Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-05
EXCELLENT MUSICAL PROGRAM
AND INTERESTING talk UPON
SUCCESS With EASE, CHAUTAUQUA

yesterday afternoon at the Redpath
Chautauqua, by the Misses Francis
| Callow and Edith Smith, harpists:
and Miss Bonnie Brooke, singer of
\ character and folk songs. Miss
| Brooke sang several French songs
in pleasing manner and at the
| close Misses Smith and Callow rem
dered Aloha De on the harps in a
| tone of depth and variety which can
only be produced from these instru-
! ments.
| Following the music, Godfrey
Morgan discussed the subject, Sue
cess with Ease" Mr.. Morgan takes
up this fallacy with much humor,
| which gains the interest of the en-
\ tire audience. instead Of getting sue
| cess with the word. Ease" the
speaker outlined several different
words, all beginning with the letter
! ''E." which he declared is essential
to anyone gaining success.
The world will always step aside
| for any young man who knows where
| he is going" said Mr.. Morgan en-
phatically. and he went on to Illus
! trate this declaration by a short
| sketch of the successful career of
! Herbert Hoover.
Then the speaker told how neccs-
! sary it was for one to be faithful
! in their work. He declared that the
man who is forever listening for the
whistle that closes the days work,
will never succeed He said that
this reminded him of story some
! person told of men in Arkansas who
worked on farms pulling stumps.
This man said that if one should
| watch carefully for hours, the only
way they could tell man from a
stump was by some small movement.
| 1t might be that they would have
to watch for long time but if they
should happen to see a movement
they could be certain it was "a
stumpr
One of the qualities needed to
gain success is enterprise" Mr.. Nor
gan declared, and there is nothing I
should rather people would say
about me as 1 walk down the street.
as. There goes an enterprising
| man."
The speaker then related a story
of a certain man, who upon being
| asked to contribute a small sum to
help construct new fence around
. the towns cemetery. said, NO. sir!
No, sir! Why should we do this;
no one outside wants to get in, and
no one inside cares to come out"
Mr.. Morgan showed that this is an
example of what lack of enterprise
will do to a man.
The speaker then went away from
the subject and told a story of a
man who advocated eating onions
for the health. One gentleman re-
piled to the advocater that although
onions might bring one up physical
ly it would draw them down socially.
Then Mr.. Morgan quoted from a
well-known publisher, who declared
there are two kinds of men that he
would refuse to hire. One is the
man who does nothing that he is told
and the other is the person that will
do nothing else. This was a lead
up to the slogan, Enterprise Is the
transferring ct thought into action"
Another quality" said the speaker,
'is Enthusiasm" Nothing can be at
tanned without it, because it not only
helps business but creates it." He
then told of certain statesmen who are
enthusiastic to an extent that Gus
toners are generally made to buy
even if they do not care for the
goods. AS in further explanation he
told of doctor who gave him medi-
cal attention and was SO enthusiastic
about his profession that he showed
Mr. Morgan several species of his
skill that he had picked up in alco-
hol. Without this quality the speak
err said that success is very far away.
ut is a sad fact" he declared,
that in every factory there are men
who are continually grumbling and
complaining about their employer,
the hours of work and surrounding
conditions"
"Still another quality essential to
gain success is Effort" continued the
speaker. He said that there is no
substitute for hard labor. although
there are many substitutes for other
things. He then told about the ideas
people have had in the last few
months, concerning getting wealthy
ed that over $1,000. 100000 was spent
BY Americans for the worthless cur
rency. /
Then he gave another example OF
get rich quick ideas, by drawing two
mind pictures. The first was OF four
men sitting around a gambling table
with one dollar apiece. After the
cards or dice had been played. one
man would have four dollars, which
was the same amount that they all
had together before playing. The
other picture was four dollars worth
of wood, glue, and varnish laying on
a floor. A man comes in with plane.
saw, and brush, manufactures a
chair worth five dollars.
This is the result of effort" Mr.. |
Morgan affirmed, in his explanation
of how different the two cases were.
"and nothing can be accomplished
honestly without work"
1--WE are nation of spenders.'
continued the speaker, land there is
one thing that is a great essential TO |
the successful man; thas is eco
nomy."
The speaker declared that officials !
of insurance agencies have reported i
that So men out of every 100 die |
saving anything. Mr.. Morgan sud
denly stepped forward on the plat !
form and addressed a group near the |
stage:
Young man! Do you want to know |
how to achieve success? If you do |
there is one vital question I will ask. !
Are you able to save money? IT you
are not you will not make success"
Miss Doris Toward has returned |
to Methuen, Mass, where she will !
assume her duties as teacher in the |
Methuen Continual school.
Adolph Bison has returned to !!
Skowhegan after a few days visit |
with friends in town.
Miss Elva Toward of Augusta is |
passing a week in the city with her
father, DIR. H. J. Toward.
Mrs. Elmer Cloutier and daughter
T,orette and son Harold returned