Williston graphic., 1918-07-25

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DEAL FEW CARDS TO OTHERS; LIFE is NOT
GAME OF SOLITAIRE
Sid in the August American Magazine:
"When was young fellow worked court
porter for a newspaper One of the judges knew
for time mystery. He poor inefficient Judge
yet he could never be beaten when he came up for
reelection The newspapers roasted him, the lawyers
pounded him and the good government leagues sat
him. All the hgh-brows agreed that he wasn't worth
two hurrahs in Honolulu. But he got the votes. He
there with the wallop. You couldn't bulge him.
What's more, most people liked him.
AT last of discovered the secret of his
power. He sat on the bench all day writing by hand
brief sympathetic letters to people in trouble He got
his tips from the newspapers. When he read that Jas
per Jackowsk of Division Street had lost both legs in
accident at the rolling mill, rendering a wife and
two children destitute he would write few lines to
Mrs. Jackowski saying that he had read the dreadful
news, and wished that he were of means that
he might help them Anyhow he felt for them, and
hoped that relief would to them. Usually he
commended some charitable organization where he
sure they would find assistance Through the years
he gradually built up the belief among common people
that he good, kind with big gentle heart.
And when election time around they did the rest
"Don't ask me whether he sincere-because l
don't know Probably he half honest, half crook;
half real, half fake All know is that he had in
extraordinary degree. Possibly he began the letter.
writing habit honestly-with no idea of cashing in
t>and later developed it into business. Perhaps the
total effect of his kind words was good. Anyhow,
should hate to call him out-and-out hypocrite And
if did decide to call him hypocrite should want
couple of volumes in which to do it, that might
have for all the qualifying clauses that would be
necessary in order to make complete picture Of his
character However, he pushed his pen vigorously and
nobody could oust him. v
"But let's, for the sake of argument, agree to call
him bad He was human at least. He could
hear and he could talk, which is than folks
can do If you gave him a cigar, he thanked you. If
you told him your wfe's rheumatism better, he
smiled. If you showed him your sore thumb, he was
sympathetic. At all times he expressive and
sponsive-not speechess In other words, he could
submerge his own ego-get it clear out of sight once
in while-and give the other fellow chance to talk
about his troubles and his joys No wonder he got the
votes If he had store he would have had good
business. If he had opened hotel his house would
have been full. If he had operated bank he would
have got deposits. You couldn't have kept him down,
because he had human and knew how to get on
with folks
"Take tip from this Judge. Call him crook if
you want to-but take tip from him. He had the
right idea. You never had to up to him you do
to a dog and urge him to hold up his paw and speak.
He always spoke first
"There is mistaken idea among some people that
dates We all running for something all the tme
and others are running against We are running.
not for Office it is true but running for custon
ers friends clients for followngs of various kinds
Does it look if you would be elected-or showed
under?"
G-R-A-P-H-I-C
THE FIFTH YEAR
Merely to up the strategic record of four years
of world war would call for the contents of several
times the present page. And if we take strategy in
the new sense enforced upon by the experiences of
four years. the strategy Of nations rather than of
complishment any adequate summation must be in
terms of volumes rather than of pages.
Yet the temptation to put cosmos into a nutshell
the question: How does the stand after four years
Of titantic effort both sides then the answer in
the very broadest generalization would be that the
military situation the beginning of the fifth August
is very much what it the beginning of the first
August. Another Bernhardi writing of coming events
as the original Bernhard of the war which be-
gan in 1914 would recognize the similarity.
How did the German military leaders visualize their
task when they forced the great conflict upon
They prepared for upon two fronts-west against
France east aginst Russia with swift decision
against the former followed by automatic reckoning
with the Savs. And when the schedule was upset
the fundamental problem was the same, except that
the first decision to come against the Slavs-it
has been attained-and then slower but automatically
certain reckoning with the enemy the western front
This certain victory the German people are be-
ing told, is about to be lquidated.
But actually the to-day is for Germany still