The Washington herald., 1915-08-31

it was too late, he would not have
had the chance Of turning his amateur
talent to account by selling his re-
markable picture of the tragic occur
renee to the New York Times.
miBute too late has lost more
chances of making a good deal" than
almost anything else.
/ have an acquaintance who seems to
be ill-timed about everything. He is
nearly always a minute late for a
train, misses ferryboat by a second
or two, and is invariably late for hss
appointments. He makes an effort to
be on time, but somehow. too late"
seems to be in his very makeup. 1t
doesn't matter how important his en-.
gagements, he is never up to the min
ute. He is always a little late in
making his Investments. too late to
get a good bargain The opportunity
has Just gone by when he has made
up his mind to act. II he has any
thing to sell, he sells it just before
the market goes up. and II he is going
to buy anything. he awaits until the
price is too high.
1t seems to be Just as natural for
other people to arrive at just the
right minute, even when they do not
appear to make any special effor,
as it is for this man TO be late. Time
liness is a part of their nature be-
cause they have made a habit of being
on time. and SO they always slide in
at just the right moment, they are all
ways ready for the opportunity when
it comes their way.
The man or woman who makes a
habit of being on time Is the one
who is always ready when opportunity
arrives. They know too we'll the value
of the minutes to put OF preparing
for the chance ahead which is sure to
come to every one who gets ready
for it.
A remarkable instance of this Is
the recent appointment OF Mr.. Arthur
Henderson to a position in the recent
ly reorganized British Cabinet.
Mr.. Henderson has been made min
lister of education, at a salary of over
$4,000 a year. and enjoys the distinc-
ton of being the first man in England
not graduated from a university to
receive the portfolio of education from
the government. He Is a member OF
the working class and. largely. a self
educated man. He did not even have
the advantage in childhood of an ele-
mentary grammar school education,
for he went to work as an iron mould
er in Newcastle at the age of twelve.
u"
in night schools after the days work
was done.
Mr.. Henderson was always on his
job. and turned every minute to ac-
count. and so when the big oppor-
tunity of his life came along he was
ready.
You can pretty nearly get a mans
measure by finding out what time
means to him, what value he pu,>
upon il: whether he treasures 1t as
a most precious possession or is in
different to it; whether he utilizes
every moment of his leisure or tries
to kill II.
Have you ever thought that your
time and your life are Identical, thas
there Is no separating them, and that
when you idle away your time you
are idling away life itself? When
you kill time you are killing Just so
much of yourself When you throw
away a days time you are cutting so
much out of your life; rendering IL
impossible, SO far as II goes. to make
good. Perhaps worse than that, be-
cause when most people throw away
time they demoralize themselves.
I have never known any one who
had a very high regard for his time.
who looked upon II as his most preci-
Gus asset. who did not have many
other splendid qualities. You cannot
separate q determination to make
every day count to the best advan-
tage from the making Of a splendid
life. The youth who tries to get its
value from every passing moment. to
make the most Of his time Is trying
TO make the most Of his life.
Copyright, 1851