The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-01-29
WORK THEME OF
FRA ELBERTUS
Delights Calumet Audience In Talk
at Theatre Last Night
Continues From First Page.


trio lights, no concrete bridges, no tele-
phones, no adding machines, no type
writer's We are living in a brand
new world The world was not discov-
cred until 1892 ana man was not dis
covered until 1875. Credit for the last
| discovery must be given To three men,
| BENJAMIN Franklin, samuel Paine, the
Quaker and Thomas Jefferson. Jeffer-
son was the first and last great Demo-
cr1t With him died the race We
have had only two great presidents,
Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Linz
coin. Some day Wen catch up"
Thomas jefferson said-'The people
who till the soil ana til il well are the !
chosen people Of God and That coun-
try is governed best that is governed /
least"
Friendship lr Business.
The Fra then called attention to
the change in business practice as in
dicating the change OF the time. In
the old days it was the idea of the
businessman 10 get whatever advan-
tage he could of the buyer. Nowadays
the businessman recognizes friend
ship as the foundation OF his business.
He must make his customer UNDER
stand that he is his friend. This cam
NOT DE accomplished by taking adyan-
taec Of the customer. The customer
who gets the worst Of the bargain is
sure 20 80 elsewhere and there is con-
sequently a dead loss Of trade. The
businessman has learned TO practice
the Golden Rule and will continue to
practice it. lie has discovered that he
makes his money from his friends, that
his enemies will not trade with him.
Therefore friendship has become the
foundation Of his business.
Cast thy bread upon the waters"
Hubbard quoted, land it will come
back to you after many days All we
nave is what we give away. our kind
lesg, good will and helpfulness all
ome back TO us.
Beautiful Tribute to Strauss.
'On the twelfth day Of April, 1872,
he man who first put the one price
ystem in effect, went down On the |
titanic. I refer To Isadore Strauss.
Ohm Wananaker has sometimes been /
redited with Introducing this system, 5
ut while | think he was big enough
D do IT, believe the credit belonged |
% Strauss. | knew Strauss. | knew
is wife. When the Titanic was sink
ne and they were loading the life u
oats with women and children, they l.
skcd her 10 enter She refused. say "
n, i remain here on the deck of this d
hip with my husband. If this ship n
ocs down, we go down together Her t'
IN was placed in the life boat and Il
as saved. When messages of SYM 81
Ithy were pouring in on him. | sent Il
IN message of congratulation con- u
'a'ulatiEg him on the fact that his j
trcnts knew how TO work, knew how w
love and knew how to die. ST
we are not afraid to live, we are cl
~ afraid TO die. a
We are playing a game. We must II
We every day as If we were to live II
rever. We must live as if we were q
die tonight. The best preparation for "
q life to come is to live mere and IN
NV, the best VIC know how
The Man Who Can't Quit IS
we nave acquired the world habit IN
b" calamity is not the men who arc NJ
iiking the streets out of work Tho u
igedy is to have work and lose the al
pacity and desire TO work. We are NJ
working people. We are all joined IN
eether for this purpose. We must
trn TO work, to play, 10 study and
laugh. Aud we believe in good IN
alth hut if wc work. play. study and IL
tEh We "ilI have good health. on
We Will never get ouJ of life alive. oV
We do pray TO have the strength p'
1c;r our burdens We don't be- si