The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-22
SOME THINGS -.
and OTHER THINGS

The big business of society is to
equaliZe opportunities.
We do not give snap what your par
ents were-you cannot help that-but
we do honestly want to help you up to
your real chance.
No man can tell that you are true
blue until you have stood some of the
rain storms of life.
We are always kinder to those we
have forced to ''make good
You must keep on the track to sue
ceed-the pace is not so important.
Great speed without lasting power
amounts to but little.
When man comes around to me and
wants me to accept him at his own
measurements 1 object. His own
opinion of self is biased-it is of no
moment-He is inclined to exaggerate
his Importance.
From the beginning of civilization
most men have had an overreach.
Weaklings who undertake the cover
reach are slaughtered. Ninety per
cent of US make business failures of
life because of this "overreach."
Great souls get away from the big
mob of little men and climb up. No
person has managed to fill all the space
between the earth and the stars. To
prepare for the start in the race takes
more time than to make the race.
When you know you are honestly do
ing your best in the race you have your
self-respect. Self-respect is an eternal
life preserver.
1t is no sign you are big man be-
cause you were born in mansion.
Palaces you know have never been in
cubators for great men.
This is leap year, and according to
the ancient and accepted custom, So
but it is to be hoped that they will not
marry men to get a job of reforming
them.
1T is reported that our navy rejects
men with small feet; but we have not
been informed that medium sized hat
bands have been prescribed for the
navy officials.
1t is passing strange how some people
/. define the word holiday to mean time
allotted by society to get "stewed" or
"boiled'' as they term it, but as most
of us know it means to get ''foolishly
drunk 1t is day to make a consul
mate fool of self.
Occasionally we read about the faith
fulness of the editor of paper. He is
entitled to all the appreciation that the
public will give. AS you know people
would rather knock than praise, but
there is person connected with the
newspaper world, and that is the faith
full type-setter, who deserves praise.
Her name is never mentioned. She
is hidden from the world. She
must be on time; must be well
informed; must know how to spell
all the inpronouncable names of the
city; must in general sense know the
family history of all; must take as her
reward all the blame of the editor;
must stand all the lurid phrases of this
great man when patron of the paper
comes to the Office cunning" must
hear the editor talk about the stupid,
rattle-brained> good~for-nothing typo
charged with all the evils found in Pan
dora's box, and all this without any re-
course. So here is to the girl who
works at the case; to the girl who suf-
fers for the editors mistakes; here is
TO the girl who must know more, he
more accurate, more faithful and re-
ceive less social recognition than any
other girl in the land holding such a re-
sponsible position. It is to be hoped
that she will become better known and
more highly appreciated by the
grouchy, touchy caprecious public.
A number of county attorneys in
Kansas want the law regarding fines
collected from jointists changed so the
money can be used in collecting spotte1
evidence against other violators of the
prohibitory law. Nearly half of the
county attorneys who answered a re-
quest from the governor as what they
thought could be done to strengthen
the prohibitory law, replied they found
their greatest trouble in collecting evi-
dence against law violators. The attor-
ney generals Office is rather against the
scheme. S. NJ Brewster, attorney gen
eral; Judge Frank Lindsay, w. P. Mont
gomery, Preston Coleman, special as
sistant attorney generals, have found
that the average judge and jury are in
clined to doubt the reliability of spotter
evidence. Brewster, holds. the best
method of getting evidence is by hold
ing inquisition, and there is enough
law on the statute books now to cover