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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24

~ boy on the tow path. As he plodded
along with nothing to do but see that
the horse kept the towline taut, he be-
gan to plan how he would save money, buy
a horse and hire him out to the canal boat
men. Then" as ne says In telling Of his
experiences, there would be two OF US work
ing, instead OF one" And SO this boy began
to play a game with himself, but instead
of checkers or chessman he was constantly
setting up signs of addition and magnetizing
them with purpose.
He bought his first horse and then began to
see that It would be easier to get another
than 1t was to get the first one. AS soon as
he had two or three then he had a new ideal.
1t was his own ambition to own enough horses
so that he could give his whole time to man.
aging them and not have to walk the tow
path any more himself Thisend gained, and
quickly, he looked forward to having sort
of trust in horses which would not only save
him from arduous labor but bring him wealth.
From very simple additions he went on to
multiplicatIon-whIch is nothing but quick
addition to fit larger manipulations-his
property increasing 20 fast that by the time
he was Fl he was we'll to do.
Some young men would have been content
in such circumstances as he now found him
SELF but this young man was not satisfied to
have his horizon limited by the Erie canal
He believed that the principles Of addition
which he had learned would work in another
field and they did prove just as effective when
he took them to one of the most rapidly grow
ing cities on the continent. No matter what
he undertook he was always seeing his horse
ahead. He always saw ways OF making his
capital work for him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
Building q Fortune.


Building Fortune.
Some men seem to build their fortunes as
they would build an inverted pyramid There
Is something like single horse at the bottom,
but the next layer is wider and longer. and
the next wider yet, and so on till the top
is great fiarins floor, perhaps as great as 3
small tableland
But to build the pyramid IN the other way
requires even more patience and moreover
great faith in the final results. The crown
comes last. and It seems very small but
of what intrinsic worth is It! 1t Is no great
feat to add the last stone, but great and
necessary labor has gone into the laying Of
the successive layers, adding stone to stone
at one level and many Of them before even
one could be put on the level next higher
all addition.
This sort of building may be compared to
any process Of education q man puts him
self through. In entering some colleges the
students must buy loose leaved book. each
of which leaves has a space for the students
name and another for professors signature,
One of these reads " Mr.. Blank Blank has
satisfactorily completed 14s hours in Greek"
another has the same number OF hours for
Latin, another of mathematics, another Of
history another Of literature, another of some
science, and so on. The preface Is a list Of
requirements for the different degrees, with
{" one year after many Of the subjects. These
years when counted up often number twenty
i've or twenty-six, a third, or perhaps half,
of the average life time. How long they
look SO considered! How long they look even
after much doubling up. for fortunately the
student takes five or Fix years in one! No ad-
dition Is harder for an impa tient person than
hat all lob ND 70
ahead
1t is no task at all to add up the things
that are behind you. This is a very favorite
business with some people. They add up
their famous ancestors and all the social and
family prerogatives they have by birthright.
They talk much about their famous friends
The sum that pleases them most is not one
that requires ambitious effort on their part,
or patience, or steady acquiring. They are
simply misers casting up inactive treasure.
y
Many Additions to Learn.
There are q great many kinds OF addition
to learn in getting the sum total Of existence
Some men are forever trying suoh false ad-
dltions as adding sugar to water. You can
not get more sugar in this way and you do
run the risk Of having your adding activities
lessened by great sum.
Some kinds Of addition are like piecing
cut pictures together. What an ugly hole
is left If but one piece is left out. People
who are obliged to do this sort OF addition
often have a very mean way of excusing
themselves for not completing the work
somebody took or lost the piece. Such people
ought to be made to live all by themselves
for a while that they might see how many
unaccountable things happen which they
must be to blame for, since there was no one
else about to disturb or lose anything. Do
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
Becomes a Farmer.

So that night he sat down and wrote a
letter to my brother who owns ranch In
Missouri asking him for job on the farm.
The letter was inteIngently written, but
when my wife read 1t she cried
Let the boy 60" said. 90 If he fails TO
make good, he can return none the worse
and the air will do him good"
This was in the spring. Will became sort
Of downcast as the day drew near for him to
leave home He knew we were doing some
thing,to awaken him to his age, but he fought
off discouragSmsnt till the last moment At
length, after he had cried at the station We
got him OF and patiently waited results
At nTgt, his letters were optimistic. He
enjoyed the farm and was working hard with
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
How to Add Customers.


