The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-11-11
beware THE CURSE OF
EASY MONEY" SAYS Lyman
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His story. repletes with thc philoyophy
OF q W~allingford. Follows:
II Was born inss Now York city
io%rty-ninc years ago. So Far as j
mogrsph at the United states e
nrN did not recordsany particular dis
~tureance on that dag.
Graduated in 1891.
II had a natural aptitude Tor medi.
cine and entered a medical school in
New York city late in the eighties.
graduated in 1891. In my associa-
'on With medical students. many OF
whom ofterward became very bril-
liant men, ] discovered that ! had a
Vlvld understanding Of tho WORKINGS
OF the human ear As my story will
SNOW l made use OF that discovery.
practice in Chicsgos. | had several
Yer F%fortunate cases to start and my
sudcess became q sky rocket.
My fees between my twenty
seventh and twenty-e;gh;h birthdays
totaled $4,000. This was too easy
and it was the beginning Of my down
fall. ] did not see the curse: of easy
money then. I invented a small con-
trivance that improves tn" hearing
Of the deaf and can be inserted inside
the ar. ] sold this for 500. 600. This
caused the easy money curse to thor
ouRhly inoculate me. The demon
frightened its grasp upon me.
II closed my offire and went to
New York. practiccd and spccu-
lated. The more 7 specu1atcd the
richer I got and the less able to
practice.
Quits Practice.
FINALLY. fifteen Yeats ago. | gave
up my very enviabJe practice and
stock exchange for $4,000. One OF
the ~favorite tricks of Demon Eas.
Money. is to play his victims. Money
poured in upon me in streams.
Speculation became my life. /
| opened All Office in. -London in Minc.
ing lane. BY working the difference
in time between New. York and Lon
o l had the edge: on ether specu.
lators. In about four years I was
was practically blind to the demon.
Il was surprised at the new face,
that kept appearing in Wall stree,
and II day I compiled. statistics and
discovered that every four wears Wall
street changes completely its follow
ing Of Spectators.
IS Per Cent: Go Broke.
"Ninety-eight percent of the per,
sons who go ia. Wall street. are fla
broke III four wears. Two per cen
play better than v and the res
is absorbed by interest. fees ans
liked charges. such as rem for build
ings, and offices. food and clothing
II speculative Wal street did nc
have a complete new change i'm Glen
tele every four years It would cease
business.
~ laughed and told myself tina
they we're fools. They to me va.
someone else. We. who We're sue
cessful always. referred to others a,
apart. One day Northern Pacifi,
scared like a ~skyrosket and Dr. Johr
tttrsnt Lyman was ike the stick tina
came down.
!. Curse of Easy Money.
My experience ON the street ant
the curse Of. easy money had-m.
tight. followed the c All tn.
life that ! could have put into il hat
been djssipated in speculation.
Dawn came. I am trying to fgh
my way back. J shall prove my en-.
tire innocence OF the charge agains,
me. I have been asked to pleac
the self respect that have. No
sir. I am right now and I am going
to stay that way.
Il have learned my lesson. You
can't beat speculation. 1t will &c,
you. There's a little demon on ever
easy dollar and speculation is tlk
devils game The only man who
really gets the best out of life is
the man who. works good and hard
for he's 3. king and his life is peace.
full and happy. If you have eve
thought of. Specializing here is scv.
eral million dollars worth of advice
don't do it,"