Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-09-21

them this morning IN the cn"i""e
talk of Miss Elizabeth Fitzpatrick o.
Corinth. Miss. who is in Bryan as
expert In the organization and work
OF the adult department OF the sun
day school. Miss Fitzpatrick came be-
fore the school as bright as the morn
ing and as inspiring as the breath OF
the fresh nor,her which had blown
up overnight. Judging from the
speakers words and manner. II there
IL anything she likes better than a
boy Il is a whole lot Of boys. Certain
" every boy In the room was her
friend and knight before she had talk
ed ten minutes. But Miss Fitzpatrick
had come not merely to please her
audience. but to instruct. and never
was sound and useful instruction
given In a more pleasing way.
After some reference to the JOY
which she got every summer out OF a
season spent In boys camp In the
woods, the speaker announced her
theme as Getting the Best Things
Out of Life" As we listened. there
came into every mind and heart a
new sense Of the JOY. and the beauty
and the greatness OF life. and a new
desire to reach out for "life's best
things" with . rapidity Of thought
equaied only by the clearness OF pre-
sentation. the speaker told OF the
really great things In life and OF how
they can be had OF any one who truly
wants them.
No best thing In life can be bought
as YOU can buy the best tennis racke'
or the best baseball bat. Life's best
things are not to be had that way
The best things do not appear as such
on the surface. In South Africa nun
dreds OF feet had kicked aside a com
mon rough stone. One day one man
saw the stone. picked Il up. examined
n under the glass. Today that stone
q ,the greatest Of England's crown
Jewels. the great Kohinoor IL you
would win the best things In life you
must have equipment. The greatest
tragedy in the life OF the greatest
hero OF modern times occurred De
cause OF lack OF equipment. Captain
Scott starved and froze in ten miles
of his base OF supplies-lack OF equip
ment.
II YOU are to win life's best things
YOU must have determination. Marx
Twain as a small boy heard the story
NJ loan OF Arc. Stirred by sense
Of Injustice done the heroine. he de
elared that he would write booH
vindicating her. Go read his "loar
q, Arc" and see what kind Of work
one bov's determination gave TO Tho
world. You cannot achieve the bes'
things in life without a healthy BODY
Necessity Is not the mother OF inven
ton; physical exuberance Is w'
mother OF invention. The worlds IN
ventions and achievements are com
ing today not from long-haired. pal'
scho,ars. hut from red.blooded men
The worlds winners must he mer
and bovs Of steady nerve. Some one
asked Burbank II he smoked or dram
coffee mot for money" he answer
cd quickly. would ! touch either
could not do what am doing II ] use'
coffee or tobacco"
Won cannot have and enjoy the hes
things In life without a sense OF iair
ness. Re a good winner and goo'
loser. To this sense of fairness adj
the winning smile. Courtesy Is on
Of the very finest things In lie
What we need in America today Is
few skilled diplomats. And now. u
Ian these splendid qualities there Y
one other thing you must add. N
lboy Is worth while today who canno
do some one thing well with hi
hands. To the strong will. the health
body and the steady nerve you mus
add nimble fingers.
In closing. the speaker named u
rapid succession some OF the cond
ltlons under which one must live an
work II he would win life's bes
things. There must be a receptive
mind: one must learn the value O
silence: he must know how to ODE
linstanter: he must learn the secre
OF turning his own very weakness
Into strength. Here the messae
reached the climax as the speake
pointed out how no one can know an
enjoy the best in life until he ha
brought the Christ life into his ow
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