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But don't imagine that the world is 60
ing to write out an order to you telling
what it wants That is not the way new
industries come. The world sometimes does
not know what it wants until some one in
vents, discovers develops it, and then pre-
duces it. The world did not know it wanted
the incandescent light until Edison per
fected it and put it on exhibition.
Perhaps that is why people are slow to
pick up the opportunity - they have been
thinking the world will write out full de-
scription of what it needs
"Whenever you find rough spot in the
road of life, it is sign that new idea
is wanted to smooth it out. Every bump is
a signal fof some one to get busy and create
something to smooth it out. And then, if
it fits the need its creators future is made.
Thousands of new Jobs are created, new or-
CARNATIONS are built up which concentrate
the brains and energies of the best men,
and altogether life is made happier for
hundreds of thousands of people.
"Some people think that it requires a.
genius to do these things. The man who
first thought Of putting rubber eraser on
the end of a lead pencil was not genius,
but he made fortune. Even so simple
thing as d collar button may become the
foundation OF new industry and create
many new opportunities.
opportunity often hides in the simple
things which despised by people of
high notions. Don't stand around looking
up at the sky Look around your feet You
Will find opportunity on your back door
step.
I'VE are only in the dawn of things as
yet. The opportunities of to-day are q
Thousand times more numerous than ever
before because people need and use more.
But if you would capture opportunity, you
must use your eyes.
"The man who SEES is master.
ANY place is a good place to start from.
You can gain the foundation of concentra
ton, application and thoroughness where
You are. Opportunity Will not overlook you
because you wear overalls and your hands
are grmy with work. Opportunity often
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

to restore human appearance to that
poor, ravaged, shapeless visage. How the
unfortunate young man suffered - less
from the physical pain than from the
moral torture of knowing that he would
be forever completely disfigured,
What would F,lvirc say when she saw
this pitiful piece of war wreckage? When
she saw him, her Robert, whom she had
always known as a sort of gallant Prince
Charming? What then? She would Ger
tainly turn away from him. But no.
Elvlrc is too upright, and also too proud.
She would not wish to have cast at her
the vile and cutting rcproach that she
had rejected, when unfortunate and suf-
fering, the man whom she had loved
when handsome and captivating
SO, Robert thought, she will keep me.
But 1t will be out Of pity, in Difference to
a lofty scruplc inspired by conscience,
but into which the heart does not enter.
This bankruptcy Of love--they will try
to make me feel better by explaining it
away with delicate subtlcty. They will
say to me: "Your wounds exalt you"
But why should | want to be exalted
even like II god, if my hideousness robs
me of the heart of her whom | love still,
in spite of everything?
The mutilated hero asked himself.
finally, if he had the right to excite such
poignant conflict in the soul of his
fianc6c-to force the sense Of justice of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

young girl unwilling to recall her vow,
into the balance against the repulsion
instructive and involuntary, which is pro
duced in the mind Of woman-even Of
strong character-,by the constant pres
ence at her side Of an atrociously dis
figured companion When have the smiles
of a Quasimodo ever moved the heart of
an Esmeralda?
Robert was then going to add the sac
rife of his love to the sacrifice of his
flesh aud his blood. Thus he trcmblcd-
this brave man, whom the greatest Dan
gers had left impassive- it became
necessary to face the first look Of his
beloved, And how he felt in his heart
the sting Of thousand neede-points
when he saw Elvire rccoil, almost inn
perceptibly, while greeting him.
See what has become of your poor
Robert" he said in low voice. But
reassure yourself, my dear. shall not
be cruel enough to present to you the
contract of love which we both once
fondy dreamed of signing. Love-you
are Love, Elvirc | am only Grief. And
I know that there are acts of courage
which reason ought not to demand. I
give you back your word In SCATTERING
my dream at your feet I ennoblc myself
in your eyes. See; you will no longer
adore the Robert of the past But you
will care more for the poor DasteX of
+La ,,raaoptn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
MR.. FORD'S OWN PAGE.

