The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1913-09-10

TO help her. The house work 1. nro,er.
" finished at an early hour and she ha,
TIME Tor her garden, her flowers, her
music, music and her books Her Very face i /.
my May morning. She ~ a. success.
Now, girls. which kind of n wono,
do You propose To beg
And let me SAY to the hoys and ,;ris
here that no one of You viii be sncce..
iui unless yon plan aud try 10 Ia Ynn
must think now what kind of man or
woman You desire To he and then van,
must work At it.
Now let Us build this ladder of snc.
cess, HE first side piece shall be reli.
gloh' ana the othersidc piece shall he
eiucation- And between these two
sue pieces we shall put step, or rungs
OF the ladder. one after another.
Now shall not say much about re.
ngion and education, because you have
heard great deal about them. but
want to put them in their right places
in this ladder
The first step in this ladder OF sue.
cess, is work
Work IS the foundation of everything
good. Work is the lot of man. IL IL
the appointment Of God. We all have
To work
Two boys go out to pillow. One boy is
careless III ms blowing. His burrows
are crooked, his harness is badly adjust
ca lie IS all the time listening for the
uinhcr bell and watching for the sun
SET ms horses work badly. the pillow
snps ont OF the furrow and handles hit
him i'll the ribs. He is an unhnpuy
plowman, and unhappy because he l.
notifying To do the job we'll
But the other boy Says am going To
do the best piece Of blowing that was
ever done ON the farm. | ann going to
make this field SO smooth that we can
cut the grain with reaper.
SAW Two men surveying land One
OF them carried the book and Il compass
ana The other man carried the chain and
pegs. The man who carried the book
and the compass was an educated man
lie had studied arithmetic and geome-
| Try and the higher mathematics and
his pay WAS six dollars per day. Tho
other man Travelled just rs far each day
lie earned the chain and the pegs. but
he mad done not any studying and his
pay was one dollar and fifty cents
was told once the story Of man
whose factory stopped Something was
wrong with the machinery and when
the machinery stopped, the workmen
had to stop and everybody WAS in trou-
Die. The factory owner came out of
his Office and inquired if there was no.
BODY there who could start that machin
cry There We're plenty of men who
Were strong enough but no one who WAS
learned enough. WHO in this town
can do it, he asked "Wel. there is q,
young college graduate across the river
who understands maclliner, Send
for him, said the mill owner Send
my carriage, and whip the horses
Pretty soon the young college graduate
appeared lie asked u few questions
tapped Oh the pipes with his hammer.
called for wrench, uncrewel IL part OF
the pipe. bowed through il and put il
back Now turn ON the steam They
turned oG the steam and the machinery
began to 20, and the hundred idle men
began To work and the young man
stepped into the office aud ask Tor pay.
How much do you charge said tile
mill owner. $50 and iifty cents. said
the young man. Well said the mill
owner, that is u good deal of money,
but what you have done is worth il all
am glad To pay yOu Fifty Dollars and
fifty cents. but should like TO know
how you figure just that way" "Oh"
said the young man, that is easily ex-
planned. charge you fifty cents for
doing the work and fifty dollars for
knowing how.
Now, young people, let us review
little
Q. What are we building here to-
mighty
y. y ladder. the ladder of success.
q. What is the first side piecel
\. Religion.
Q What is the other side piecey
a. Education
q. What is the first rung OF the lad.
DER
A. Work.
O. What is the rule for enjoying
work.
A. Trying to do it we'll
q. What is the second rnng of the
ladder
a. The best use of money.
q. What is the first rule of using
money!
a. Spend for things that last.
q What is the second rule for using
money!
y. Spend money for things that will
bring money again.
Now the third round in the ladder, is
the enjoyment of Higher Pleasures.
There are great many different ways
of having good time. Some kinds of
u good time are pleasant III the time
hut harmful afterwards Other good
times are harmless but not high. And
above these are what we call the higher