The Washington times., 1919-10-23

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Jack Barnes, thirty years ago. established himself
f shack the top of Rocky Mountain range
forty miles from the nearest city.
A few years later sheep herder set up house on
smother peak in the range eighteen miles away After
lapse of fve years ranchman built house in the foothills
rine miles from Jack Barnes shanty
Then Jack moved asserting that things was gettin'
too DANCED crowded"
Hal Cofman the Times artist today depicts the plight
Of cid Father Neptune god of the sea- and Davy Jones'
sailors idea of the devil They hobnob raft in mid
and complain about the nroads Of others into their
preserves. They find things getting pretty crowded.
The world s and always will be- crowded for those who
sit raft and watch aeropanes There many people
who exceedingly apt at this occupation and the trade
never wants for apprentices.
If Neptune and Davy Jones would sail on their
raft and for somewhere something they wouldn't
have time inclination bother about the crowdng of
others.
Most men have to start on a raft They begin life
with clothes no hair and otherwise considerably behind
the other animals except in potential brain development
few born with silver spoons in their mouths but
most of these choke the spoon The rest of start from
scratch In Natures handicap
The wise who finds himself on raft at sea strips
of his shirt and makes it into sail The lazy man. the
foolish and the of weak heart sit down and wall
The wise youth, cast the industrial and economic
Of fe strips of his coat rolls up his sleeves and
for somewhere
The lazy man lets George do it.
The foolish thinks that he will get along somehow
The foolish he is the likely that he will try to
live on mis- wits.
The weak.heared youth turns up his collar and
wishes people wouldn't joste him and wonders why it's
towded
There are many places where it isn't crowded. The
fctor soaring overhead isn't crowded He has mastered
ls difficult job managing powerful engine suspended
IN artificial wings He has worked and trained to be
Or There is plenty of room for aeroplanes
The trained worker in any line of activity isn't crowded
highly he is trained the less competition there is
his job If he works hard enough to evolve something
rssolutcly new, he has competition at ALL
The fish, peepng out of Mr. Coffmans turbulent ocean
lro5ebH wants to fly The fish will never fly because he
hasn't Grains enough to enable him live of the water
fish knew enough not to expose his glls the air. he
Light 1--we long time out Of his element.
The man can 60 down in the water like the fish, under
tae surface Of the land like the MOLE and into the air like
the birds, because he has developed brains
The brains he develops the higher and further he
can 60 Some day may have enough brains to fly to
Mars. few years ago Wilbur Wright was able to get
seven feet of the earth Only few days ago aviator
progress should be able make the forty million miles
to Mars in Few decades Then the Martians will
probably begin to complain about overcrowding
Ben Franklin announced that there is plenty Of room
at the top He failed to add that there plenty of work
the top to be done. But must first the work
done at the bottom and do it well Beginning the top
in charge of landsman aeroplane into the sky
IL charge of sailor.
Beginning at the top usually results in fall and as
Stanley Ketchel remarked of amateur pugss 1.-The
bigger they are, the harder they fall"