cheapest and most plentiful of all our treas
ures. Like rich, virgin soil it only waits
to be found and used.
MAY | say personal word just here:
Each week this space will be set aside in
which we will endeavor to follow the plan
outlined above, and also discuss from time
to time questions of general interest.
"This paper exists to spread ideas the
best that can be found. 1t aims to furnish
food for thought. 1t desires to stir amb-
ton and encourage Independent thinking.
"No one writer has a monopoly of wis
dom, and single point of view seldom in
cludes the whole problem. SO you viii find
here various writings from week to week
You may not agree with them all I may
not agree with them ali. But they viii
probably help us to think. Personally |
wish to be held responsible only for the
views expressed on this page Other writ
ers will bear their own responsibility, The
best we can do is to have oversight
which will insure that the views are sound
and sincere and that they will stimulate
the mind of the thoughtful reader. I have
never pretended to be writer or an ed-
tor, but | can talk with plain Americans in
a way that we understand each other
That is all we care for just to know each
others mind and exchange the ideas we
think are worth while.
Gas long as we have nature and human
ity all around us, with great unlocked treas
ures of brain and power, life will never be
stale. New openings Will always beckon
1--WE who make Up this organization have
seen many Of these new openings, and we
want to tell our readers what they are. The
best and most practical engineers in the
world VIII give their ideas and illustrate
them so that their application may be clear.
1--WE are in great need of new develop
ments in industry to-day, for many rea-
sons. During the war we found many leaks
IN our industrial system. We found many
businesses which the government described
as 'non-cssential They are wasting good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
What life" Thinks OF tie
New Venture

1 y iicWtH / u
Dear Mr.. Ford In congratulating
you upon your entrance into the sacred
domain Of journalism, permit me to
forestall any enthusiasm you may have
by notifying you that it viii probably
take you somewhat longer, even with
the best machinery available, TO turn
out an idea every forty-nine seconds, as
you have been turning cat Fords.
am bound to say. however, il reassu-
ance Of your project, that in both cases
the process is much the same TO urn
out both Fords and ideas requires
imagination, initiative, the proper en-
poyment Of skin and brains and an ac-
curatc assembling of various necessary
parts. After you have started produc-
ton shall expect to see certain pro
portion Of your IDEAS stalled on the
road. They may run out Of gas, the
steering apparatus may go back on the
driver, there will be blowouts, and the
brakes may not always work. But if
you persist in journalism by the same
methods that you have employed with
your cars, | see no reason why you
should not eventually furnish a regular
number of cheap ideas to afford mental
transportation for whole people.
Honkfully yours,
LIFE.
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labor and material in producing things we
should have been better off Without
at is bad thing to make business by
making articles that serve no use.
'To waste material is as bad as to waste
food. 1t is even worse for we raise food
every year. But who can create iron or
coal? And it takes generation to develop
a forest.
'Well, we finally placed many of the non
essentials under control Some Of them
ought never to come back The only way
to prevent it is to create so many new and
useful industries that the other kind will
have no place.
"There is more than enough to do to meet
the real needs of people, without creating
artificial needs that waste material and
money.
GA business that makes nothing but
money is a poor kind of business. Every
business ought to contribute to the daily
progress of the world
Il would rather hear that man made a
million ploughs than that he made million
dollars. If he gets the money for making
the plouGhs, well and goodit will help him
make more and better ploughs, and so in
crease the production of food.
"When money ceases to be the sign of a
mans usefulness to his fellow men, or the
promise Of still greater usefulness to come
there is mighty little satisfaction in it, no
matter how large the amount may be.
"Money never makes men, 1t does not
even make them over. But it leaves them
free to reveal what they really are to un-
mask their character. When they begin to
feel that money relieves them from observ-
ing those conventional attitudes which So
ciety respects, then their real nature shows
itself. We sometimes hear it said that
man. money has made fool of him. No.
it only gave him opportunity to prove that
be always had the folly in him.
"The great essential is to do samething
useful. thing is 'non-essential when
it is useless. The opportunities this paper
will point out along the lines Of useful
ness.
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LIE t..

