Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-20
RANDALL PARRISH
TENDERS TRIBUTE
TO AVERAGE Man
Eexanee Novelist Tells Broadway
Mems Club Real Heroism Is Shown
In the Home.
TTsr or MANHOOD IN ROUTINE
Real Battles Are Fought In the Drudg-
cry OF Everyday Life Declares
Noted Lecturer.

"To my mind. the business man who
returns home cross and gloomy when
the day has not gone right. is bit
Of coward. It is as great an achieve
ment to smile in the face Of sorrow.
loss, care and III health, as though
YOU hewed path through a tracklegs
wilderness" declared Randall Parrish,
Kewanee, well known novelist and
lecturer. in his address on The Aver
age Man at the monthly meeting of
the Mems club Of Broadway church
last evening, sTr, Parrish delighted
mis- audience. Much was expected of
the popular literary man and he more
than sustained his reputation for be
Ing auent speaker.
Test Of Success.
In discussing real worth, he declar-
I'd The true test of manhood and
womaHhood is in he home. in the
drudgery Of everyday life, for it is
here we meet the acid test among
our neiEhbors: in the midst of every
day friends; therefore, it may be said
that those who make he best out of
what they have, are those who are
stamped with success.
God does not make all humans
alike, although it is highly probable
We all belong in that classification,
The Average Man
Gong through life ogether. we are
true to form, reasonably sane Gen
orally speaking, We are the same, but
in every case. as the smaller branches
leading forth from the larger trunk
have tendency TO take on different
shapes. so has the human whose sur
roundings also have a tendency TO
work those changes from which social
problems arise, So let us pause
awhile; let US take broader view of
life let us see success in its light
aspect. but before proceeding further,
let us stop and consider the meaning
Of success as it applies to the average
man, which has naught to do with
clothes or bank stock. which a man
possesses. IT may allo he said. it is
not to he measured by the cheers of
crowd or the applause of a nation,
As an.e&le of the latter statement
we may take Ulysses s. Grant, who re-
NAMED the same silent. resourceful
man as undaz2led in the light when
he came from his tour of the world
and the welcoming nation met him at
the Golden Gate, as he did in the dark
ness Of battle, which overlook him
many tines during his career as gem
eral Of the northern army,
Noise Doesn't count.
1T may here be truthfully said that
the success of a man is not measured
by the noise he makes. 1t is a crown
which belongs only to that one who
has done his work and done it we'll
and not to the swindler who builds
up a fortune, or TO the man who &C
Cumulates his wealth in a shoddy
manner. and boasts of the success
which he met with. Money and praise
Indeed they are the least of all, but
The things which most men seek
Neither one have great value in the
sight Of God, for had they, what chance
would the poor laborer have in the
sight Of the Great Almighty. in com
paris0n with his rich brother? If q
man sets out to he ditch digger. and
daily follows his work as a source oil
livelihood, we must give him credit
for being successful in that; the work
which he does. is one which must be
done and If done according to specifi-
cations must be called a success. How
few are those who reach the goal they
seek. How many are they that halt