Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-15

Prosperity Is here now-realize IL"
This is the slogan OF the hour In San
Francisco, and a newspaper has help
ed TO make Il so, or rather several
newspapers have helped to make 1t
SO, by following up cue given by
one OF them, the San Francisco Call,
says the Christian Science Monitor.
Recently the Call began publishing
lines In its various parts calling at
tention TO the fact that prosperity Is
an actually and needs only to be real
ized. Other papers took up the
thought, and II took such hold upon
the people that it eliminated in the
holding OF prosperity dinner, which
was attended by 1900 people.
One OF the telling ways which the
Call chose to encourage realization OF
prosperity was to publish letters from
business men, showing that business
was good, money was coming in, or
ders piling up and prospects brighter
than ever before. With such letters
as these spread out for them TO read
how could the public fail to be reas-
sured? I'VE are in the midst OF good
times and on the eve Of great prosper
ity," declared one letter. We are sure
" facing an era Of great prosperity.
was the essence of another, which ran
on, III the voice of pessimism can be
stilled and capital encouraged TO lib
crate its tied-up funds by a little cheer
full conversation, assurance will be
made doubly sure"
"cash Value Of Smile" Told.
With these many letters the Call
published an editorial which called at
tention, for one thing, to a compila-
ton on THE Cash Value Of Smile, ;"
which is credited TO John r. Francis,
and has been sent to thousands OF
residents OF California. The newspa-
per reprinted the compilation and COM
mented on II as follows: "You cant
smile a whole-sopled. hearty smile and
at the same time be a pessimist. You
can't smile and at the same time hold
a thought Of selfpoverty. You can't
smile and at the same time think some
one lie trying to do you an injury
You can't smile and worry and fret
and be downcast at the same time.
Yon may prove the truth OF these
statements by the mental process Of
reversing them. Suppose you try It
and keep on right down the list until
you come TO the point the Call wants
TO drive home, which Is, You can
smile. Now, since you can
smile, and since there is every reason
in the world why you should smile,
the Call asks you to smile-to smile
heartily.
The Call, in common with the bus
mess men of San Francisco who have
awakened TO the extraordinarily pros
porous conditions that surround this
city, had adopted the slogan: Prosper
ity Is here now--realize t. INTERPRETED
this slogan means: Make the pros
perity, which is here, real to yourself.
You can do It simply by recognizing
the truth. The Call does not want
Won TO believe something that is not
so, What the Call most earnestly de-
sires Is that you believe those things
which are and cease to believe the
things which are not so.
Need 10 Combat TimidIty.
Nov II Is true, and It is a sad
thing that Il is true, that in the east
and somewhat in the west, there has
been q spirit OF timidity. There are
places where the people have not yet
begun 10 smile We are very glad
that San Francisco is not one Of these
places. In this connection and as we