Evening star., 1923-01-26
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL y. COLLINS.

Who that has ever been a zeal boy
can rail- to appreciate the boy spirit
OF the little prince (the son Of a dipIo-
mat or high rank in one OF the Wash
ington embassies)? The boy yearned
TO acquire the respect of other bows.
OF the Boy Scouts, by doing a stunt
that would prove his real stun" The
Boy Scouts have no regard for aristo-
cratic lineage. To get out of the
'tenderfoot" class and be worthy of
a. "second-class" status the boy must
earn dollar and bring 1t in to head
quarters. Unless he earns 1t by real
work 1t is Of no value at all. The
prince wanted to earn a dollar His
noble father was shocked and sternly
forbade such a plebian act. Never
theless, the prince "snuk" out and
oought some magazines and then re-
taiIed them, from office to office. until
ne mad sold all and held his first-and
perhaps only--earned dollar.
;, Aha. i prince Is a regular fellow" and
10 prouder OF that proof than II he
nad inherited a throne. But 1t does
not take prince to feel like that;
every red-blooded boy knows the feel
ing Every natural boy knows what
lt ls' too, to have his own, wholly un-
conventional ideals toward which he
wants to strive. II may be that the
son OF the plutocrat wants to be a
poiceman-it is his healthiest am
hood which inspire him. whether in
ms matured manhood he serves on
tne force, or becomes a captain OF in
oustry or general OF the arny he
retains the inspiration which awak-
ened his soul, and 1t molds his life.
That prince will become more than a
courtier-he will be a master of
dcnieVement; he has the right spirit,
ana the initiative. American bows
may emulate that kind of prince of
princes.
Two significant sentiments have
| been expressed within the last two
or three days, worthy of more than a
| passing reading. One was by Presi-
dent Harding. in his letter to the
Travel Club. which will hold its sec
| ond annual meeting soon. He quoted
| the old saying that the traveller who
would bring back with him the wealth
of the Indies, must take the wealth
! Of the Indies with him.
The mind that is vacant receives no
filling in travel. The ignorant and
prejudiced finds no good thing come
out of Nazareth. Many an American
soldier sneered at all he came in con-
tact with In Europe. because 1t was
not just what he had been accustomed
! to on Main street of his own town.
Many an immigrant who comes to
America, with a similarly closed mind
| is disappointed and homesick forever.
The trouble is not that there is lack
of the wealth Of the Indies" but that.
the traveller does not have the price
Intelligence and an open mind.
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The second wise saying is that OF
Vice President Coolidge. in his speech
to the Sunday Evening Club in Chi
cago. last Sunday 1t fits directl-
with President Hardings quotation
and counsel. Mr.. Coolidge said It IL
a great mistake for any one to sup
pose that in some advanced state Of
civilization. one might live withoui
effort and wholly at ease. TT requires
less intelligence. less skillful effort to
live among a tribe of savages than
in modern society" he said. This is
the reason that to certain of our ma
tive born, and more often to our for
proves disappointment. They
thought that self government meant
the absence of all restraint; that in.
dependence meant living without
work. and that freedom was the
privilege of doing what they wanted
to do"
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What is the thread that sews the
Harding and the Coolidge thoughts
together? That we are not creatures
of our environment, but that our
environment is always what we make
ii.
The bringing back the wealth of
the Indies is impossible unless we
carry the price with us-equai to
the wealth that we achieve. Test
that by accompanying two persons
one person wholly ignorant OF the
fine arts. the other a connoisseur
and a lover of the beautiful. Both
have eyes to look upon the canvases.
of the Indies?" which will be bored
and acquire nothing? What makes
the difference?
One measures his pleasure in
music by its ,taE Jazz AN and crash so.;n6 and
and thrill. One measures his ap-
probation Of literature by the yes
sci he brings into the library-a
mind that has been made full" by
about the usefulness of books and
opines that of the making of books
there is no end-nor use.
And as the Vice President de-
civilized country has cheated with
false ideas or misleading promises
that brings disappointment, but that
the one who decries his own OBJ
legations Is without the ability to
realize the higher things of higher
civilization. He therefore lowers
his environment to his own level.
and remains blind to the opportuni-
ties all about him in such a land as
America
That puts a pretty big RESPONSE
bility upon the Pathfinder who
critioises his surroundings and his
what he himself has made them-he
brings out of them only the
wealth" according to what his own
ideals are when he approaches
them. Patience! Contentment! Grati-
tudei