The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-15
some THINGS
and OTHER THINGS

which was once given to the saints |
Jude 3.
Therefore being justified by faith, |
we have peace with God. Rom 5 4. |
Yesterday your view point of po-
litical economy may have been right
socially, but today the social order
has changed, and yoru notion is out
of date. l am sure you will learn
more by thinking about the future
that you will by studying the past
Men of middle life "speed up"
or tomorrow take the gaf for the
young men of thirty are loudly
knocking at the door. Men Of
middle life, if you are resting on
the foundation known as security,
expect an explosion any time,
for the rules of yesterday will
not obtain in controlling the tomor-
rows.
Some people think old Mother Fate
keeps success on hand in original
packages and hands them out to her
favorites, but remember she has no
favorites, runs no bargain counters,
nor gives rebates. She does business
on the one-price plan, and her terms
are strictly cash.
Most people want to regulate life
on an absolute rule plan, but no such
rules exist. The world changes its
mind every twenty-four hours; so
be ready to adjust as it adjusts. Real
life is in the art of change.
Democracy lets man hold what
he can master, and it will force him
| to let go that which his gifts will not
I Ia L. d. 4 or1xT
will ever do away with honest compe-
tition.
am glad the age of merit is now
coming in, and the age of "divine
right Of kings" is going out. It will
make a lot of weaklings whine-Nick
George and Bill will get into the
bread line and earn the RICH to live. l
sometimes wonder what they will be
able to contribute to the worlds hon
est needs. Nick does not know enough
to swap Russian horses. George is too
small to dig bitches and Bill is too
weak in the arms to pull weeds
mighty poor stuff to make laboring
men out of Useless, useless-so
Danish them to St. Helena
A few days ago I read the follow
ing: "I feel l am assuming a duty /
| the same person said: 81 respectfully
solicit and trust that l may have the
| cooperation of the citizens in making
| the paper all that it should be"
i When a man admits he is a failure,
it is time for him to- quit his job.
When the same admitted failure de-
ponds upon the citizens to make him
a success, he will find people are not
in the habit of forcing success upon
admitted human failures. Men who
succeed have faith in themselves and
by the force of this belief, force it
upon. the public.
I know you want me to take you
upon the record of your family has
made Well, a family tree is not a
bad thing; but all trees have dead
limbs, and you may be that dead
limb. So you must prove yourself to
be the stuff real manhood is made
from. Your family tree record only
spells a possibility, and it is never
ready cash, nor is it even good collat-
eral. So play the game on merit OF
your own character or step aside fol-
more promising man,
1t is always best to start with the
notion of improving self, and not to
Immediately reform society. 1t is sc
easy to detect flaws in youths super
ior phraseology. Most bosses will for.
give you for baggy trousers, as bad
as that may be, but no boss will long
endure a baggy system in your work
If you are to increase your balance
at the Citizens State Bank, you must
make creases in your brain. Youl
new task is played much like the
game on the gridiron-avoid grand
stand plays, keep off the foul lines
take your position and be able tt
take the ball when it is slammed IL
your part of the field
More failures, more machiner!
ruined, more jobs lost, more oppor
tunities lost by the statement &c
forgot" than in any other way. Thu
position of a bolt, nut or screw ha
: brought more grief to mills, machine
and automobiles than any othe
cause. And it is always caused b,
the fellow who says, 81 forgot"
know we have tried to excuse him b,
saying he is absent-minded, but it j
his fault for being absent-minded
This incoming and dreaming whel
business success is at stake is one O
the curses of modern business.
SHRh
It is now time that the legislator
makes law that no man be permit
ted to open a garage repair shop un
less he has been licensed to do so b
the state. In many a place, a ma
who is able to buy monkey wrench
a pair of overalls, and three pound
of hard oil, and rent an old barn put
out big sign which reads, "Doevery
body Garage" He is ready for bus
ness and in the run of time ne 'tgets
US poor suckers. 1t makes it hard fo
men who are real garage repair me
and are trying to give service to tn
s public. We have in Hays men VIII
are making this a real study an
> know their business. But while az
the writer was in the northwest PAL
e of the state, had to go to the "ga1
age" and the only thing the fello7
knew was to measure the gasolin
and charge for the time he wasted i
telling you what a mechanic he wa
Hold-up-men of any kind are poe