lodges the front Office and shakes hands
with the fellow at the last machine down
al the far end of the shop. The man who
is a success on his own job has put some
rungs into the ladder of success.
"some one has said that there is no
drudgery except to drudge. 1t may be
added that there are no monotonous jobs
except to monotonous men. The interest
Of the job depends on the amount of inter
est there is in the man. 1t is easy to be
interested in job il man is of the right
stuff. There is more science behind bolt
and nut than any professor ever knew. A
good man makes a good job, and a good
start is made when man and job become
good friends.
at is always easier to make things bet
ter. 1t is the slouchy work that breaks
down our interest. Every good mechanic
knows what this means--every man who
takes pride in his work
cone of the benefits which will result
from large development OF new industrial
ideas will be the decrease of absentee own
ership. When only few lines are open
the speculative capitalists are always try
ing to get hold of what another has built
up. They want it not to make it better
and bigger, but to exploit it. The only in
terest they have in the business or the
product is the dollars they squeeze out.
If they had their own jobs their own lines,
they would be kept buster and out Of mis-
chief.
"Too many businesses have been morally
ruined by this method.
"Their game is not honest. 1t is not
human. 1t doesn't produce anything. They
are merely gambling in what other men
have built up by hard work and honest
dealing.
"A business ought to be something more
than a mere source of money. 1t ought to
show worthwhile product and a healthy
proit-that goes without saying. But it
ought to show something more The prod
uct viii wear out. But if the business
contributes something to social welfare, or
shows new and better ways of employment,
that is a creation that Will never wear out;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
THE TWO SISTERS-By Marius Alix

TT ME WAR was over for Robert
B Dastex, the brilliant aviator, ia
e nous for his daring. To-day,
shrunken in his poor, tortured
body, but more towering than ever in the
eyes Of men, he could nope to live only
useless life. One arm lost and his face
poughed and torn by shrapnel splinters,
Dastex had been rcpatratcd, after long
months spent in the hospitals and prison
camps of Germany.
He found himself once more in France,
his life spared. His manly scars, his
glorious mutilation, his little green rib
bon which his own blood seemed to have
streaked with delicate red thrcads-all
these marked him for public respect
And then, had he not, above all, returned
to the free and invigorating air of his
own country?
Yet, without avowing it, it was from
this very circumstance of repatriation
that Robert Dastex suffered most.
Before the war he had become engaged
to the daughter Of q prominent manu-
facturcr Pretty and Partisan to the
UPS OF ncr myers, ElYlfc had pecn captl~
waited by Roberts genuine personal
charm. Fate did the rest. One evening,
between two dances, they sought tete-;t
tctc corner, hospitablc to soft advances.
As love guides instinctiyely the steps Of
happy couples they saw emerging from a
little salon, shut off by curtain of flow
crs and plants, Il delicious rose domino,
attended by tall gallant dressed as u
black butterfly The nook was free I'll
vire and Robert plunged into it. And
one might have said that, Vhilc they cx-
changed the eternal oath, the giant aspi-
distras and the majestic phmniXcs inter
mingled their leaves in order to shelter
bcttcr from profane glanccs the trcn-
bling Of two pairs Of ardent lips and the
ccatasy Of tho cnrapturcd souls.
With what anguish Robert recalled the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

