The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-04-04


and no one or two
men are in a posi-
tiOn to criticise the
mOdus operandi"
of any one i'm au-
thority or any one whose knowledge
of a given task is backed by expert
ence, and don't forget as your incli-
nations lead you to criticise; perhaps
you may lack the knowledge to hap
die the case in hand, for mans /
opinions, whether good or other
wise, is drawn from his whole stock
o. knowledge and experience and it
is a vain effort to try to4ehangel
them When this method is, en-
tloyed the spirit of egotism, steps in
and you are up against it good and
hard. Don't imagine a man has n } !
coin 10 bis purse because he is not
dressed like a swell Don't judge
from appearances; many tattered
old book tells a good story and a lot
o; bright ideas emiUate from a rough
exterior. Don't ger eeotistic and
think because you have an outline
on any given subject or operations
contemplated or under way, that
you are in a position 10 criticise an
othef's action in his Efforts to get re-
suits. No man outside of the man
on the job, who is familiar with de-
tails, can give any clear or possible
opinions on the issue of any event,
Don't try it. You are not the whole
thing; remember there are others,
and the wise, thinking fellow doesn't
do it. He knows better. How can
you tell the native that prompts
Woodrow Wilson or his cabinet to
take certain actions along any given
lines? What kind of a government
would we have if the working plans
of our nation were public property :?
What do we as a whole know about
it-simply nothing. only as they
transpire and> are brought into ef-
feet by the united effort of brains,
knowledge aud experience. And who
is in a position to criticise any ac-
ton or move taken to further our
best interests, but men will persist
in doing it, Don't criticise any man
for anything he may find it his duty
to do If he is wrong your criticism
does not set him ridht-it only be-
fuddles him and he is that much
worse off. What business is it of
yours how the other fellow does the
job; it is up to. him to make good,
not you. Let him alone. he no doubt
knows more about it than you do
He may be mistaken but he will find
it out; this is experience. He will
try again and perhaps succeed; this
is KIN 'Wledge. But your criticism
Can spoil it all; don't do it. Don't
try to tell the sWitchman how to in.
struct the engineer, he learned all
this before he was put on the job.
Don't criticise him; he knows more
about switching cars in a minute
than perhaps you will ever know,
then why criticise?
A lot of rows and hard feelings
might be saved if one will avoid
criticism. 1t never did any one any
good We. all want to tread safely
in the dire ction of progress, and for
goodness sake don't criticise and
spoil it all, If you can sing cr " his
tie do i. when you are inclined to
criticism. 1t is not possible to make
every one a sonebird but you can
talk encouragement and gladsome-
ness will scatter sunshine where>crit-
icism brings gloom, but people as a
rule drift into one extreme or the
other and you will notice that Op-
timism and pessimism are largely a
habit aud may be controlled. Don't
criticise and you are on the road to
optimism; then you win.
There are some people who seem
to be born with a scrowl on their
face and it is tough job to try toI
smooth it out. These fellows will
Criticise no matter what you may
do to prevent it. Give them a wide
berth for they are natural born pes
simists and no company for man OF.
beast. But the fellow that will prac-
tice what he breaches is good man