The Washington times., 1920-08-29
CAN YOU THINK WHEN YOU ARE DOW

climbed no mental moral problems to be
solved, life really would be dull and not worth
while Men go fishing and enjoy 1t because IL
is hard to catch fish A man will travel thou
sands Of miles to shoot moose, because the
moose is hard to shoot
Nobody would enjoy getting his fish in the
market, or shooting a cow out in the fields,
even II the COW weighed more than the moose.
Wise Providence wants to keep us hero
working, and SO makes it interesting by giving
MS difficulties and troubles, and we ought to
understand that
I'VE ought to understand also that while
misfortunes blows are the education of strong
men, they are the end and destruction Of
weak men,
We ought to study and plan to avoid
trouble in our prosperous days, remembering
that trouble, like rain, is apt to come at any
time. And we ought to constantly bear in
mind the fact that the ONE great thing when
trouble comes and we are down is to retain
presence of mind and THINK, keeping away
from panic"
30 much for the philosophical musing thss
Mr.. McCay sends with this picture
An old saying h LET no man call himself
happy until his last day" There is no such thing
as permanent safety from trouble but each of us
within himself, has the power to conquer misfor.
tune, and short Of death or insanity to rise after
the heaviest blow
Mr.. McCay has wen shown in this picture the
power Of THOUGHT coming to the rescue Of the
man who is down.
When things go wrong, question yourself and
above all do not be too quick In deciding that the
blame is with others.
A child and a man with the mind Of child,
will always look for some one that can be held
responsible for misfortune.
The grown man with ability to think blamss
first HIMSELF, not the world
The wise man who receives misfortunes = blow
asks himself: What did do to brinr this unon
me7 What was MY mistake how shall I remedy it
and avoid repetition of this fall when rot an
my feet sgsinq'
The cartoon that Mr. Mccay offers Won thi.
Sunday carries an excellent lesson. Millions need
1t now; those upon whom misfortune rests. Manv
other millions unfortunately must expect to see
the day when they also will need it.
In these days following the war and CALAMITY
that ever affected the whole world all conditions
are especially uncertain. The prosperous man Of
to-day might find himself the miserable bepp,r NJ
to morrow.
But if he can THINK WHEN HE rs DOWN.
his turn will come and he will stand m and ~
on again.
When things 60 wrong, remember Socrates,
Wew OF misfortune His idea was that II all tb.
people OF the world were allowed to Law down
their misfortunes, the things of which thsy oon.
planned In great heap, with authority to ss]ect
somebody sses trouble, the majority, after look.
ing over the pile, would be content to taks Nm
their own misfortune once moro and ro away
with 1t.
The story has often been elaborated; You read
how the lame came to the pile and left their
crutches, the poor left their poverty the sick left
their Diseases each took up the trouble Of Soma
other and went away with it.
Soon the man that had been lame returned and
said: Give me my crutches back; the Door man
wanted back his poverty in place of the othsr mis-