The Washington times., 1920-07-11

H New York city publishes 1t.
II II Il book that will interest
thousands Of those that look In.
- side Of themselves and wonder
sometimes at FAILURE some
times 1t SUCCESS asking. WHY did fail thsrsT
WHY did I succeed In that other dirsction'"
This book, Just published, many will read through
out, applying 1t to themselves
It asks and sndsavors to answer many important
questions.
One chapter Il headed, What Do You Want from
Lne?" Ninety nine out Of hundred answer automat-
cally, Success" Not 30 many can toll what sue
tess Is.
Another chapter deals with BRAIN BUILDING.
Other chapters are devoted to cultivation OF CON.
cENTRAFSON, to DEVELOPING MEMORY, to
SPEAKING 1rIIoTIv5LY M to sM.d1ss the MASTERY OF
The best words In the book telling what tho author
considers the great law Of life, are these: .
SUCCESS COMES TO THE MAN WHO GIVES
MORE THAN HE RECEIVES
Mr.. McCay made the picture on this page, with
mauv Thoughts in his mind his pom scratched the
lines that toll tho story Of achievement ancient and
modern.
His main thought, when he brought in the cartoon,
was EXPRESSED to tho editor In these words:
I'VE often say HOW WONDERFUL ARE THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF HUMAN BEINGS. We
do not say often enough, How little have contributed
6COOuopASAA41VAss'
"A million men point proudly to wireless tslegrsphy
tho flying machine, the Harvesting Of Niagara as
though they had tho right to share In the general glory
Of human accomplishment.
no such right No man can speak Of himself - full
nedged member Of the human race, partner in Its
aohevsmsnts unless he honestly say that he has
been hard.working, earnest member, Always do'ng
what he could to improve on old methods, trying III
only In the simplest way, in the most modest line OF
work) to do something little better than 1t was done
before" -.
What ideas can you help your small boy to hnd in
First YOU point out to him tho fact that the electric
elevator rushing up and down inside the building
development of the little ladder that in tho ghtha
picture lifts the early savage from one terrace to an
other in his cliff house.
The first man climbed trees like tho monkey. Mill
ions lived and died, saizhed to climb as monkeys
climbed Often the more swiftly climbing leopard
caught them as they climbed.
For thousands Of years men, hurryng up trees to
escape their enemies, reached out for limbs CON-
veniently placed to help them up.
Then some man built the first ladder, two upright
trees with limbs running across at equal distances.
With that ladder the savage could climb up or down
swiftly as you use tho staircase That was progress.
The credit for it was due to the savage that first
had the IDEA and built the FIRST ladder. No part
of the credit was due to the millions of other savages
that ran up and down ladders, saying, How smart WE
were to invent ladders and so climb faster than the
animals pursuing us.
The ladder on the rght-hand cliff in this picture
Is the of the electric hydraulic elevator
rushing up and down in the modern "cln dwelling
our steel skyscraper.
Your small boy will 500 in this picture tho human
mind solving its difficulties by using tho power Of the
BRAIN against the teeth and claws Of Wild animals
and the attacks Of enemies like themselves
These cliff dwsllers lived the plains, cultivated
folds, remained In tho same plAoA giving up tho
rnadic, wandering lfe They were hunted and driven
by wandering tribes that murdered, robbed and
moved on.
Instead Of simply running away they began
THINKING. They saw tho great cliffs. They went up
by ladders pulled tho ladders up after them The wan
dsrinQ hunters came tried to climb up; hugo rocks
were dropped on them, crushing them. That discour-
aged tho hunters.
Mr. MoCay's picture Of the cliff dwellers illustrates
tho power Of peaceful mind to avoid brutal attack
and conquer brutality.
In these ohn dwellings, high in tho air, savages
found safety at night and In times Of battle they
able to stay the SPOT cultivate their fields and
raise their cattle.