The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-04

| realize that he has large and expen
sive family growing up who will need
all the help he can give them. Oh, we
are wise to the point OF inhnitudo
about our neighbours affairs!
II our neighbor is a woman we can
give her all kinds of pointers on how
to. do her work-and we do so as a
plain duty. We can tell her the best
method of rearing her children-and
we do not let that opportunity slip.
We can point the way to many econ
omtes and ways to save money. and
we are very free with our sign post
along her path. She is usually easier
to advise than her husband. He has
set opinions Of his own. We prob
ably think him stubborn and attribute
his failures to the fact that he does
not take our advice.
His wife may not always do as we
advise--we think she does not or she
ould not be in so many difficulties.
Our advice may not always turn out
for the best, but we can easily see a
good reason for that and make proper
excuses for the failure of fine plan.
1t does not shake our good opinion of
ourselves.
Then there are the young girls and
boys that are growing to manhood
and womanhood about us-we feel
perfectly competent to lay out a whole
LIES plan for anyone or all of them
regardless of the devious paths into
which life may set their feet. We may
not have made such a great success
Of our own lives. We may have met
heartaches and failure in a disheart-
ening array, but yet are still in the
ring when 1t comes to knowing how.
We take the measure of our own fail
ures, II We are honest enough to admit
that our lack of success is due to our
own acts. Usually NE are prone to
attribute our failures to some one else
Father, mother. brother, sister, hus-
band or wife has failed us at the crit
ical moment, and turned the path from
the promised success to the failure
which has made us a sign on the wa
of "how not to do it," But that does
not dam the flood of our wisdom. we
forget that circumstances which we
cannot forsee, conditions which we
may not understand in all it's bearings,
may arise for the young man or wo-
man setting out OH the Journey of life.
We can after all merely peddle out
generalities IL we would really help.
Few are the axioms and advices
which fit all occasions and all lives.
Among these few are the habit of
moderation in all things. Moderation
In pleasure and business, in temper
and In mirth, in love and in hate, in
speculation and in conservatis all
will help. The business man or wo-
man who never takes a chance, but
must be able to reckon to a cent what
his profits will be in a business deal.
will never get beyond the mere grind
Of small profits and regular interest.
That is a safe way, but lie he would
sometimes take advantage of real es-
tate sales on time and investments in
good stocks that will not irnpoverish
him, he will be ready earlier for the
time Of rest which every man sets as
q goal to his ambition. The main thing
is 70 remember to invest no more than
man may loose without discomfort
to himself or his family and without
hampering his business.
Business and home life and pleasure
should all be governed by the same
rule of moderation. Wild and delirious
happiness Is usually followed by head
aches and remorse. Remember that
even love should mean more than
moonlight and signs and kisses. The
deeper thoughts and the ideas mean a
great deal even when one is in love.
Be temperate in your loves and In
your lives. Moderate in all things and
do your best. The success or failure
is on the keys OF the gods, but at least
you will be valuable citizen.
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