infinite happiness Of that evening, beside
amid the INVESTIGATION Of music and flow
ers.
Then came the great separation, which
made their letters even more tender and
their projects for the future even more
sweet In one Of them Elvirc thus coun-
selled her dear Robert:
Be brave. 1t is your duty. But
can't you make our love the concession
Of not being rash? | am so fearful Of
some imprudcnce on your part or of the
breakdown Of your Internal machine
You know that my sister Leie has
entered a hospital. The poor little in
valid makes d very good and devoted
nurse. She considers her task Il sacred
one. You remember her immense good
ness of heart and her generous the
ores-her wish to consecratc herself
TO others, to cheer the suffering, to
care for them and console them. What
ideal could be nobler! Or more hui
name! She thus magnanimously re-
venges herself, the dear little soul, on
the cruel fate which sent her crippled
into the world.
Not long after that came Roberts ter
rblc fall. Then the amputation Of his
arm and the needle Of the surgeon seek
ing the torn shrcds Of flesh, drawing close
the lips Of the frightful iurrow cut by
the bursting shrapnel. 1t was necessary
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Elvire made no answer. She dropped
her eyes, overcome by the frightful re-
atty. She did not feel force enough
within her to protest against what her
fiancc had said And nevertheless his
voice was as warm and appealing as
ever. 1t was still the same noble and
generous heart She wished to look at
him again, but she was afraid. so E,lvire
accepted the decision of the man who
had now become merely her friend
Lelie, Elvres tender and compassion
ate sister, was a witness of the melan-
choly rupture. she OWNED the void
which was being created in Roberts tort
ured heart. In order that he might not
feel himself alone and abandoned by all
she cast q sympathetic glance on the
SCARED and mutilated aviator-one of
those womanly chances which are more
comforting than caress. 1t was like a
warm ray OF sunlight falling into the
dark and cheerless heart of the young
man. Such is The elasticity of the will
that this unfortunate, who had believed
himself summed and avoided by all, saw
suddenly flash of brightness in the sad
heaven of his destiny That womanly
glance drew him back to life. and he
murmured looking steadily at The little
invalid
Formerly l sought woman for
companion. Now l need an angel
Gifted with the intuitions of those who
suffer, Ielie had read his mind She
stretched out her hand to Robert as
token of understanding. Two hearts,
softened b sorrow and we'll adapted to
mutual love, had been brought together
Palpitatilg with emotion before the
nobility OF feeling which this scene dis
closed collapsing in chair, her head
in her hands, Elvire, too beautiful to be
an angel, burst into sobs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Newspapers and the War

GkT is pity that someone with plenty
of time and penchant for old news
paper files does not write history Of the
editorial difficulties which the late war
thrust upon some of our leading journals.
To daily feel the local pulse and read the
destiny of nations too, gave many editors
the fjrst serious exercise of judgment they
have had since Wall Street press agencies
began to furnish them with their economic
policies.
"Fashions in war news were dictated by
the newspapers constituency sometimes
the advertising constituency, sometimes the
readers, though often the latter do not
count much as they once dad. TIE threat
Of stopping the paper only brings amuse-
ment to the modern daily, While the stop
page of an advertisement viii bring an
anxious interview with one Of the papers
officials.
There are any number of American news
papers that heartily wish that the period
of 1914-19l7 was literally the deluge il IS
often called, for then the files OF their paper
would have been destroyed, which now re-
main to mock them If printers ink only
faded as quickly as selfish attitudes can
change, lot of discriminating evidence
would be missing to-day.
The story that has not yet been told and
probably could not be told except by
general collaboration Of the editorial stall
of the entire country, concerns the numbar
of newspapers that were saved by he 10y
atty of the men who worked on them and
whose interest in their papers good narne
was equal to their regard for their personal
honor There is many an editor thsnkng
his stars to-day-they seldom thank their
men-for having been saved by the intelii
gent stubbornness Of his staff
A book ought to be complied whch viii 4
show the press Of the United States in its
typical moods from the outbreak of .ae war
in Europe until the American entry and
after This book ought TO be listed for
study in high schools and univers ties IN
order that the next generation may enter
mature life free from the general supersfi-
ton Of journalistic wisdom which gives
anonymous editorializing lis uncanny weight.
1t is safe 20 say that one effect OF such 4
book would be to destroy forever the
prestige Of certain journalistic trade names
which have held sway over large sections
Of cur country for long periods Of time.
only two classes Of newspapers came ost
clean from the test Of the last five years,
though third class may be added. The
consistent nscifst paper. the paner that was
for peace because 1t knew how stupid war
was the paper which would have been Will
ing to see the United States spared from
war in order that she might more freely
serve the peace needs Of the wor,d-that
type of paper has d clean record The fact
that it later changed TO the support Of tho
war when war was morally necessary IS noa
a sign OF Inconsistency but Of sincerity.
The entire United States was pacifst until
the very morality which made ii paciGst
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

