The Washington times., 1919-07-20

the wind the sailing fleets often lay helpless for weeks
able to That region of dizziness and oppression,
wind blowing was called 1.-THE Dodrums and with good
nse captains of sailing vessels worried when they
tered the regions Of calm, heavy dulness
The doldrums exist in human life on land as well as
d fe seafaring life And each individual who reads this
now approaching the doldrum period extending from
0Ut the last week in July to the first week in October
That is the heavy time of the year, the dull time, the
sptless time, when those built the sailing vessel plan
likely to stand STILL float about aimlessy and do nothing
Once year human beings with any ambition, especially
tie young whom deness and pleasure tempt should be
warned to look out for the doldrums of summer.
At that time the built along the lines of the old
fashioned sailing ship nice to look at but needing
outside force to push him along is apt to fall back in the
race of life and become for the time obsolete the
sailing ship itself
Later when human beings that have driving power
inside them have passed by and gone out of sight the
sailing ship type of individual is full of good and
and tell you just how happened that he
got anywhere.
This picture by TAD and this editorial are intended
70 remind young readers that human being, like ship
can be changed from sailing vessel to steam vessel
Thousands Of old sailing vessels have been changed to
steam driven ships And thouands of men, by the exercise
Of their WILL become self propeers and 60 through
the dull period of the doldrums safely
Young man or woman if you were in race and saw
the racing against you lying asleep by the roadside
would say to yourself This is my turn to Every foot
cover is clear gain while he is sleeping"
Well this is the time of year when those who racing
against you many of them by the roadside asleep From
until the cool weather of October starts the winds of
ambition blowing every foot that you cover in the for
Success is foot OF clear gain It may be month
year Of complete independence later in ie when indie
pendence the right to do you choose is precious
than gold
To illustrate Success and Failure our young artistic
genius TAD has wisely chosen for his picture the
parison of hurdle Young and women are in
terested in athletics and will at least look at this picture
And looking the wiser among them will say, There is
idea in that for me- Looking away from the picture they
will do some THINKING about their chance in life
Life Is like hurdle race The small fences that stretch
out ahead represent hard work. the difficulties that be
before the of life be successfully ended
In LIES in the hurdle race in given group of
racers fall down and finish others jump all the
hurdles and get through the race with more less credit
ONE wins the
This picture shows the three important fences in the
hurdle of life Everybody gets the first fence
that is the start And it all so easy Everybody
feels strong and capable The self confident young men
say Bring your hurdles and watch jump them.
Then comes another jump, The dreary middle" You
to that fence after you have been going for some time
When the dreary middle of LIES race is reached the
average begins ask himself What is the use? WHY
should kill myself with this grind? And as Tad shows
you in the picture many stop to think what they call
the fooshness Of working too hard Only few get past
that dreary middle and keep going in spite of onoony
Turn aside day from light worthless reading and
read few chapters of really great book Dante I'm
terno. The book begins with a description of 1.-THE
middle of lfe in which the traveller finds himself
confused with the road hard to trace and to follow
When the dreary middle is reached the sailing vessel
type of sits down Only those go on and over that
represent the steamship type with the engine of ambition
working inside of them
Then No g. the last picture this series which
is called 1.-THE keeping at it,
Everybody starts. few get by the tiresome dis
cOuagng middle But it is the keeping it, the trying
again each day. hour week. and month that tests the real
quality of the racer.
in horse At the beginning of horse race and for
time aerward the animals go along all together Near
the finish draws ahead keeps ahead stands the lash and
the hard driving and wins the
You cannot keep success away from the man who has