Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-25

In the Southern seas they big turtles powerful
enough to carry you may see boy riding swimming
turtle.
The boy catches the turtle asleep climbs his back with
his legs just behind the turtles ppers and goes for an exciting
ride the salt water.
The turtle would dive if he could.
But the boy who rides in his hands stick
He holds the turtles throat keeps his head
in the air and the turtle not dive.
His method of diving put his head down and then
big heavy body following the head If he can not dive
in that way, he will not dive at all
1t very amusing for the boys who ride the big turtles
steering finally after good ride setting them free
The men who take the might wish that in
another they had power riding their backsa
like ambition strong enough and persistent enough to
hold their heads above water
Almost every being starts in life with his head held
high do something and be something, and con
tribute his share to the work that men do in this world
His up glance straight ahead and he believes
will keep his head up until the last day when his chin
drops and his eyes close-to stay closed
The trouble with nearly all of get tired Ambition
weary longer drives and longer holds up our
heads.
You can see the men around you beginning sink
courage gone of them They have joined the class of
those who talk about luck
They getting ready join the great army called those
that do not amount to much
The question for is keep of that army
of failure?
You can ask yourself one question that test you
ARE You MAKING MENTAL MUSCLE OR MENTAL
FAT?
Almost Atty years ago X Clifford the great mathema-
clan put question the young who heard his lectures
a the Royal Institute
quoted them Herbert Spencer Principles of Biology
them understand that the mind eats and dgests like
the body
And he impressed upon them impress
Young readers important the mind should develop
muscle just the body develops muscle
bodies in which all the food to fat With
every they they become faer and useless
Other bodies better constructed turn food into muscle
1t is just with the brain
Some brains absorb information and simply produce
of mental fat, poor worthless stuff.
Other brains mental food into mental and moral muscle,
intellectual machinery for conquerng fes problems.
When you read the in books take in through
your eyes and the story that nature has to tell does this
mental food mental fat o mental musole2
1t mental muscle that holds up mans head keeps his
courage working prevents his sinking into the mud of fail
and hopelessness.
You do for yourself if you WILL what the boy the
turtle IS back does for the turtle
The turtle does not it. but useful in spite of
himself.
The man who keeps his head up and fights against
like it, but in later yearswhen others poor
wage taking orders and he the GIVING the orders
he is glad that he had fighting courage
For the present we shall the based the
turtle single point. namely: THE IMPORTANCE OF
KEEPING OUT OF DEBT.
We live in an age debt We might almost change the
motto on our words Charge The average
awakened from her sleep and told that the
FIRE would probably say charge it before
covering her
The struggle of the ordinary American of
pay that which has been charged during the four
preceding weeks.
OF the the United States ninetenths debt
The nation debt Every city and county and State
debt
The railroads thousands Of millions
Our whole business and whole life based the
charge it plan.
The big opportunity the can keep his chin
above the debt level
Keep out Of debt and you keep out of danger
Keep of debt in youth and you keep slavery
old age