Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-13
SUCCESS CALLED
HONEST WORK
WELL DONE
Applause Of World To Be Consid-
cred Only as Trimming"
Says Forbes.
BY B. c. FORBES

dollars
Success is now coming to be spelt
SERVICE.
The "successflr' man, especially in
America and other new countries, has
been rsckoned he who has made most
FOR HIMSELF.
To-day We place higher the man
who does most FOR OTHERS.
No figure in history ever won on =
during, worth while fame simply be-
cause Of the size Of his purse.
The public now hcrutinizes HOW a
man has filed his purse not less close
~ than how he strives to empty it.
Even though honestly filled, If he
merely keeps It full to OVERLOOKING,
and does nothing for the benefit of
those from whom he gathered it, no
high niche will be reserved for him
among the worlds benefactors.
Ror those who have fattened on a
defenseless public, who have wrung
the life blood and crushed the ambi-
ton out of their employees, who have
ruthlesslv and unnecessarily ruined
competitors, who have not hesitated
10 subvert the law and to practice
corruption, the free born, self-re-
Epecting American citizen has nothing
but contempt If any such. finding the
atmosphere Of this outspoken Repub-
lie not quite congenial, elect to emf
CRATE to more servile foreign lands.
let them Their expatriation may serve
as a warning to others not to fol-
low in their footsteps money max
tngwise.
All life is seeking after success
But success may sometimes consist
IN failure to achieve ambitions CThat
sounds Chestertonan, but IT is true)
have mentioned the names OF sew
eral rnillionaires whom ] regard, and
whom others are beginning TO regard,
as pitiable failures. They have dol
lars a-plenty. but decent men want
nothing TO do with them-and, much
TO their establishment, they are wax
ing to the discomfiting fact
On the other hand. the man who is
running the elevator n few PAGES from
where this is being written is to my
mind really successful. He lives
tranquil happy domestic life; he
oozes good cheer; he is the picture OF
health (scaling upward Of 200
pounds: he never spends a penny in
saloons: he is liked by all: the street
urchins Of the Immediate neighbor-
hood number him among their most
Considerate friends; he does his work
Conscientiously and even enthusiast
tically; he makes the best OF every
thing. and hasn't a crouch In the
world He Is the kind Of worker II Is
good to have around. And ! doubt
not his philosophic Contentment with
his present lot viii win him better
though if 1t doesn't he will not whine.
The trouble with most OF us is that
we want to succeed in too great
hurry. Learn TO labor" we accept
as Just, but the "AND TO WAIT"
gals
Then our conceptions OF what CON
stitutes success are apt 10 be not
quite right.
When we are young and some OF
us never get over tive are apt to
think that applause, conspicuousness
and fame constitute success. These
things don't They are only the
trappings. the trimmings, of success,
success itself being the work, the
achievement that evokes these mani
festations Not the prize. but that
which enters into the winning Of II Is
what forms success. And the man
or woman who values the applause
more than the effort, the work neces-
sary- TO elicit it, is not apt TO be deaf
ened by it-at least not for any length
Of time
Concentrate on your work and the
applause, the reward, will take care
of itself
II Colonel Goethals had concerned
himself more with gaining fame and
promotion and riches than with dig
Eing dirt out of the canal and keep
ing ID out. he would not stand to-day
where he does. And I'm inclined to
believe he ranks fame far below the
actual construction Of the canal. The
man deserving OF fame Is not puffed
up by IT,
The new yardstick OF success may
not appeal so strongly as the old to
many people, especially young men.
They may see something more attrac-
tive in SUCCESS than in SERVICE.
But the Dollar by itself can not sat
isfy More in order 10 gain and re-
lain dollars under the incoming era,
in viii be found necessary to render
service. genuine. helpful service to
the world whether that service con-
sist of sweeping streets or organizing
an international corporation or run
ming a railroad
The big man OF the future is TO he
the one. who DOES MOST FOR MAN
KIND, not the one who takes most
from mankind