ENRi I ONl) y career Is Il ,oui
~ nalist began this week with the
d publication OF The Dearborn
independent known also as
"Ford's International Weekly" The
newspaper world had awaited it with
interest But when Mr.. Fords new vent
ure arrived there accompanied it a sense
of anticlimax. There is nothing sensa-
tional about THE independents Its
makeup is conventional. Its tone is quiet,
assured and friendly. Indeed, glanciug
sver its pages it is difficult to even COM
mare its production to that OF the better
known Ford product. Whatever the pub
lie may think of the paper it cannot as
vet be classed with the other Ford Jokes
In achieving this anticlinlax Mr.. Ford
evidently did what lie wished. I'VE need
hardly state what will be apparent to all
discriminating readers says the small
advertisement on the last page, that this
issue of The Dearborn Independent
will serve effectually TO modify any ex-
pectations that may have been enter
tanned as to its being a sensational publ
cation. We have expressly forborno to
trade upon the curiosity Of the public to
obtain a smashing big circulation list.
Likewise we have abstained from filling
our pages with material of startling
but superficial nature, which would only
lead the reader to expect more Of the
same kind in the future We have pre-
ferred a modest beginning.'
Mr.. Ford disclaims responsibility for
the entire periodical. His oversight is
merely general. even to the editorial
page; bat on Mr.. Ford's Own Page"
the reader may find words direct from
the pen Of the millionaire philosopher.
Following are some extracts which ex-
plain the aims Of the new editor, who,
to quote THE Philadelphia Evening Pub
lie Ledger, has only to pluck blossoms
of gentle thought in the green fields of
the untroubled FUTURE
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% q this programme, if such it may
4 be called, gives The Dearborn
Independent an unlimited scope.
1t viii gradually begin to fill in the big
outline until as it hopes, it will be Civ
ing the news Of the human spirit in its
strivings for progress everywhere. With
modest beginning it seeks to justify its
existence in no other way than by contribute
ing what it may to the new energy and
courage and hope with which civilization
faces the problems and possibilities of the
future.
zone of the chief objects of this paper
viii be to point out to its readers the
opportunities that lie everywhere about
them, and advise how they may be used to
their best advantage.
"Successful persons often say that oppor-
tunities are just as plentiful as they ever
were-but they don't tell you what they
are, where to find them, or how to use
them. Therefore the object of this paper,
and especially this page, is to go straight
to the point, and not deal in glittering
generaltics that mean nothing Fsls
For example; If young man were
starting life to-day without dollar, and
the ideas on which present successful or
CARNATIONS are built were developed by
other men, would it mean that there were
no opportunities left? Not at all
"However much we have been able to do,
there is still much to be done, so many
new opportunities to be developed, that no
one need despair Of a chance to do some
thing worth while.
But one person cannot do all these
things. Neither can one organization. And
it is unwise as we'll as selfish to refuse to
share with others the opportunities we are
able 20 see which are waiting for some one
to take hold and build up
There are thousands of new starting
places waiting to be discovered There are
thousands of needs waiting to be filled
There is great reward waiting for any one
VINO has eyes to see the need and ability
to meet it.
"Opportunity! Why, opportunity is the