Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-30

n A ~
nusic-roll. or it's equivalent.
IS0{EHS Here is young maiden with
S%@<sAy bright eye, hope-lit face health
bulIt Oody, walking along lifes high-road
bearing with her, her badge Of service,
a roll OF music.
There is a young man, vigorous, intelli-
gent, alert, eyes front ready for work,
and in his hands firm grasp, a roll of
music
Where do they come from? Where are
they going? What Will they do?
II is Somebody's pupil" CBy the way,
did you read that classic that wonderful
story In the American Magazine for Sep
TENDER, entitled His Pupil" 2-if you didn't,
get a copy, and do so now; whether you
are a pupil or a teacher, read it; you will
be glad that you did.
And Somebody's pupil has dreams.
Oil Those dreams Of the student in the
first days Of study
And the other night, as the snow was be-
= ing driven with whrl and sweep, through
the wintry interlude Of our Indian sum-
Iner, the thought came to the writer of this
column, What shall one say that would
be helpful to the younger student; to those
who are fairly started on the way of study;
and to those who have already spent some
seasons at their chosen workT'
From the slence-and with the usual
result OF letting ones mind become passive
for few moments--there came this
thought; BE your own best friendl'
Al first this thought seemed strangely
foreign-"Be your own best friend until
upon reflection Il seemed tine most reason
able thing to think Of We often say of a
person, HE is his own worst enemy
Why should We not reverse the saying,
change the pessimistc condition, 10 the
Opumistio possibility, and assert with posi-
uveness the advice, BE your own best
friend"
A great Teacher said long centuries ago,
that "a mans foes shall be they Of his
own household" A mans enemies will not
be those who work from without but
those who work from within and around.
In that play-wherein is found the beau
uful song "Who is Sylvia? the Two
Gentlemen Of Verona" by Shakespeare,
Proteus eXclaims. Il to myself am dearer
than a friend" You will recall that Pro-
teus has been ia love with Julia while
his friend, Valentine has been similarly
engaged with sylvia. But OH Inconsist-
snoy PrOteus is now in love with sylvia.
who, he declares, Is "celesal sun, while
Julia was merely a "twinkling star" And
he says that II he keeps Julia, and valen-
tine, he loses himself; but n he loses
Julia (his erstwhile love-, and Valentine
(his friend), he will have sylvia" IN lieu
Of Julia, ana himself instead OF Valen-
tnei and thereupon adds 81 to myself
am 6earer than a friend"
II was not said that mans friends
would be they OF his own household. but
his foes
And many time has this old old sayiu
been proved true. Many career has bee
dreamed OF, almost started. and uippo,
completely, By the foes of ones own house
hold; and because the ambitious one wa.
his, or her, own worst enemy" and be-
cause one had failed TO be ones "own bes
friend
But you say, that Is a very selfish thing
what would the world do II every one wer,
~ act on that philosophy? What mus
would We have, had the great masters beer
as that? The answer Is self-evident. Tim
has Justified them Time has proved tina
they were not. seltsh-they starved auu
suffered On order to live up 70 their owl
true selves; they could have lounged au
loafed and loled around. and they coul
have given up their ideas. just as lasil
as you and / could now; and they wouu
have thereby been their own worst enc
mics" But they ala not. They 'tollowe
the gleam," They listened 90 The voice o
outy ana dcVoupn 10 iheiF drt' They ne
ioiced an IT, They were their own hes
friends" And when che JuIas and an
Valentines left them, they had their ow
souls 20 commune with. even IL they ma
no sylvia. as sometimes happened.
Nowadays We hea4 people talk abou
\ looking out for Number one" Very tru
and very goed. But there Is the You
hack OF number one Very wise tina
you" should look out Tor number one