Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-14

What is there of value in life II the
people who know us best have bad
opinion of US, have no use for us,
do not respect us? If we take no in
terest in the needy, the poor, the suf-
fering about us, if we show an un-
willingness to help our neighbors and
are mean and Grabbed to those in dis
tress we are a comparative failure.
no matter how much money we may
have piled up or how much outside
reputation we may have gained. A
national reputation without a local
one is Of very little value.
One of the best tributes that has
been paid to the late Mayor Gaynor
is. that of an acquaintanc who says
that he was good neighbor, always
generous, considerate and helpful to
the poor and afflicted in his commu
nifty What better reputation could
one desire?
A mans reputation is better to him
than the richest capital. 1t wins
| friends; it creates funds; 1t draws
around him patronage and support
and opens for him sure and easy
way to wealth, to honor and to happ1-
ness.
How startled and chagrined some
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tables of our rating which all who
/ know us hold. For instance, one ac-
! quaintance is rated a hundred for his
politeness, seventy-five for his kind
/ ness fifty for his veracity, twenty
! five for his sagacity, and so on. our
great aim should ever be to keep near
the hundred mark in the estimation
! of every person with whom we deal
or with whom we come in contact, for
after every interview each person re-
arranges his table of rating. Every
| time we come in contact with others
we must step upon the scales of their
estimate and be weighed; and our loss
or gain from the last weighing will
be carefully noted. The world knows
whether we are going up or down.
Think upward, strive upward, look
upward, live upward. How few OF us
realize that we go through life labeled
all over with the tags of estimates OF
ALI who know u.s. How many OF us
rank in most respects. but our aver
age is cut down very low by some
contemplate weakness or some VICIOUS
habit? =,
You put your whole self into an al
that Won do. If that self be small
and lean and mean, your entire life
work is paltry, your words have no
force. your influence has no weight
If that self be true and high, pure
and kind. vigorous and forcerul, your
strokes are strong, your notes STAG
cato, YOUR work massive. your IN
fiuence cogent-you can do what you
will
An artist puts his paintings upon
exhibition. but exhibits himself. Inc
painting has gathered up into itseli
the whole character of the man
Every thought, emotion, deed and
circumstances Of that artists life Is
brought to a focus upon his canvas
But paint as we may, it is an in
exorable law that only the httesl
will survive. Only the true and pure
can stand the test of time. All that is
false, impure. affected; all soddy
shams and limitations must disappear
like the crumbling clay In the Hnast
of Nebucha dneZZar' dream
A Californian sent a box OF golc
dust to a Boston chemist to be essay
ed not that there was any doubt Of
its worth, but he wanted the value
of his mine established by scientlnt
Endorsement. The chemist reported
the dust to be merely iron pyrites.
Thousands of men pass for gold un
til tried by the chemistry OF disap
pointment, of trouble, or of misfor
tune, when they are found to be only
iron pyrites. Thousands OF rea
paupers live in palaces, while million
; aires of character often die in poor
houses. Ones estimate OF man Il
not to be determined by his wealth