The Washington herald., 1914-08-23
@. HOPE 20 N E S
His Lectures Are All Stra sht Goods

Some OF you in this representative audi
ence have probably heard of Christopher
Columbus. He was a man who hung
around a corner grocery for years and
years waiting for his career to come
along. He was always behind in his house
rent, always in debt for his provision, and
there were people who didn't hesitate to
tell him that he didn't amount to shucks.
Our artist has caught him as he loafed
around town with his dog at his heels
and the observer can scarcely believe that
fame lurked under that old hat. 1t did,
however. One morning Christopher woke
up loaded with ambition. He had made
up his mind to discover something. l
don't suppose he was AT all particular
what II was at first but after a little
he decided on discovering America. That
WAS ambition. Perseverance didn't come
in till after he had been turned down.
No one believed in his theories. No one
would lend him a dollar to forward his
plans For several years about all his
time was spent between sneaking free
lunches and trying to make folks believe
that Spain and Portugal were only half
the world. He finally began to gain on II,
and after disbursements enough te have
driven most uen to back up against a
buZzsaw he was outfitted for a voyage.
and America was duly discovered. Sup
pose that Christopher's ambition hadn't
been aroused? Suppose that after he had
been turned down and thrown over the
fence few times he had lost his perse-
verance? l tell you, my friends-and Q.
Hope Jones is a man who always knows
what he is talking about-this country
had the closest kind of a shave from be-
ing left out Of the swim. and gratitude
should force us to name l0O0O alleys. sum-
mer gardens. and ice cream parlors after
the man who discovered US and save us a
show in the world.
Take the case of Caesar. When his
father died. there wasn't 81 in cash N
the house. and so many creditors filled
the front yard that the funeral had to be
put OF for two days. Coal was up. house
rent advancing, and a man might hunt
the town from end to end and not strike
a job Young Caesar had TO confront
situation which might well have appalled,
a stOUter heart. He had neither trade nor
capital. and about forty different creditors
were piling onto him for the old mans
debts. He went out and sat down on the
fence 70 think things over. Our artist
caught him as he sat Should he throw
his hands up in despair and go out of
the game. or should he call ambition and
perseverance TO his aid and conquer fate?
He decided on the latter course, and with
in an hour he was making things hum.
The world is always with an ambition
man. When il was seen that young
Caesar was sweating the blue out of his
suspenders, people stopped to encourage
him. and it wasn't a year before he was
away up the ladder You know what
Caesar did. Ambition and perseverance
carried him TO the top. and he remained
there TO the day OF his death.
l could 20 on and give you the history
of Socrates, Pliny. Plato. Washington.
Franklin. and Fulton. You would find in
each and every case that ambition and
perseverance made them what they were.
Take my own case, for instance. Modesty
forbids me 20 make any extended refer
enCe, but in a spirit Of confidence / wish
to observe that but for ambition I should
today be selling a patent washing ma
chine to the farmers of Chemung County.
and but for perseverance the name OF Q.
Hope Jones would never have stood out
in letters a foot high in the Cohoes EX-
horter. as was the case only Yesterday
My liabilities are S73 and my capital Il
cents. but ] cannot he kePt on the grass
Like the PheniX bird, l shall rise from
the ashes and, like Columbus, Napoleon.
and Caesar. / shall climb to the Top and
stick there like a burr TO a boys heel.