The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-04-15
EDITORIALS
OTHER PEOPLES MONEY AND. I
OTHER PEOPLES TIME 81

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The story is told Of darby tried
for chicken stealing and sentenced to
twelve months imprisonment III pass
ing sentence. the judge asked him If
he had anything to say. The Negro
thought for a moment and then re-
piled: We'll, all Abs got ter say IS
dat All thinks you all is mighty free.
wild odder folkse's time l9l f,5
Time is money to those who will
use it right. Other peoples time is;
just as valuable as other peoples
money. You have no more right to,
take other peoples time than you
have to take other peoples money.
And you have no more right to take.
other peoples time than they have
to take yours. -
Some Of US" have lot of money.
Some of US have none But we all have
the same samount of time. Prof. Scion
B. Cousins, of Mercer University in
Georgia, used to- say to his students
when they complained of too much
work in the time they had-4-"G entleI
men, you have just as much time as
the rest of us-24 hours a day!
If you were given "a dollars each
day, to be spent on that day, and
worthless ON the following day. un-
doubtedly you would spend them be+
fore midnight each day. But the aver
age maHg and q woman sacrifice half
the "a hours sallstted to them each
day. 1t isshiot correet to- say "they are
spendthrift with their time" They
simply do not spend it at all. Sinclair
Lewis Wrote a complete novel in spare
moments on railroad trains and in
the kitchen mornings when having to
wait for the furnace to get started.
What is infinitely worse than vast
ing ones time, is to waste the time
of others. If you have nothing to do,
go off and dc, it. by Yourself unless
you cam contribute something to, the
other fellow when You take up his
time. However, some, people are able
to get something from every one who
takes up their time Personally, |
never fail to acquire something from
every one 1 come in contact with I
realize this sounds egotistical, but
it is true nevertheless. always gain
something by observation or exper-
fence from every one Inject for any
length of time. For one thing | am
intensely interested in study and APP
plication Of character analysis" 1t
always furnishes interesting facts. i
do not claim to be unusual in this
thousands of people are doing it. l
have m any people come to my office
who take, up a lot of time which
yields no financial profit. But al
ways learn something. 1t might be
perhaps nothing more than to avoid
certain people in the future. -'-'''
So the man who is industrious
enough to- use, his own time when,
left alone. must also learn to henifit
from the time others try to rob him
of The most. monotopous and desnl-.
tory conversation or encounter can
be made to yield something if you
seek it! s17aitf F'' ~ f'''' Sl9Ii"f79'
Your time is your own. Make it
pay. You have just as much as the
other fellow no matter how busy you
are. A good man is always busy. He
has no trouble in finding profitable.
employment at some thing or other.
But if you MUST, wantonly waste
time. do it by yourself. Be honest
enough to refrain from robbng an
other of time just as you would not
rob him Of his money. A sss