The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-07-08

with which a geOlOgISt~ breaks open a
stone and finds a fossil within. This
is the reason men cling to life. If it
were not for the surprises we are look
ing for IN the future, our present life
would lose its charm. 1t is this little
surplus of happiness, these surprises
that make life endurable. 1t is the
philosophy of grind, its hopelessness
that makes life not worth living, but If
you will look for and hope for the sur
prises, you will want to live as long as
Methuselah.
If you are down in the dumps and
your feeling is yellow, and your face is
long, and you think you are goner,
tighten up your belt, take a spine med
icine known as work" and you can
win.
know a man in Hays, who three
years ago could not buy suit of clothes
without having it Charged, today he
IS worth $4,000. There IS a chance for
every man in this land, but unless you
have spunk enough to take yours, and
take it according to the rules of the
game, you are nothing but a jelly-fsh.
If you were lifted up you would flop
back like sponge.
This is a land of tomorrows. If one
place is too crowded for your weak
spirit, go where the competition is not
so strong. You viii not be missed.
Some people think that the dynamo has
always been in existence, but | want
you to remember that it is not fifty
years old, that the steam engine is not
yet old enough to claim a place in the
centenarian class. The biggest surprise
in the year 1916 is the standing grain
thresher. Our ancestors dreamed
about poetry, philosophy and occult
powers until the 18th century, and then
they commenced to think of material
development. They have done little
we are amazed at that little. Now if
you are worth your salt, get into the
game and raise dust for society.
Yesterday l listened to a speaker tell
what we are going to do in the next ten
years. 1t was inspirational. We
cheered him. Now let me suggest that
entire crafts can be blotted out by
few real brain throbs. Suppose you
think hard enough on one subject to
give you the headache. and you will be
surprised at your growth.
Are you a windfall, if you are you
are not worth the place you occupy
You say 'there is no chance for me-
You poor little simpering fool. We
have not done much. We have done
but little else than glance at the air.
Most of the centuries have been spent
in star gazing. We have not taken a
real careful look at the dirt in the gar
den. You say what about 1.-The Man
With the Hoe?' / answer, ''all he did
was to study the hoe, and not the dirt
in which the hoe was used" Remem- |
Der that oxygen, ozone and aluminium
have given US a hint as to what we may |
expect if we will stop playing and get !
down to business.
The camera now makes most artists !
look foolish. 1t catches things as they |
are, and the artist painted what he saw; |
and by the use of the camera we now |
know that the most artists were blind. |
These painters painted what they found /
the easiest and then tried to make US !
believe that was what they saw. Most |
of them painted like they were drunk. /
No longer than last Tuesday I saw a |
man who was going over this country /
looking for young men f'who know
how" and looking down he saw a
bright intelligent face, took the young
ing for you A new world has open
ed up; this young Normal student,
simply because the boy has lived a clean
life, 'knows how can talk English |
and German. This nation is really cry
ing for men. Are you getting ready |
for your opportunity?
Only as the knowledge within you
weds the possibilities outside, will you
grow. Man finds the outside match |
for his inside. You may tramp for
thousand years on diamonds if you can
not recognize them, they are nothing |
but stones. Grow daily richer in mind |
and soul. Keep on growing and you
will find that after you have reached /
an arch angels dimensions, you will /
find a cosmic dwelling place stretching |
beyond you.
This is a busy universe. Not only !
are we spinning around the sun, but !
the solar motion of which we partake /
has carried any man who has reached I
the age of fifty, some two thousand /