Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-11-27

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sonal self. Therefore we see that the me
ment plan becomes connected with OF
fortunes it Immediately becomes interest
ing; our forced interests are often repu
sive, professional, artificial, but by connect
ing them with our personal fortune an
through the force of habit they grow to b
what we really care for and what in mid
die life becomes necessary to our happiness
Mr.. Darwin said up to the age o
thirty poetry of many kinds gave me erea
pleasure. and even as school boy | tool
intense delight in Shakespeare. especial!
in historical plays. Pictures formerly CAV,
me considerable pleasure, and music yer!
great delight. But now for many years
cannot endure to read line of poetry.
have tried lately to read Shakespeare, anC
found II so dull it nauseated me. have
lost my taste for pictures and music, my
mind has become kind of machine. i
had my life to live again would make q
rule to read some poetry and listen to some
music at least once a week, for perhap:
the parts of my brain now atrophied would
thus have been kept alive through use
The loss of these tastes is loss of happi-
ness. and may possibly be injurious to the
intellect and more probably to the mora
character by enfeebling the emotional parts
OF our nature" This is word of warning
Perhaps we can be too efficient in just
one line for our souls welfare. After read
ing Mr., Darwin's confession do you not
think he was little too narrow, and that
he could have been just as brilliant and
yet had little jOyS You see there is more
than one side even to efficiency, there must
be balance yet something more than
the possession of ideals is required to make
life significant, Ideals give us bouyancy
and inward joy. but we must follow them
with the stern work of laborer. Multiply
ideals by active will, and we acquire depth
OF character, efficiency in the direction
that our ideals lie. thus giving us perfect
union of stern efficiency and ideal eff
cheney. The true meaning of life is always
the same eternal thing and efficiency is
right and well balanced only when she
adds to her ideals fidelity, courage, endur-
ance. thus getting harmony between labor
and Joy. Every age seems to have had
its watchword, a special goal toward which
all aspired, beacon light that guided the
energies and inspired the hearts and
brains of men. Sometimes 1t has been
Beauty that bore the torch, sometimes
Conquest has been the inspiration, some
times Reform led the souls of men toward
power and greatness In this age think
Efficiency stands at the top of the ladder
of Fame. so we train for the journey, not
aimlessly climb up the steep way. and we
meet the crowds, singly and in groups,
competition, wealth, skilled labor. speciali-
ties of all kinds and to pass we must out
rank. must excel, must know how to do
something better than anyone else, must
be master Of detail. an expert. 1t is mad
race and hard one, but there are many
lines OF work and many attain the prize.
And we get good pay. sums never dreamed
OF before, 500, 000-a-year salary to some
of the winners. and there is plenty of fame
too, so it is well worth the effort David
Griffith receives 100000 year for con-
tributing his genius to the development of
the moving pictures, six years ago he did not
receive as many cents. Theodore p. ShOnts
received 100000 year for regulating
the traffic Of New York city. The accounts
OF these men who receive such salaries
read like fairy tales. One large corpora
ton will not employ a man il at twenty
eight he has not a specially. Before that
age they consider he may acquire one
after that age that particular corporation
will not waste any time with him. Women
come up into the front ranks. Alice Brown,
novelist, of New England. won first prize
OF ten thousand dollars in cash for her
play, Children of Earth" She had 100
rivals. OF l04 plays presented in New
York last season 10 were by women,
and their average success was high above
that of the men. A New York newspaper
recently offered large cash prize for the
best photo-play. A woman won the prize.
An ambitious woman can always find the
means Of keeping abreast of her job, legal
and financial journals. special depart
ments in the daily press. all lines of work
are well written up and should be read,
and a woman well posted will not only
work for a salary but for the love and
interest of her occupation Many women
have failed because they did not realize
that they must keep up with their Jobs.
Katherine b. Davis is in charge Of the New
York prison system, 5000 prisoners and
600 employees. This is considered most
radical happening in the feminine move
ment. In 1907 the Colorado River was
sinking into the dry Salton Sink of Lower
California. President Roosevelt asked Mr..
+. II. Hartman for help and Mr.. Hartman
engaged Epes Randolph to build the dam.
Mr.. Randolph was III and went to his work,
fiat on his back, in his private car. That
dam, one of the worlds greatest. was built
in IA days and 21hours. When Epes RAN
dolph went on job he never failed. he
gave thousands Of orders in day. and saved
500, 900 acres Of fine farms. What rec
ord and what an inspiration We should
all profit by the example Of those who have
arrived. Wonderful things can be accom-
plished in every branch of life il we put
our best-trained intellects upon the job.
Then the hearts and souls Of us do Great
deeds. | see that the Central Union Mis-
sion in its thirty-years work has helped
l 100000 men, and the Kings Daughters
Society and other Christian organizations
have worked for the good OF the world and
results that cannot be meas
ured. They have healed and helped, clothed
and fed, rescued the erring and fortified
the Christians So you see we have Chris
tian efficiency that develops the heart and
soul; personal efficiency, the character
builder; professional efficiency, the mould
er Of the mind. We cannot be success
in anything unless we strive onward and
upward. unless we grow and prepare our
selves for the great emergencies. unless we
really know. and we can broaden our
knowledge by observation. by seeing what
others are doing. Few can sit shut up in
self and learn only what is forced into our
minds.
Consideration, charity. helpfulness. un-
selfishness do not always accompany some
of those who join in the race. We are
living in fast age. in great age. Some
times Efficiency becomes so powerful and
confident she tramples down where she
should uplift. Efficiency should always be
for the good Of a race. not misapplied or
heartless. and hinderance to noble deeds.
she goes mad with power. Eff j.
cheney in warfare Is enabling men to blot
out the life Of the Old World and wreck
the results Of years Of peaceful efficiency
Germany thinks Count Zeppelin one Of her
greatest citizens because he has shown
them the way to drop bombs. and women
and children and wounded soldiers have
been destroyed.
Perhaps the day will dawn when the
Prince Of Peace will be able to plant His
banner unmolest ed and efficiency will say
that peace must be her mate. With peace
as our watchwo 3D. we should be so perfect
in controlling our jealousy, our undue am
billions. our hatreds. that as we climb to-
ward this new height we will leave be-