El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-30

do her bit and learn TO knit. There
seemed 90 her no uarti- ular reason
why she should not knit with her
left hand So she devoted a great
deal OF time and energy 10 learning.
She struggled wildly 70 gain con
troll over her work with hand
which had never been trained.
DIscoura cement and failure did
not daunt her She kept az it, knit
ted a Few struggling uncontrolled
rows, ripped them and started over
again There was no Improvement In
her work, but she kept at it-with
perseverance, concentration and grim
determination At the end OF four
weeks she had made absolutely no
progress.
II was perfectly evident that her
unframed left hand would need a
vast amount of training in order 20
produce any kind Of knitting that
was not a collection OF holes. tan
giles and dropped stitches.
Il won't quit I've started this
and I'm going 20 see 10 through"
she told me grimly.
But you are quitting You're
stubbornly torturing yourself with
thing FOR which YOU are not fitted
which requires q vast expenditure
OF energy and makes no return: you
are neglecting the things you might
do and do we'll. because you want TO
do what everybody else is doing
Why don't you make some Of your
wonderful orange marmalade and
plant war garden2 Why don't you
compose s0nEs2 Why don't you 20
out and get money for the library
fund.- I asked
Too stubborn to Admit Il.
She glowered at me. 7 won't
And at the end OF three months,
Lorraine is still struggling to do the
thing for which she is not fitted
and there are so many things she
might do welli
When you're too stubborn to adj
nit that you are I'm the wrong field,
that you can't do the work that you
set out 20 dO-tOO stubborn to look
for the work for which you are
You are an absolute
quitter for the thing which YOU are
falling is common sense Efficiency.
practice bility and suitability are the
things which an earnest worker and
an honest worker look for.
A gutter starts out on the path
OF life searching for a means OF
earning q livelihood. II he tumbles
well and works at IL he feels sure
that he is not a Quitter. But the
man who refuses 20 look for the Job
which IS supremely his is a gutter.
Inc woman VINO SulEtS ler re-
spOusibility on TO someone eIse's
shoulders is q quitter So you quit
when you give q thing up because IL 3
Is too hard for you, and equally you
quit when you insist on trying u
DO the thing at which you cannot /
succeed just because you like the I
crowd OF people with whom your l
ruthless efforts bring you in con- /
act
Do you start things you never In I
end 10 finish2 Do sou shirk a ]
'hance 10 put real effort into your
work. Do you make promises 20 I
or others which you have
no real intention of keeping7 Do ]
7ou avoid the tasks which might i
make you bring new meaning TO .
FOUR Work2 DO you resent having I
IN occasional extra burden placed ]
lpon yOu2 II you do any OF these T
Kings you are q gutter.
s gutter Is a man or woman who
tarts wrong and refuses 20 start
Iver again. who starts and refuses
o make the effort TO finish. or who
g too lazy ever 20 start at ALL
Find out what kind OF a gutter
-ou are and do the one piece Of con-
tructive quitting that is possible
Iuit being a gutter.