When this man had established himself in
a great wholesale business he was still study
ing addition-how to add the most customers
to himself This study led him to help a
great many young men to establish small
retail stores, so binding them, of course, to
Guy of him for time, at least Such additions
as these not only increased his business but
led him out into the career of a success
full fnancier. in which profession he could
not only buy horses but the services Of men,
in widely separated parts of the world. He
always studied a mans face before he added
the mans ability to the great sum of ability
which he already had in his service. Great
students of addition are always students of
on the towpath by means OF horses but in
many of the activities of the world he needs
the services Of men to advance his interests
to add to his income and influence.
This is the same old story Of the doubling
OF the talent, and then doubling the double,
and keeping on in this way until the total
sum may represent the one-thousandth power
of the first little gain. II you want to
strengthen your imagination as to what the
thousandth power Of even a very little thing
is, sit down and multiply two by itself one
when you have multiplied ten times you have
over g thousand.
Whether a man wants to exceed or to excel
the latter is the far higher thing-he needs
to learn addition. Sometimes his additions
may be no more than the patient dropping
Of the water which wears the stone away
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
Ordered to Come Home.

stead wrote to VIII and ordered him to come
home He came-a sorry figure. He said he
found he didn't like farming; It wasn't excit-
ing enough.
Very WELL" told him. " then find an
other job to your liking
Two weeks passed and Will did not go to
work. He would start off in the morning
saying he was looking for job. Perhaps
he did look after a fashion. found him
one day in poolroom and think this had
stronger impression on him for good than
anything that ever happened before he left
home for good He tried to squeeze cut of
it, but I took him down the street across
from a notorious saloon where gangs of
rough. good for nothing men hang out.
do you see those derelicts? asked.
well, If you were to inquire, VIII, you
would find out that 90 per cent Of those chaps
hung around a poolroom all day when they
were your age. You see, man only has
a few years in which to lay hi future founda-
ton and If he spends then in a poolrooms
he'll find himself enjoying the second chapter
and the balance OF this very serious book
of life like those vagabonds are. The man
who comes to our rear door asking for a
handout is usually a convivial chap who
hung around q pOolroom all day in his youth.
The Ievee bum invested his life from 15 to %
loafing around and iding and that Is what
IT leads to. Now, figure out for yourself
what you will do.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
By c. S. MADDOCKS.

this is when he is working for some end,
some good, that is far less pslpable than
horses and stores and great financial opera
lions but in seeking which II is just as neces-
sary to keep adding.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
Steamfitter's Apprentice.

The next day he came home with the news
that he had job. He had engaged himself
as apprentice to steamitter. My wife
don't like it very we'll She seemed to think
our carefully raised son should do better.
discouraged her preJudices.
The boy seemed interested in his work from
the start. He got Sc a week and worked
eight hours a day. He wore overalls, but
kept healthy and I helped him rig up some
tools in the basement and did all could
to encourage him. Several times in the next
year his interest in steamftting wavered.
I, called on his employer and the latter said
VIII showed much promise and that he be-
Heved he would make an excellent work
man.
told this to Will and It f1attered him He
went to work with renewed eagerness In
year he had doubled his salary.
Now 1 told my wife, :" l am going to
show you what the next step is VIII has
almost learned a useful trade. Let Us see
what use he can make of it. The steam
fitting business is lucrative; men have become
rich and Independent in it and some of them
couldn't fit pipe If they had to. Look at
our son. He knows the business from A to
z Why couldn't he be- eminently success
full In it?"
I had another talk with Will. I told him
that he must begin to look ahead.
4
A Shop of His Own.
III you want to stick to steamhtting, do
So 1 said, but don't be contented to be
q worker. Start a shop of your own-not
TOW. but in a year: lou will then know
the business
This idea appealed to him. He began to
save his money. He was raised IN salary
eventually and Joined the union. Then
had the extreme qualification of seeing my
son begin to think. He talked Of costs, of
profits, rent, and of the business end of steam
fitting. We felt that the battle had been
won.
VIII did not open his shop at tie end Of that
year, but two years later with his own saw
ings and with some money loaned to him on
notes by my brother and myself Jointly, we
saw Wills name go up In gold letters on
the window of one Of the best equipped steam
fitting shops IN town. Today he is pros
porous, enjoys his work. and earns big money
often wonder what he would have amounted
to Il he had gone into the law.
How I started my second son, James, out
in life Will be told IN another article to Be
published In the near future. .
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24

