Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-13
SUCCESS CALLED
HONEST WORK
WELL DONE
Applause Of World To Be Consid-
cred Only as trimming"
Says Forbes.
BY 3. c. FORBES.

dollars.
Success is now coming to be spelt
SERVICE.
The Successful" man, especially in
America and other new countries, has
been reckoned he who has made most
FOR HIMSELF
To-day we place higher the man
who does most FOR OTHERS.
No figure in history ever won en-
during, worth while fame simply be-
cause Of the size Of his purse.
The public now scrutinizes HOW a
man has Allied his purse not less close
~ than how he strives to empty t.
Even though honestly filled. If he
merely keeps 1t full to overlooking.
and does nothing for the benefit Of
those from whom he gathered It, no
high niche will be reserved for him
among the worlds behefactors.
Ror those who have fattened on
defenseless public, who have wrung
the life blood and crushed the amb
ton out of their employees, who have
ruthlesslv and unnecessarily ruined
competitors, who have not hesitated
10 subvert the law and to practice
corruption, the free born, self-re-
specting American citizen has nothing
but contempt II any such, finding the
atmosphere of this outspoSen Repub
lie not quite congenial, elect to emil
CRATE to more servile foreign lands,
let them. Their eXpatriation may serve
as a warning TO others not to fol-
low in their footsteps money max
ingWise.
All life is seeking after success.
But success may sometimes consist
in failure to achieve ambitions. Chat
sounds Chestertonian, but it is true)
have mentioned the names Of sew
eral millionaires whom ] regard, and
whom others are beginning to regard,
as ptiable failures. They have dol
lars a-plenty, but decent men want
nothing to do with them-and, much
TO their establishment, they are wax
ing to the discomfiting fact.
On the other hand, the man who Is
running the elevator a few PAGES from
where this is being written is, to my
mind really successful He lives a
tranquil happy domestic life; he
oozes good cheer; he is the picture of
health (scaling upward of zoo
pounds: he never spends a penny in
saloons; he is liked by all: the street
urchins of the immediate neighbour
har him tbpiT most
considerate friends; he does his work
conscientiously and even enthusiasts
tically: he makes the best of every
thing, and hasn't a crouch in the
world He is the kind of worker 1t is
good to have around. And | doubt
not his phiosophic contentment with
his present lot viii win him better
though If IT doesn't he VIII not whine.
The trouble with most OF us is that
we want to succeed in too great a
hurry. Learn to labor" we accept
as just, but the "AND TO WAIT"
gals.
Then our conceptions OF what con-
stitutes success are apt to be not
quite right.
When we are young-ahd some OF
us never get over tive are apt to
think that applause. conspicuousness
and fame constitute success. These
things don't They are only the
trappings, the trimmings, of success,
success itself being the work, the
achievement that evokes these mani
festations Not the prize, but that
which enters into the winning OF 1t is
what forms sucCe And the man
or woman who values the applause
more than the effort, the work neces-
sarv 20 chclt il, is not apt to he deaf
ened bv tat least not for any length
of time.
Concentrate on your work and the
applause, the reward, will take care
of itself
II Colonel Goethals had concerned
himself more with gaining fame and
promotion and riches than with dig
ging dirt out of the canal and keep
ing II out. he would not stand to-day
where he does. And I'm inclined to
believe he ranks fame far below the
actual construction of the canal The
man deserving of fame is not puffed
UP by it.
The new yardstick OF success may
not appeal so strongly as the old To
many people. especially young men.
JueN may see something more dltIdt-
tive in SUCCESS than in SERVICE.
But the Dollar by itself can not sat-
isfy More in order to gain and re-
tain dollars under the incoming era,
IL will be found necessary to render
service. genuine, helpful service TO
the world. whether that service con
sist OF sweeping streets or organizing
an international corporation or run
ming a railroad.
The big man OF the future is to be
the one who DOES MOST FOR MAN
KIND, not the one who takes most
from mankind