The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-11


Z pockets and my sword az my side,
I'm fight my way throuSh tho
world" and he did. and all Europe
couldn't afford a pillow big enough
for him 10 rest his weary head upop
and the moss covered, Uvumbliug
I dynasties OF Europe reeled and stag
rcred and tottered on their thrones
at his heartbeat.
Angeles parents punished him
/ FOR covering the walls with skclc-
tons. declaring that no son of theirs
should ever be an artist. lie spent
nights copying drawings hv moon
light. And Calico who discovered
I the principles OF the pendulum
when he was ls invented the mt
croscope and telescope. lie was SGT
apart by his parents TO be physi-
cian but he had no liking FOR that
and when not compelled 20 study
/ physiology he used 20 hide away
and solve problems from Euclid.
John Jacob Astors father wanted
him TO be a butcher but the COM
mcrcial instinct and the wanderluat
were too strongly developed in John
and he ran away from home, came
TO America. went west. bought skins
from the Indians, sold them 20 the
Hudson Bay company, brought the.
money back that he had saved, in
vested 10 in Manhattan real estate
until the Astor family is one OF the
richest iandholders in the world
because old John Jacob could see
farther ahead than the end OF his
nose. He had bean on him. He
saw this was going 70 be tho me-
troDolls OF the world. He had a
long head on him. That's right.
DANIEL Webster's father wanted
him to be a farmer. lie had no
ambition TO farm. They used 90
cut che grain with a knife shaped
like this that they called n cradle.
He used TO use the sCythe and as
they were cutting up the field one
day, Daniel said to his father, This
doesn't hang right"
The old man took It and looked
at Il and sharpened II UP until II
was as sharp as a razor, handed u
back 10 him and said, Its all right
now, Daniel"
SO they went along n little fur
ther and Daniel said, pretty soon,
1T doesn't hang right"
The old man took 1t and looked
at Il and sized II up and said. Its
perfect" and he sharpened II and
handed It back.
Daniel cut on for several PAGES
and he said, "I tell you. pa, It does
not hang right"
The old man said, "Well. hans
it to suit yourself" so Daniel
! walked over and hung It on the
limb OF an apple tree.
L. II. Barnum failed at IA diff
ferent callings before he found out
! he was "A natural born Snowman
Goldsmith failed as a physician
who else could have written "Th,
Deserted Village?" oliver Crom,
well was a farmer when he was 4C
years old. General Grant was tan
, ming hides in Galena, ILL.,, when hc
: was was 35. u. l.. Moody was sell
, ing boots and shoes in Boston wher
/. he was 25.
, Play Game Fairly.
Many OF you start at third base
= The run doesn't count. No, sir
You are off side; play the game o
, life unfairly. II your pockets ar,
, i empty fiji your hearts full OF am
! bitions and go to It! Tell yoursel
! what everybody knows-you're
!. gutter.
4 Helen Keller! l preached In Bos
: ton one night and they said, 'Helc
n Keller is on the stage, she'd like I
4 shake hands with you" / locke
4 into her face-Helen Keller. blint
/. deaf, dumb, since n baby--she
Il got a clothes basket full Of di
@ plomas. with her example TO sham
Il YOU on, stop knocking and go {
u climbing In the world. Many
young fellow didn't know whethe
G God wanted him TO become an auc
- tioneer or a college professor, hu
r he has been fortunate enough to b
f. kept out OF the poorhouse becaus
j. he was lucky enough TO marry
70 girl that has been brave and stron
RI and willing enough to bend Owe
c a washtub TO earn money enoug
to pay tho house rent while h
Is loafed around stale beer joint
e talked politics, argued religion. he'll
II forth on the principles OF life an
J. settled sociological questions,
# study your capabilities. Some
II body said to a boy: kid, what ar
: you going to do when wou are
MANI"
y lie said, u guess I'll be an elec
e trician."
y The man said. 'why?"
He said, Because l like to mon
y key with doorbeils."
k That was pretty good II Go
FL wants you to be an iron cogwhcC
d IN a machine, the sooner you sto
Ie trying to be a searchlight and.
o whistle and be the Cogwheel, IN
y better you will bo and the bette
d the machine will work and the bel
st ter the world will be.
II is as impossible for some youn
h men and women to succeed the wa
,r they are doing as 1t would be fC
2 tom-cat to teach or play the oI
d gan at the Audubon society i
n as impossible to make a silk purf
{ out OF sows ear today as II wa
Z in the days Of Solomon.
l. Ex-President Roosevelt said.
y an address 10 young people, "Tf
sr young man or woman who succeed
)e in life is not the one who waits Il
= something sufficiently spectacul'
10 present itself, by and through u
" doing OF which you can show yoi
c. superiority over your compctito
a but the one that does the thing tn
at lies next at hand and does that wit
m the effective intelligence the be
TO you know how to do it."
I'd william Jennings Bryan sal
ID you can always afford to be I'm u
ie minority, but you can never affol
TO to be in the wrong"
o. EX-president Eliot Of Harval
A. university, said to the freshme
Id young men, you cannot hope n
I'd expect 20 secure an education
in four years. You can however. moi
ry and pyDect 10 secure a begiuuif