- NE Of the most important duties a
father has to perform is to see that
his son gets fair start in the world.
~ don't believe most fathers realize
to what extent they are responsible.
yet IT is no doubt a fact that the advice and
" fighting chance" given the. boy will have
a great deal to do with the man and what
he accomplishes in life. am not preaching
college education or some of the fancy notions
SO often talked Of these days. am talking
from the standpoint OF practical man who
has sent three sons out into the world to
earn a living and make their own way, &C
cording to his own ideas and fancies.
do not think my sons can reproach me
for hardness OF heart. Perhaps my methods
have not been like those of great many
others and 1t is possible that mine are not
the best but will endeavor to tell my ex-
perfence in starting three boys out into the
world to earn money, to get wealth II they
could do so honestly and to lead the lives
OF useful human beings.
VIII, my eldest, il not IS; James the next,
is %. and Jordan, my youngest, is H.
s. <
Quit School at Eighteen.
VIII became Of age first By this mean
the age to go to work. There is much differ
ence Of opinion as to what this ge may be.
My wife and decided II should De ~, De-
cause l. the father, had an income Of only
$500 a year and FIVE to support. lived
i modestly and we led clean lives. Some of
my remote ancestors had been prominent.
but 1 had never found myself reaching a
stage Of af1uence beyond the foremanship
\ Of big shoe factory. II had reached this
! post at 80 I might now be better of. but
ambition fades in men Of my type at that
h age and I did not go any further. knew
1 would keep my position as long as my
health lasted, SO worked hard and was
contented.
We debated long and seriously about let
ting VIII stop school al the eighth grade to
go to work.
He was always a healthy boy, willing to
work, but not over bright He had a stanch
arm and was seldom Ill, yet he never made
much progress in school. He was always
behind in his lessons and had tendency
toward waywardness that worried his mother
considerably but which knew TO be natural.
after close study of his habits.
resolved, after long. study of the boy,
that he could not apply himself to detail
He cared nothing for books, disliked to go
10 the theater, had none of the refined tastes
that we had tried to give him, and saw
plainly that there was good, stanch ma
tcriaI in him. but little else.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24
How | Started My Three Sons
Out in Life to Make Their Living.
By A FATHER.

his uncle. He would lever be anything but
a farmer and though this sounded good in
its way, my wife wept silently over IT. She
seemed to have a hidden belief that to be
a farmer was to De nobody. She is the type
OF women who worship the professions and
who regard law and medicine as the chosen
professions OF the world to which all men
should aspire.
Then one day we got a letter from my
brother. VIII seemed dissatisfied and weary
of farm life. He had gotten into boyish
scrape in the village and been locked up
felt bad about 1t. had been deluded into
the belief that maybe lie had settled down.
This news came as a shock
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-24

How to Make Most of Yourself Learn Addition.

Il CERTAIN man Of wealth and infiu-
~ ence. stin living. began life as poor
boy on the tow path. AS he plodded
along with nothing to do but see that
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
NOTED MAN TO
lecture HERE
Charles Edward Russell, Fam
GUS Correspondent, Secured
For Public on May 5.

In response to an inquiry as to
whether Charles Edward Russell, the
noted journalist. could stop and lee
ture here on his way to the States
from the orient Julius Rosenstcin yes
tesday afternoon receivcd n cablcGram
from MIR. Russell stating that he will
be in Honolulu for single day, Fri
day, May s, and viii deliver public
lecture on the afternoon of that day.
Arrangements have been made for
him to lecture at 2:3O o'clock in the
afternoon on the roof garden Of the
Young Hotel, The committee In
charge, which includes DR. John T..
Gulick and Rev. A. A. Ebcrsole, an
nounces that the lecture will be free,
and that the general public Is invited.
Mr.. Russell has had IA Stimulating
career as reporter, traveller. special
correspondent and poet, n career which
has fitted him to be a most interest
ing lecturer. Undoubtedly large num-
Der OF Honolulu people will avail them
selves Of this opportunity to hear him.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
Tennis TOURNEY
ON NEXT MONTH
Committee Appointed to Have
Charge of Championship
Play In May.

