The Denver Jewish news., 1922-12-27
life are. fundamentally, financial prob

life are. fundamentally, financial prob
lens.
|. I'm university town a banker has
more responsibilities ths1 elsewhere.
The students, away from home for the
first time, frequently are ill-jnforIned
apd lax in regard to money matters.
TlIey come into the bank-we have u
great many student deposftors-
they bring their troubles along with
their money.
"What advice would you give to a
young man starting ont in life?"
Make up your mind what you want
in this world, aad keep trying until
you win your goal. Remember, though,
that "a man who buys sucvcess with
dishonesty is making a losing bargain.
Never admit defeat. Keep dreaming
success while you're fighting failure !;
don't be afraid to make mistakes. Any
man who Is always right is too big
a fool to know when he is wrong.
Don't wait for opportunities make
them yourself. Remember, though. that
there's n difference between pursuing
opportunities and chasing rainbows.
"Most failures are due to faulty
valuation of the things in life 1t Is
n coward who is afraid TO say, L can't
afford IT.
But the thing I should like best to
impress on every young man is: Char
ucter is the best collateral"
Three times Sol Levitan tried to be-
come state treasurer. When he was
defeated the first time. receiving about
10000 votes, the political wlseacrcs
thought that "Sol's" political ambition
had been curbed. They were mistaxel
The second trial gave him 122. lS5
votes which was about 12.OOO less than
enough to secure the nomination.
When the time came againl his argu-
ment was even more clever.
do 1 look like Babe Ruth9' Sol
asked his friends. "well. us three
times and out and 1 am going up to
bat the third time"
Out at Sauk City few days ago,
IL lrieuu usheu Hooi dlteE ue Huu Soui'
pleted his speech. GLOW. with n face
like yours''-Mr. Levitan tells this
himself-"did you ever get the handle
of ColoneI?"
ats like this said Sol. "while
William Howard Taft Is stiif reac-
tionary and all that, we were close
personal friends. When he made his-
swing around the circle in his second
campaign for the presidency he in
vited me to accompany him on his
special train through Wisconsin.
.'''Whcn we reached st. Paul, news
associations correspondent sent out n
story on the tour and named those
aboard the train. Sol I1evitan was
among them. but in writing his story,
he hit the ''C' instead OF the IS key
and since that time, l hhve been a
colonel. My osIy regret is that l
couldn't have continued the trip west
with Tnft for they would have prob
ably given me u brilliant Spanish
American war record before we got to
the coast.
during one of the Liberty loan drives,
he was accompanied by the presidents
physician. Amirll Grayson. The a,l-
miral asked me to call on him next
time / happened into Washington.
shortly afterward I was appointed
as messenger to collect the soldier
vote in one of the eastern camps. To
get there I had to pass through wafh-
ington. so 1 called on the admiral.
admiral Grayson summoned the
presidents secretary, Mr.. Tumulty,
and l was introduced.
".Oh, you're from the loyal state of
said Tumulty.
"'Ours Is more loyal than any state
in the union I told the secretary. I
take my own case for instance. I'm
too old to fight, but I'b buying Liberty
Bonds until it pinches My only son
is n volunteer in the navy and my
daughter is working in the insurance
burenu here in Washington and singing
to the soldiers at Camp Meade at
night. The only one I have left in
Madison is my mother-in-law, and my
country is welcome to her"
A Madison man talking about Levi
tnn the other day said. "Old Sol
shines for all"-Ledger.
Tho Ror,ip,,,ino Stand