Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-08-20
SERVICE THE COIN
WITH Which MORTAL
MAN SETTLES DEBTS.
FRANK l. MULHOLLAND DEliV-
ERs STIRRING ADDRESS BE
FORE LARGE CROWD AT CHAU-
TAUQuA GO FURTHER
THAN ANYTHING ELSE.

the Rotary club, and president OF the
Toledo Business Mems association,
made great hit last night when he
spoke at the Ottawa Chaulauqua,
Full OF enthusiasm. magnetism ana
pep. Mr. Mulholland impaired pait
of his iovial spirit to the audience
and before he finished speaking ne
had the ma jority Of ais audience smll-
ing and IN happy and enthusiastic
mood
He explained in the beginning OF
his talk that he would choose text,
maintaining that he had that right as
he was born in Methodist parsof-
age, raised in the Methodist church,
married Il Methodist choir leader VINO
has always been an active worker III
the Methodist church. and was stlll
an active Methodist The text. BE
Good" he declared he would not use.
because SO many people were good
for nothing. but said he would take
for his text, Not alone be good, but
be good for someShng" for the world
requires something more OF us than
that we be good.
Following that he gave one of the
most vigorous and forceful talks ever
heard from the local Chautauqua plat
form.
A trip abroad on the same liner
which carried Ella Wheeler Wilcox
was mentioned, and the speaker told
of Mrs Wilcox presenting him with
an autographed copy of her famous
poem, 1.-TWO Kinds Of People This
poem, which said there were but two
kinds Of people on the earth today
and discus u the various attributes
OF 'saasses, ended by saying that the
.rwo kinds OF people were the people
who lift and the people who lean
He then vigorously urged everybody
to get in the filters class,
"There s only one litter to twenty
leaners" he said, and went on to tell
the audience that ''the world does
not care how much you and have
but how did we get It, and what are
we going to do with it.
Speaking Of the asset of litter,
he declared that the smile was one
of the most important. "fhe best
friend you have is the man with q
smile. The man you like to buy your
groceries or dry goods from is the
one who has the smile" He told OF a
trip to the penitentiary at Jackson,
Mich, and Of the contagion of a smilt
among the prisoners at the prison.
Rule one of the pathway Of great
est profit is that you smile awhile
and while you smile, another smiles
and soon there's miles and miles OF
smiles and life's worth while II you
just smile; or, in the language that the
small boy understands, Smile, you
son-0f a gun, SMILE"
The value Of optimism. of being a
booster, of enthusiasm, pep and good
fellowship were discussed. MANY
business men do NOT know any kind
of boosting but the boosting of prices, V
he said
IF you smile and grasp the prin-
cinle Of good fellowship, you are
bound to be an optimist. Good fel-
lowshlp is developed by proximity,
and never by proxy
Ho spoke Of enthusiasm. saying.
Enthusiasm is the headlight on every
train Of progress" and of pep. defin-
ing it as "vigor, vitality, vim and
punch The fellow who thinks he
carries the town on his back and that
If he should lie down the world
would stop, was scored He suggest
ed that such a man be taken aside
and told in the words of Ebert Hub
bard, Don't take yourself too damn
seriously"
Ottawa was complimented for it,
beauty and industry ITS town
that every man and woman might
Justly be proud Of, said the speaker
lie went on to speak of service
saying that Service Is the coin IA
which humanityV debts ara paid.
Speaking of the great debts each MAJ
owes to the community, and to the
world at large, he urged that every
one dedicate themselves to repayint
IN part what they owe to ciyil cation
IF every man and woman here to
night would dedicate themselves Il
service il would make the town known
from coast to coast He told Of tn,
Work 0f Mrs I.add, the wife Of a BoS
wa pNyaaltldH, WHO went TO Franco
during the war and devoted her tim,
to molding masks and making copper
races Tor the soldiers whose faces
ana features were so horribly mutt
lated that they could not appear IL
pubic or even return to their homes
Ivy the use of these masks they were
able 10 see their friends again
ne man woman WIN said
We're mayor Of this town woult
do thus and So or "If were rich
was scored. The place to hogil
cleaning up the town is to start il
your own back yard said the speak
er.
If you learn to smile, If YOU gras,
me spirit of good fellowship, if yol
become booster for service, you have
learned the spirit of life"
The lecture was listened To b,
about 500 people Mr.. MulholIau,
was introduced to the audience b,
attorney Harry r. Kelly, president o
the local Rotary club, and ex-Yank,
NJ the close Of his address tn,
Paramount Male quartet, a very clcy
or organization composed of fou
young men. gave an hours program
scoring big hit Each number o
the program was enthusiastically an
plauded and the singers were force,
10 respond to several encores
The quartet was composed Of I.owi