The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-08-19
SOME THINGS
and OTHER THINGS


Only things worth having come to US
by the sweat of the face You realize
that gifts, and things found are not ap-
preciated by you. Even the property
you inherit does not hold the place in
your life that earned property does.
The reason for 1t is you have not paid
for it. So to enjoy a thing is to pay
for it before you take it.
We do our best in emergencies. We
do our ffdead level best when we work
considering each day an emergency, 1
ure of responsibility. We are letting
self percolate through our tasks when
best results are secured.
One of the greatest curses that can
come to any man, and especially to a
young man, is to be the recipient of
charity. 1t devitalizes his soul Only
+ help from within gives strength. When
/ It is from without, it enfeebles-it kills.
! IL you have studied men this summer,
I you are fully convinced that at least
one-third of the strangers in our city
were ffdead ones" and were only walk
( ing around to save funeral expenses.
/ We appreciate humility. It is a noble
/ quality and truly becoming great souls;
/ but DO not let any man or set of men
work the humility clause until it shades
your self-reliance. True self-reliance
/ is one of the finest and best qualities to
( be found in man. It is manliness in
/ action.
As you steam ahead, as you master
conditions, never forget that others are
watching you-are depending upon you;
but you have no right to depend upon
them. Always be ''pusher" and not
''leaRer.
You are plaything of chance if you
in your thinking are depending upon
/ the stars. It was Shakespeare who
said, cit is not in our stars, but in our
selves, that we are underlings." This
bard said this $50 years ago, but we
/ still find people consulting palmists,
rabbit-feet, chicken ivers and the new
moon to know how to act. Plenty of
people are slaves to the superstitious
past. It is so strange that people of
/ today will let the fools of the yester-
! days control their tomorrows. IF you
are one of these, you are a real fool
and need airing.
If you let man, a society, condi-
I ton or father and mother rob you of
your confidence in your ultimate self,
/ you will become a dependent, a mental
or Weary Willie" and will be known
among your acquaintance as a COM
munity failure. When the city contin--
ually subjects its people to street earn
/ lvals and questionable temptations, it
may expect the youth to get the wrong
conception of what Is required to make
a man.
The more workable honesty one has,
the less he effects the air of an ancient
saint. He does not have to. He is not
In the saint-creative business. If you
never studied the sins of the saints, il
Will pay you never to commence 1t, but
live the fullest life, according to the
rules of the Master and you will be as
worthy as many who have the degree
of SaInthood legally conferred upon
them.
You may measure your greatness by
/ the size, weight and number of real hu-
man burdens you honestly bear. Only
strong men bear the burdens of the
weak Great souls were born to be
burden bearers Only weaklings shift
responsibilities and spend their time In
studying how to rob the poor and needy.
Many weakhngS seem strong because
they have been IN the robbing business.
If you will let your mind act freely
for few moments. you viii discover
that you are largely controlled by COM
mon stock statements, such as early
to bed and early to rise, make a man
healthy, wealthy and WISE" and He
either fears too much or his deserts are
small, Whe will not put it TO the touch
to win or lose it all - These old saws
are called the concentrated wisdom of
the ages. Now If you can state them
better, make them truer for your age
than they are-they do not fully meet
the present needs-you are worthy of
our honor. Just doing and being a lit
tie better than our ancestors are the re-
quirements of society TO place you
above the mediocre; but If You think it
is an easy task to be really wiser than
you're fathers, just make an honest eff I
fort, and you may find that wisdom is
not hanging on trees, or II It is, you
may find you are near sighted.
Only young healthy people yearn for
battle. II yoR are really fighting or
itching to get into 6Eht. It matters I
not tie uuuaseF Of years you are carry