Arrangements for the championship
tennis tournament have been put into
shape now with the appointment of n
committee by G. g. Bockus, who will
have charge of the play on the differ
ent courts. q
Those appointed are: Nelghborhood
club, Thompson; Manoa club, Beard
more: Pacific club, Buttolph; Bere-
tania club, w. a. Wall.
1t Is the intention this year to have
the play on all these courts and not
connnc II to Pacific and Beretania
courts. as has been done In the past.
For this reason, a member from each
club has been appointed on the com
mittec.
The entry book for the tournament
is now open at Il. O. Halls, and will
be open until o'clock on the after
noon of May Is, the play in the sin
giles to start the following day.
Entries for both singles and doubles
can be made any time from now until
the date of the tournament opening
and all these. entries are to be made
before the singles open on May II.
This Is the most extensive play OF
the year in the tennis world here, and
all those who intend to try for the
championship should have their names
in us soon as possible,
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
ELI LOSES FOUR
OF ITS GOLF STARS

This year the Yale golf team will
be minus four of its best players, lost
through graduation in June. The blue
has not given up hope of regaining
its supremacy, however, in intercol-
legiate circles. Those who will be
among the missing when the colIeg-
ians gather for the annual tourna-
ment at Baitusrol in September in
clude Robert Hunter, the intercol-
legiate champion; Harry Legg. the in
tercollegiate champion; Harry Legg,
the Mississippi title holder; b..
p. Merriman, twice champion of Con-
nccticut, and Karl x. Mosser.
On the other hand, Robert Gardner,
the 1909 national champion, Is still
available. He is the Yale. captain
now and will be able to call upon
such players as G. 20. Waldo, ia,
Stanley, Dunlap and Steiner. Waldo,
who belongs to the Brooklyn Country
Club, is one of the most promising of
the new men. He made an excellent
showing In the Connecticut tourna-
ment, last summer.
Yale has matches scheduled with
Harvard, Princeton, Williams and the
New Haven Country Club this spring
Glass contests also will be in order
shortly.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
BIRDMEN Will
FLY ATLE|LEHUA
SCulIy Will Have Halls Two
AviatorS Give a Flight
at Big Post.

Before Whipplc Hail left for Aus
tralia yesterday afternoon, final ar
rangements were made by him with
Jacl, Scully for an aviation meet at
LcIlehua during the latter part of May,
when two aviators would come here to
fly monoplancs.
Bud Mars introduced Honolulans to
the biplane several months ago, when
he made the first flights OF any avi-
ator in the Territory, but II remained
for Mason and Walker to bring the
monopIanes both Bleriot birds, to Ha-
wall. which they viii do next month,
arriving on the Wilhelmina.
on account of lack of cooperation
by the public in the last meet, when
many went only as far MS the road
and looked down into the field with.
out paying cent to see Mars fly. II
at Lcilehua and run special trains
there for the accommodation of Wis
itors
Jack Scully and Ed Lewis were tho
principals In bringing the first birdmcr
here, and Scully win again be In the
game to bring these other aviators &c
Honolulu on their way to Australia
where Hall went yesterday to make
preliminary arrangements.
The BleriOt machine has but one
pair of wings, and when at n great
height In the air resembles "A larg,
bird more than any other type of flyer
l,,t 10
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
A, A, u. BOXING ,,
CHAMPIONSHIPS

BOSTON, Mass, April 1.-THE an
nual national boxing championships
of the Amateur Athletic Union held
in Mechanics Building last night at
tractcd nearly 5000 persons to wit
ness the elimination. of the rawest
material from list of ninety-two
entrants.
Nineteen bouts were run off, while
number. especially in the heavy
weight class, in which there were no
trials, go into the finals today on
byes, The 1l5-pound class was the
most popular, getting seven of the
matches.
One of the surprises was the defeat
of Gilbert Gallant, of Chelsea, by
Frank Hufuguls, Of the National A. G.
of Brooklyn, N. Y, in the 125-pound
class. Another interesting bout was
the defeat of John Crowley, of Paw
tucket, r. l., by Julius LESSER, of
the National A. c. of New York, by
knockout In the third round in the
l05-pound class.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
80 SPORT r: 7- 5 .,..'..
LOCAL -....,... ....s.r .a.#r FOREIGN
YACHTS CRUISE
TO PEARL HARBOR
ChoWder Tonight and Races
On Tomorrow to Start
Season Right.

