Oakland sunshine., 1915-10-16
ST CAN'T "

| II CANT"
II Can't" lacks in nerve; he's too
faint of heart
To pitch in like man and do his
part;
He's none of the spirit that fights and
wins;
He admits he's beaten before he be-
gins.
Il Can't" sees as mountains what
holder eyes
Recognize as mole hills; ambition
dies,
And leaves him complaining in help
less wrath,
When the first obstacle blocks his
path
Il Can't" has a notion that, out of
spite,
He's being cheated of what's his right.
The men who succeed by hard work
and pluck,
He envies and sneers at as Fools for
luck"
II Can't" is loafer, who won't admit
That his life's the mess he has made
of it;
The treasure that's sparkling beneath
his ey-,
He thinks he can't reach-and won't
even try.
81 Can't has feeling the worlds in
To him for living he's failed to get;
But, given a chance to collect, he'll
About past failures, and whine, II
can'tl"
Charles R. Barrett.
81 WILL
Il WIZ has spirit that nothing
daunts:
Once he gets his eye on the thing he
wants
He rolls up his sleeves and he pitches
With a splendid zeal that is bound to
win.
81 Will" never hesitates lest he fail
In his heart he's sure that he will
prevail.
No mountain can halt him, however
high;
There's no task so hard but he'll have
a try.
81 Will'' sets his teeth when things
start off wrong;
He just grins, and mutters: "This
can't last long.
I'll take fresh start; and Adversely
viii be going some if he catches me-"
Il Will" has punch hid in either
hand;
lie has training, strength, and heap
of sand;
He swings his hard fists in the worlds
grim face,
And he bangs away till the world
gives place.
II WHIP understands in his own
strength lies
The one chance he'll get at the things
men prize.
Encouragement, failure-no:hi can
chill
The stout heart of him who declares
81 wilt"
Charles R. Barrett
Under the heading of Brown't Bar
gains we offer the following:
A beautiful room 2-story Queen
Ann house; beam ceiling, built-in
bookcase; dining room and parlor Is
by e; three large, sunny bedrooms,
with two closets each; white enamel
finish; electric and gas lights; the lot
is 40x12O, on the north side of the
street, between Grove street and San
Pablo avenue, only three minutes
walk to cars and jitney service. This
house was built four years ago at a
cost for house and lott of $4,000. My
price today is only $500 for the whole
thing; $500 down and $40 per month,
including the interest at per cent
pc. annum. Pitch In.
And the above description describes
the following.
A 7-room square house, 2-story;
Price $3400; $500 down
A pair of flats on Grove street,
s., 500; $1,000 down.
A 6 room cottage, between Grove
and Telegraph avenue, $500; $500
down.
A 7 room story Queen Ann; needs
coat of paint; lot 5Ox150; $500
cash
A room H. 3. cottage; hardwood
floors; near Telegraph; $1,000; $500
cash.
If you have lot or a piece of
property in Texas or in Maine | can
exchange it for any property here in
California you may desire.
If you have only little money and
want to start buying home, just get
your ideas together with your money,
and can help you. l have been
seven years in the real estate business
and know it very we'll; have saved
money for others, and can save you
money if you will only let me. | have
thousand homes for sale and in ev-
cry locality of Oakland, Berkeley and
Alameda, San Francisco and about
the bay, and will sell them to you as
cheap, and in many cases cheaper,
than the man OF the opposite race
will
Awaiting your call | am,
Look me up | am here to serve my
people | am race man. | have a
homtsteads and all kinds of legal doc
uments; appraise property and give
mortgages, notes. contracts, wills,
estimates.
Sincerely yours,
L. A. BROWN,
us Broadway, Rooms | and 2,
Oakland, Cal.
Phone Oakland 1923.
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