The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-01-17
DROPPED OUT
Of THE CLUB
IT WAS HE, AND NOT TIE ORGAN.
IZATIoN, THAT WAS COLD, 1T
WAS DISCOVERED.
TO Have Friends, You Must Be
Friend; and to Get You Must
Give, II Ad1ge.

"Hc say. he is going to drop out OF
the club because the boys seem cold
and unsociable," remarked the New
Member.
HE ought to-" suggested the Ex-
President. But there is just one thlnEN
he ought to do first. Pete.
when any guy gets it into his hrnu
that the world is not treating him right.
he ought to first decide whether he IS
treating il right.
Lift. in general. and Kiwanis life
in particular. can I've well likencd To q
mirror. giving back smile for smile.
frown for frown. and good fellowship
for good fellowship. The measure OF
pleasure VIC get out OF a kiwanis CUR
is in direct proportion to what We put
into II. Laugh and the world laughs
with YOU weep and you weep alone
applies here as elsewhere.
When I went 10 college I learned To
tie an Ascot tie. play reasonably good
game of poker. roll ciGarct with one
hand and read Thorcau, Pete.
'Onc Of the things I remember from
Thorcau was about like this: Every
fellow is the articles Of his own hap.
pincss. Let him b"wnrc how nc com
plains of the disposition Of circum'
stances, for il is his own disposition
or the othc. steep. let him think if IL
he not his work If his looks curdlc
all hearts let him not complain OF
sour reception: II nc hobblc in his gait.
let him not complain Of the rnuchness
Of the way: II he is weak in the knees,
let him not cali the hill steep.
This is the pith OF an inscription
IN the wall Of Swedish inn: You
will find ut Trochate excellent bread.
meat and wine. provided you bring them
with you
That's n KiwanIs Club. and that's
the world. Pete. You will find the best
fellows in the world if you are good
fellow. If you want TO have friendship
if you want To have cordiality, II you
want TO find good cheer 1T Kiwants
Club. you've got to bring them with
you.
You tell this wcak-knccd brother
who has frrlirc sticking out all over
him wanting IL get hurt. before he
sends in his rrsignaf ion to his kiwanf"
Club 10 20 hrr:c and sit down in front
Of n mirror for five minutes. take q
eord look al the reflection he secs ;herh
and ask himself with absolute frank
ness il he would make UP to guy who
looked just like that? Let him take
stocl, of that fellow looking into his
eyes and ask just what he has to recon-
mend him TO other people. ASK HIM
whether he has reached out his hand to
the other fellow. or waited .1or the
other follow to reach first?
Let him ask il he has smiled into
tho faces Of the other chaps in tn"
club or waited for then, to smile FIRST
Let him ask himself frankly II he
is really worth culalivaiinG.
Let him ask whether there is any
thing in him that other men should
seek him instead of him seeking the
other men.
"Hc is like n lot Of other people in
this world. Pete. He forgcts that the
moment he joins n club he is then
part and parcel Of it,. not one OF IT'S
guests Ii is rs much his business TO
spread good. cheer among the others ms
it is theirs to smear il on nm.
1T is q saying so old as to be trite
that no man can gcl out OF any organ
ization more thnn hr puts into 1t.
The Who'll. world is full Of fellows
trying 10 get tho biggest half. but not
stopping long enough TO realize that
there is rro such thing in the world as
the biggest half Of anything. That IS
impossible.
TO have friends. you must be
friend. To get. you must give
The oldest thing ahnut y cTsonai
popularity is that i: never comes 10 the
man who seeks il. and comes as Surel?
as fate to the man who has risen Su-
rerior 10 il. ard simply plays the
game.
That is Kiwanis playing the big
game Of life: doing business in the big
ger. better way: helping your compct-
tor instead OF fighting him: being just
plain drcnrt!
The his underlying principle OF
Kiwants is that cooperation is. better
than competition. that love is better
than halo. ard that a man must get by
giving.
Unless that chap has these features
in his. makeup. tier he is better OUT
Of kiwanIs than in it,