The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-16

THEIR DAY. -, rs.oS:a.
Here in this picture comes man winning
great race.
He is engaged in what was once an important
wordsworth that might save nation or city.
In the days when mans speed was important
there was no telegraph, telephone, no way of
carrying news except by the swift running
man or animal, and he who could run fastest
and farthest might become at any moment the
protector of his country by giving warning of
danger, and he might delight his country by
bringing first the news of victory
So, in centuries past, the best youths were
trained as swift runners. The great games in
greece were more important than any constitu
fIonal convention of our day. And the her,
who had won came home crowned with GLORY
and 1t was the custom to knock hole in the
wall c. the city. that he might come in nv o,te
never used before s''e
Those days have gone-and the usefuJn.ss
OF running has gone.
The swiftest, most valuable horse is sIou .ra
feeble compared with the cheapest kind of ON
automobile VI oil
me value ct mems legs for running hoe
1al!en so low that it scarcely counts. The laas
OF ilitte messenger boys alone remind nc 81
marathon days-and we use them less and loco
as the telephone makes them useless.
But, in the picture this man runnino e :.
least DOING SOMETHING. He is nrnvi, -, a., at
good results of careful eating and seIf.cnnr .e
lie is showing to the world the nosS;h;l;t;au W:
perfection in the human BODY 'i'''eS OF
He hasn't the right brain or tho r;oh4 -.
tlon-he lacks the power to do eor,cfhina LIZ
ter-so he is runner, and is doing VIZ ~ e.
can. WHAT ne
Look at the men watching him III
THEY ARE DOING NOTHJNC
Inc excitement in their faces-the ferco :,
terest IN the cunningham have no meanino nn
useful result e"ilile' no
Any man can WATCH. Any man without
look on while others DO the thing that IS - ea ha
done. '''@' is TO De
Ihls editorial is printed in five great sund,r
neWspapers-in Boston, Chicago. I.os AnmoIasy
oan Francisco and New York. Two million
SIX millions of readers see the papers. 'e"''
VI the millions of men who look at this nict-
ure-how many are DOORS, and how NAM
are mere WATCHERS? a"y
How many go through life watching what
other men do, and doing nothing for them
selves? o' 'heIh-
AS we have said, we intend this especial1v for
the great army of boys and men whose chief
occupation IN the months to come will he
WAIChlNG others play baseball.
naseDafl is good as an exercise; it is utter
waste as thing merely to be looked at It is a
thousand times better for group of Young
men TO go out into corner lot, take their bat
ana ana their ball, play their game, breathe the
fresh air, engage in friendly rivalry. and than
go home, than to spend the afternoon watch.
ing others doing that which they might do, even
though less skilfully.
Please do not imagine, young men. that this
is preaching against innocent enjoyment"
10 see wonderful game of skilfuI baseball.
occasionally. is a good thing To watch the
wonderful skill of trained billiard PLAYERS
VERY RARELY-is a good thing.
Anything that YOU watch is good-if #
Inspires you TO DO SOMETHING ON YOIrR
OWN ACCOUNT.
But when you watch merely for the pleasure
OIL watchlng-when you sit around baseball
game or football game or running race as
the men and women at Rome used to sit and
Watch the gladiators murder each other-YOU
Axe Al IS, SIMPLY WASTING YOUR MIND.
Wasting YOUR TIME. DWINDLING
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