This afternoon the yachts Of the
Hawaii club left for Pearl Harbor, and
tonight there will he great doings when
the big crowd sits down to the chow
der, for which appctitCs will be
whcttcd by the fresh air Of the trip
down In the open boats
II Is the opening of the season, and
in spite Of the fact that the regular
baseball season oDcns tomorrow, there
will he large crowd to see the races
which are to he pulled off at Pearl
Harbor, the first of the season Of 1911,
which promises to be one Of the big
Ecst In the yachting world o; Hawaii
All the yachting iicnds have been
busy this week in getting their sailcrs
ready for the cruise and race, and
the Hawaii was brought mp from
Pearl Harbor the middle of the week
to take a large party down. this ia
nous sailer leaving from Fort street
at this afternoon.
The pearls win race for bilgc
pump In the morning tomorrow, and
aftcrwnrd there will be a race for the
wrens, the trophy being the Jaeger
Cup
Later in the day the larger boats
will get into the game for try-out,
just to sec how everything Is working,
and the trophy for the winner Of this
event will he clock.
"Seasickness will not be an excuse
for absence" Is the way Secretary Ma
COON of tho club puts II, and all mem
bcrs arc to he present today and to-
morrow without fail. ...
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-29
BASEBALL SEASON OPENS ,1
TOMORROW IN OAHU LEAGUE
First Game Called at 80 Between Portuguese and Ha-
Waan Tean,-ImprovementS Made and Games Will Be
Conducted In Best Manner Possible.

\ c. $3.50 p. m: stars VS.. Z. A. G..
May 21-l:3O p. m: Stars vs.. J. A..
c. $3.50 y. M: p. A. G. vs.. Hawaii.
May 2S--1:3O p. m: Hawaii VS..
Stars. $3.50 y. m: J. A. c. VS.. y. a. G.
June i--i:3O p. M: Stars VS.. +. A.
G. $3.50 p M: Hawaii vs.. J. a. c.
June 11--1:3O p. m: Z. A. G. VS..
Hawaii; $3.50 p m: ]. A. c. VS.. Stars.
June 1S-1:30 p. M: J. A. G. vs.. +.
A. c. $3.50 y. m: Stars VS.. Hawaii.
June 25--1:3O p. M: Hawaii VS.. ]. A.
{. $3.50 p. m: +. A. c. w. stars.
July 2-1:3O p. m: stars VS.. J. A. C,
$3.50 y. M: Hawaii VS.. =. A. c.
July 9--1:3O p. M: Hawaii VS.. Stars.
$3.50 p. m: j. a. c. vs. p. A. c.
July 1G-1:30 p. m: Stars vs. p. A.
c. $3.50 p. m: Hawaii VS.. J. A. c.
Players on the four teams in the
league who will appear on the diamond
tomorrow afternoon are:
Stars-Ah Toon. e.; Hayes or w.
Williams. p; Tom Ycn 1b.: II. Fer
nandcz, Oh: tn Ting. 3b.; Kan Yen.
SIS: Sumner. cf; O'Sullivan. RI; K.
ChillinCworth, IT,
Japanese AthlctiCs-Brito, c.: Espin-
do, p; Akana, H.. Franco, 2b.; Joe
Ross. 3b.: II. Chillingworth, So: H.
Walker. e.; II. Zerhe. r.; All Sam, RE-
Portuguese Athletics-Louis Soares,
c.: Thos Pedro, p; NJ. Dcponte, 1b;
A. Bushnell. Oh; Alfred Sou2a, Sh.: NJ.
r. Frcitas. S.. G. Madeira, CT; OIL
mos. IT,: A. r. Limo, RI.
Hawaii-Thomas, G.; Lota, p; Ha-
mauku, 2b; DreiCrS h.; Markham, 3b.;
Milikaa. IS; David Desha, CT: VIII
Dcsha. RI: w Rice II.
Umpires for the league season this
year are Bill Hampton and Sam Chill
lmEworth, these men being named by
Manager Marcallino with the consent
Of the captains and managers of the
teams of the league.
Both these officials are big leaguers
and have had considerable experience
in baseball They know the game, and
their decisions will go. It Is of no use
for the players to try brOwbeatlng
them when It comes to decisions.