The Clay City times. [volume] (Clay City, Ky.) 1901-current, 1913-10-16

thing connected with the p1cture.
Truly Edison has made some won
derful inventions bit this latest
is one of the greatest. II will rev.
olutionize the moving. picture
show. =
HE has no enemies ,you say9 ny
My friend, pour boast 10 poep;
He Who hath mingled in the frsr =
OF duty, that the brave snl1nseS>N6
Must have made foes III he hss d. :
Small is the work he has done.
He has hit no traitor on the hip;
He has cast no cup from tempted lip;
He has never turned the wrong 10 right:
He has been coward in the light"
The following is taken from Der
bert Kaufman's book, do Some
thing! Be Something's:
When you're down in the dumps
and the suns rays are blue-7-wheD
your bank accounts short and your
face is long, and you've quite made
up your mind that you heven't q
ghost of a show ..i..
When you've tried to get work,
and the only work that you carr
find is the work of looking for it
when you've reached the stage
where all life has assumed lemon
favor and the future tastes like IL.
mouthful of lye-
When you've run the gamut of
your friends and worn out their pa
thence and your credit-when you
can't find living soul who is will
ling to help you and you're sure the
game is up
When you're sure that nothingis
worth while, and you've begun t.
believe that the world has gone
wrong, and that you're a football
of fortune with the whole universe
on the eleven
Then it's time to remember that
Helen Keller made good.
Put down your assets in one col
umn and list hers beside it Then
let's strike q balance. HUH WHY
you're rich. You have eyesight
and hearing and speech. Your
limbs are sound. You can use your
arms and legs and your hands as
freely as ever. What in creation
are you waiting about. you weak
kneed welcher! Oh, don't start
cataloguing your trials ard Attic
tions., They don't weigh as much
as feather when you hold them ip
the same scale against those of a,
girl, the mention Of whose name
should bring the blush CT shame to
the cheeks Of every man who has
his health and fails.
without eyes she lean ned to read
She never heard a violin or the glol
~ Of great voice. Her tongue
never framed a question. All thf
things that her brain yearned for
were walled away from her. And
yet she made good, simply because
she WASH : gutter. What Nature
wouldn't give her she gave herself
And you who have everything
that counts-all the tools of success
all the unbuyable gifts of PrOvi-
dence-wealth that the gold of u
strongbox couldn't purchase from
you, even at this hour you're bawl-
ing! You deserve failure. YOU'RE
a coword. There's chance for ev.
cry man in the land, but you hsv-
MT spunk enough to take yours.
The praries are yearning TO become
fsrms-the rivers are eager to turn
mill wheels-the cities are breeding
new neighborhoods - millisns Of
peasants, ignorant of one English
word-without skill, but with dog
gedness TO take its place, are earn
ing bread and buying homes. You
can't be helped because you're a
jelly fish. II you were lifted up,
you'd flop back like a soggNs.
sponge.
Start in and grow a spine. Wac
out of yous self pity and your fal
pride. Dig through your cowa9
ice and your fear and find the ID
in yourself. Try again and
trying; try as hard as the blind
tried IL one spot is too crowd
70 where they need crowd.
one resource fails you, invent
other. This is the land of bet
tomorrows. Give yourself half 9
cshance that you demand Of soc<
ty, and society will soon wear,
path to your door.