The Detroit times., 1917-07-24
Keep Hoping
nv ". ADDINGroN BRUCE
Author 81 The Riddle OF person-
aiity." Psychology and
Parenthood. etc.


Business has been poor with YOU
| Competition has increased. the de
mand for your products is not what
II once was.
You have stayed doggedly on tho
Job. but with negligible results Now.
You confess, you are beginnine 10
despair The clouds over your pros.
perity seem TO have absolutely no
silver lining
Right here | would warn YOU that
they are unlikely ever 20 have n
silver lining IL YOU let despair got
you In its grip They will indeed be
come blacker and blacker.
Whereas. II only you keep pegging
along. and az the same time keep
hoping. the silver lining is sure 20
show itself And in the end the
clouds will disappear
Doctors carry In their bags for
use In emergencies certain drugs
thR< are known as stimulants and
other drugs called depressants They
use the latter 10 slow down the vital
activities. the former 90 quicken
them.
Now, various mental states act not
only hguratIvely but literally like
these drugs There are mental
states that dcpress the vital activi-
ties. and mental states that have
all the power OF medicinal stimu.
lants
As depressant there Is TO men
tai state more potent than despair
As a stimulant hope Is surpassed
only by Joy
Let despair take possession ot
your mind, my unfortunate friend.
| and this Is what Will happen 70 YOU
Your muscles viii begin 20 lose
their tone Even the muscles OF
your face will weaken 70 the detri-
ment OF your personal appearance.
The blood viii course less swiftly
thru your body There viii be a
slowing of the action of your nerN-
0us system Ia general
Your stomach. already more or
less dersngcd by worry viii DO its
work extremely badly Waste pro
ducts ~ food toxic products VII
clog your organism including your
brain
Your brain heing poisoned and On
feehled you VIII attend 20 your bust
ness with decreasing efficiency This
will not win more patrons for you
It's effect rs yOu surely appreci-
ate. viii be 70 bring upon YOU the
loss % The patronage you still have
conirivet 20 hold
Surely there is warrant FOR my
saying that II vow lot despair strip
you The clouds over your business
prosperity will Erow biacker and
blaCker
But y. in your t'r~ emergency.
Won make copious and repeated use
NJ the stmulant hope, observe tn"
-onaeq equences
Unlike the ordinary drug stlmu
I 'ant YOU need not fear any possible
urp- -asan' after effects The more
You Use hope. tho more you viii H.
Yourself TO wrest victory from de-
( feat
/ For under ne benign influence OF
( h.e the physical arrangements due
: 10 worry viii no longer trouble Won
/ and vour bodily ore8ns Will tend 90
Fs,nction with their % time yicor
Thus rlnctionlng vou vii find YOU
I -elf s''e once more 20 hink clearly
/ ropu.iiy. oHec'iveiy
Selfconadence viii he restored 90
you You viii now work not more
I ly earnestly. but more wisely than
yo,. have been doing
I Plans for business building will
occur 10 you soon h viii be with
you no longer mercs question ot
roganing los' ground u viii even
become question ot surpass'nc
! your business records made In the
4 rasf
( Hope assure you, rs tho stiWu
laut. 'he tonic you must need in
your time ~ business reversos And
! hope is tonic that costs nothing
Esc h.