?' He replied he was working
pretty hard. why don't you let up a bit,
and not try to do so much % was asked.
The answer came-"After next year I'm
gOing to take II easier" To which the
writer replied: That's what Mr.. Harri-
man said"
IGereupon, one Of the older business men
laconically suggested We'll he did, all
right" Common then ran along on the
death Of Mr.. Hartman; and another OF the
business men said-"Yes. and that's what
Mr. - said, mentioning a very prom
iuont Omaha man who died during the
past year.
Now this younger business man used to
be very much interested in musical doings,
and Is the possessor of musical talent. But
his business has crowded the other out.
The same evening, a few OF us were dis
cussing vacation trips, and the wife OF
the manage OF 1. great corporation, made
the remark. that she knew that had she
hot insisted on her husband taking a trip
TO LJiUp- with her. some time ago, he
wCud nave been In a sanitarium, with
neg, IT'S prostration.
About Thanksgiving time the writer was
talking to another business man whose
E8me is at the head Of a big concern, and
who has been identified with Omaha's
commercial interests for many years, and
asking him why he never did anything in
a musical way, nor seemed to take interest
in musical happenings any more, the an
swer was that a grown family, and bust
! ness cares took all Of his time.
And so it goes, And each one is going
to take It easier after next year, or some
thing like that.
And the thought comes to one. especially
at this season of the year, when one in
dulges in retrospection, and when one
thinks over the gains and losses Din bust
hess p%arlance), What shall 1t profit a
man?'f
This is the time VI year when a mar
looks over his stock, and tries to clear
things, so that he VIII not have to carry
over any more than lie can help: it is the
time Of year when he looks over his &C.
counts, and tries to get all paid in, that he
can: so that he will not have to carry any
more than is necessary into the new year
This is the p~re-inventory time, the winding
up OF The old, preparatory to opening vi
the new. And the busy man of affairs, a,
lie looks over the past months, and weeks
and days. is anxious to find out the an
swer to this question, What shall 1t profit
a mann"
Now there is not a successful business
mar to-day who has not proved, for him
self, the statement that Man shall no
live by bread alone"
No one Is more dlsgusted than a business
man, with a person who simply thinks o.
his stomach. How often you hear the re
mark in contemptuous tones, "All he thinks
Of is getting his three meals a day" Blu
man shall not live by bread alone. H
needs bread. He needs also other things.
1he business man is not satisfied with
machine to work for him; he wants hi
helpers, his clerks, his bookkeepers TO b
intelligent; that means, they must think
What does It profit a man IL he work
without thinking2
Many a business nan, and many a pro
fessional man. and many a musician ca
cheerfully and honestly say;-"Well,
think" And they do. But we all probabl
think Of one thing TO the exclusion Of Al
others. We think of our business, We pla
for, our business, we put our mental effort
into the one thing we are working at, fc
daily bread.
But man shall not live by bread alon,
lilo must have mlnd-food, When one gel
TO linking long and earnestly and exclI