Daily Kennebec journal., 1914-02-04
Wednesday, February a. 1s'4'
a. ,uhnm Are You Lookine7

TO the oordeI "a
tboughtless and, If they hao eoAif
.o,ub to think about 1t, nope
-. They have no aim beyond the
nresent day and hour. Ihey are
uallv prone to the contraction Oh oeo's
,....a +ha future seems so ha2y anu
u,av and they promise easily De-
eausa the thing so hard TO-DAY seeti'-'
ca oasv for the morrow. Ihey hhisn'
&c we'll be sheep, as far as the oe-
velopment of the human race Is con-
carued. They are hopeful because iie
that sees naught fears not. 1hey
IT, .a, the present hour all through
pfe. On the principle that an OK Is
moro eontented and happy than an
oracle, they enjoy life,
p,,+ what is life? Why are we here!
Can YOU conceive that these "onoer-
fr, creations of body and mind were
evolved without purpose: II you were
a,a- fooled with that old fool eonun-
drum "why is a hen?" you had better
quit grinning sneepishly and think Sc
,iously on the question why is hu-
man being?"
If vou are boy or man, and you VIII
concentrate upon that question you
will sometime discover that the real
probIem of life lies in a practical SEN
sible answer to that problem linen
Won will have an aim in living, a pur-
nose to do your share in the enrich
ment of that soul which had been en-
trusted to your bodily keeping; then
YOU will have a determination to lay
nm some credits for your record as a
keeper of the body and its responsible
tiles in the welfare of other bodies
and souls. all loved equally by the
Master Maker.
We know of a young man who Is ~
wears old the 9th of this month and
he is holding his second years pas
torate. In January, 1912, he came from
England a steerage passenger, II years
old with a mission in life for mind and
body, no time for foolery. no energies
TO waste Many boys at his age are
throwing both away, in seeking love
conquests or in hoodlumism and riot
Gus energy burning.
They sow "wiId oats" until they be-
lieve the widest oats are tame.
For all too many of them that is the
only crop of their lives-and the frost
strikes early in a misspent season.
Thousands of bright boys have been
ruined by misinterpreting the old saw
''be 2 boy while you may" They be-
come possessed of the notion that
''being a boy" means being a pestifer-
GUS public and private nuisance. Be
ing a boy does not, by a long shot,
mean being fool.
The real live and wholesome boy who
knows enough to enjoy good common
sense living is bound to be of service
to other boys, to men and to his Max
er. He has an Unborn desire to do
things-and they are always there for
him to try, until he has formed the
habit and actually loves to do them.
Then he has purpose that is an abid-
ing Joy.
Oh, boys. be scouts, be anything, but
early in life fix upon a definite pur
pose and do not forget to make use of
your brain cells. 1t is just as easy to
propagate good brain cells as bad ones
and either grow with cultivation, just
as muscles grow and harden with ex
ercise
If you are looking for an inspiration
and pattern, look about you at the
men who have accomplished things.
who are doing things for the world
today. Russell Bond, in February
st. Nicholas, deals With Men Who
Do Things" He writes:
You see, he did remember me-" ex-
claimed Mr.. Hawkins, triumphantlv
after Col. Coethals had moved on. He
is a wonderful man. He is a big father
to all the men down here. Every Sun
day morning his house is open to any
man on the Job. If any one has a
grievance, he goes and tells it to the
colonel. If any one wants a word of
encouragement, he stops in to see the
chief. II you are here next Sunday.
you must go and see the reception. 1t
is a wonderful sight. And yet he is
not the one to stand for any fooling.
When / was here last time the colonel
was showing around a party of con-
gressmen. One of the younger mem
bers of he party was acting very
smart, asking foolish questions and
proposing idiotic stunts. They were
putting UP the lock gates ar Gatun
just then. This young man proposed
that the party climb up the frame
work OF the gates, just as a lark
When nobody paid any attention to
tho proposal he started TO climb up
himself 1t was a rather perilous un-
dertaking because of the concrete
buckets that were swinging by his
head. threatening to knock him off.
He realized the fact after he had