Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-08

times to mankind and animals To the
aged I Will be courteous and consider
ate, realizing the burden OF their years
makes the lightest burdens seem heavy
L VIII be gentle to women and little
children. with due regard for their
weakness and frailties. | Will keep my
troubles and heartches to myself, so
that other hearts Will not be burdened
by the weight OF my misfortunes L Will
endeavor at all times to be cheerful and
to SMILE so that my smile may be an
incentive for others 10 smile. | Will ell
deavor to be unselnsh, not striving ior
what Is mlnc In all fairness, and real
lie that other people have rights ami
deserve considerat ton | will earnestly
try to avoid saying unkiud things To
people and about them, rcnllzing thai
slander is a blow from behind and tne
act of coward. and that kind words
live for ever. In short. I Will try to
make this sad old world less sad, know
ing that I will never pass this way
again. and that the thing I do today
that is ignoble or unklnd has gone out
from me like vapor from n bottle and
can never be recalled. This Is my re-
solve, and may the power that rules
the world keep me steadfaSt."
KEYNOTE OF SUCCESS
The spread OF this remarkable move
ment all over the globe, said the
founder to the writer els one of the
most significant signs of the times
Pessimism spells failure In every de-
partment of life. while Il sane optimism
Is the keynote of success Tho Optimist
club membership is as remarkable as
the movement, for 1t embraces men and
women in every department OF The
worlds work, from the president OF the
United States to the most lowly citizen;
and 1t has been n potential factor in
dispelllng tho financial gloom. The
sphere OF Its influence is ever widening.
and members have been enrolled from
every corner OF the globe"
GOSPEL OF CHEERFULNESS AND
HOPE.
The Optimist club has its headquar-
ters at 10, West Thirty-thlrd street
New York. and its founder. who Is
styled the Optmist-at-L Large" directs
the many activities of the organization.
He is its philosopher, sage. and poet
and over 5000 newspapers In
America have printed and re-
printed his optimistic phllosoph-
les. The literary department of
the optlmIst club distributes free
into hospitals. poorhouses. institutions
for the aged. ETC. literature OF n hope
full, optimistic character, and is using
every means to spread the gospel of
cheerfulness and hope More than a
million and a half pieces of optimistic
literature have been mailed to all parts
of the world.
SOME SAYINGS OF THE FOUNDER.
Some of the optimistic sayings of
the founder of the club arc worth quot
ing, for they have been the means OF
cheering up thousands of downcharted
individuals Readers OF Tit-Bits may
find them equally uplifting" Here are
a few;
There are more people dying for the
lack of kind word, a pat on the
back, and a little encouragement than
there are from disease.
A smile Is potential, magnetic, and
dispels trouble.
The man who never makes any mis-
takes never makes anything else.
Before money was invented some peo-
pie were happy.
Shake hands as though you meant it.
and smile
Nobody can compute the value of
smile; a frown has lost a kingdom.
In darkness, in light, in sorrow, in
blight.
Be an optimist ever and things will
come right.
Optimism is the frst-born Of hope,
the mother of confidence, the execu-
TONER of adversely. and the undertaken
OF pessimism.
Nobody can really harm you but
yourself.
Optimism and pessimism have fought
many battlcs If optimism had not been
a victor to date. hope would have died
years ago. .
A hopeful optimism and sterling hon
esty are the ball bearings of business
negotiation.
The man who can sculpture a stum-
bling-block into a stepping stone has
done more than most sculptors ever
accomplish
A hearty. cheerful, wholesale laugh
will make the pulse beat faster and the
eye CLEAN brighter than any song Ca
russo ever sung. and 1t costs nothing.
The hopeful, optimistic man is a
luminary in any community. The pes
slmist feels 1t his sacred duty to go
round with an eXtingulsher