Evening journal., 1915-03-20
FRA Gilbert GIVES
SECRET OF SUCCESS
Must Combine Industry and
Economy, With Premium
on Character
GREAT MEN SHOULD
JOIN HANDS IN WORK

A large audience was present in
l. O. o. F. Hall last night to hear Ill
bert Hubbard, the sage of East
Aurora, ~ y. deliver his lecture on
Getting Together II was under the
auspices OF Beacon Business Col
leges. The speaker was introduced
by former Congressman Charles b.
Lands, who is a personal friend. Mr.
Lands formerly lived in Indiana, but
has been a Wilmingtonian for several
years He stated that every philos-
opher has an eccentricity and that Mr..
Hubbard is no exception, since he has
an adherence of the shears.
Mr. Hubbard Is tall and sharp-eyed,
and has long distinguished locks. He
held the attention of the audience by
the power of his personality. He ex-
planned that the theme of his lecture
was impressionistic rather than
realistic. He roamed along in his re
marks in a brigh- and interesting way
and told many humorous stories.
He said that on one occasion he was
the dinner companion of the Earl OF
Yarmouth and told the following
story. THE Earl. by way of CONVEX
sation, remarked to me, You have no
leisure class in America. Yes / re-
piled. I'VE call them hoboes. He
laughed and ! laughed; then he ask
ed What is an 'obO% | said: You
are one'-Only said it to myself"
"In America" Mr.. Hubbard con-
tinued. 1--WE believe in the man who
works-who can get job and hold it
down" He said character is the sum
total of what a man is. The two as
sets of a man OF character is the man
of right intent and the man of in
telligence.
n man who requires a lot Of supcr-
vision has not much character" ht
continued. "only one man in a thousand
has initiative. In order to have initia-
tive one must have imagination. ! place
no limit to the amount of money man
can earn if he has initiative.
"lf a man says TO me: i have held
down this job for forty-four years
say TO him: You are chump.'"
lie gave instances of great men, tho
great fnanciers and capitalists OF th
country. who had worked themselves M
from farm hands and stenographers IL
the positions which they now occupy. lie
said that these men have rare diplomatic
powers and they never loose then
tongue. The two first virtues, he sand
are industry and economy.
81 believe in great men getting To-
aether and working for one another
rather than against one another" he
added "That is the way TO make Tho
country great. America is great because
of her men OF great initiative. Juliu'
Caesar as an example of that kind
was one of the greatest road builders q
history"
He said the United States has one
third the wealth of the world and In
two years she will have One-half the
wealth since starving Europe is pro
ducing nothing "Where did we get
our money? We cut il from the
earth. out of the forests and out of the
sea-" he explained.
Mr.. Hubbard said he is a believer
in votes for women-that it is the wo-
men who are the backbone of the coun-
try. Ii will be the women of war-de-
vastated Europe who will go back to
their destroyed homes and rake in the
ashes for love tokens and then go Ia
WORK to build new homes for their
orphan children" he added. In con-
clusion he said: Lose yourself In
work for others if you would hell
yourself. The world will be conquer
ed by the achievements OF the blessed
trinity of man, woman and child, all
working together for a common
cause