San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-11
Oh. no. OF course. not.

TN, no. VI course, NOT.
But the fact remains that I mild little
Jewess in spectaClcs, whose father was
born within the Pale, and whose good
cid mother can't believe her cars when
she hears about it, gets the job.
We can all learn humility from that
race.
Not only because it is admin able, not
only because it is sweet and upbuild-
ing and brotherly, where pride is self
isl and unfriendly-but because it is
wise Humility is policy.
In mid-DecembCr ! was i'll whole
sale toy house that was one big jumbo
of Christmas glory. As | stood there,
crate after crate of toys went out, aud
five telephones were busy telling people
! in every direction that the shipment
vas expected, that the invoices had
been mailed, that the vessel was not in
| yet, and so on and on and or.
Two small, partially bald, perspirine
men, with a slight Russian accent, were
! evidently the proprictors.
4 Contrast.
Their voices were so gentle. their
! APOLOGIES, were so ready. They were
| always sOrry-always in III" wrong
/ always anxious to please and to adjust.
While l stood there an arrogant big
han came in, also with an accent-a
| different accent. He wanted to do bus
iuCss, but patiently, ineXorably, tho
| brothers referred him to tn"ic agent.
later learned that his rent was dcIin-
Quent. he was their tenaIt, and was
moving out of their premises.
/ He told them who he was. what sort
/ "f ancestors he had. and what he SUI
| r'ised theirs to be. He said he wOuldn D..
! give doubly-qualified damh for all
their money. They shrugged deprecat.
/ iGgly when he went away.
What made it interesting 10 me was
that / knew the big man. who is one
Of the well-cducated, engaging aristO,
cratic dErelicts who is pCnnilcsS, de.
! PENDENT, and-proud.
| did not know the yourg Russian
brothers. but ! presently asked one il
I've had not sold me, some wears before
eleven balloons for eleven small hOt
children, one June Saturday. at thu
leach and afterward showed US whcrt
VIC could get drinks of water?
| remembered the occurrence because
had tipped him for his courteou,
guidance, and he had run after us will
an extra balloon for the smallest child
who was shrieking over the inevitable
tragedy.
Sure did" he SAID, radiantly
That's the way we began. Now | turr
worth of business year.
Don't BE Afraid 10 Begin.
Don't be afraid of the dctour.
Publish your stories IN the loca
weekly. at five dollars a story, if there
&c M
Sell the magazines, il you cant fill
them; women buy homes nowadays OIL
agents commissions.
Organize settlement house SYM
phony if you aren't wanted in the biz
one, and never be proud.
People will forget that you once sold
Tread when your bakeries are built IN
4 chain throughout the city.
The probability is that the Mayflower
or Virginia ancestors OF whom yBl
least did even simpler and humble:
things.
"Pollyanna" was humbIy peddled
| from magazine to magazine years ago,
and finally scrialized for $500 in the
christian Herald"
IF Winter Comes" and "Trilby' and
The Four Horsemen" all stole into
| fame-and dragged their writers wita
them, quite without any premonitory
| expectations.
You can be very sure that their writ
Grs had their share of delay and hu-
utilization to swallow before they IA
rived" And, with some peOI,.e'S pride,
ttey never would have survived the
firsi rebuffs.
Pride is only another way of saying
that you care what other persons think
Of you.
When a working woman reaches the
p9Int where she truly is indifferent 10
petty standards and wretcbeC social
smallness, then, and then only, she
really has something of which she may
| be proud
SyndicatC.)
This is one Of a series Of Woman TO
| Woman Talks on present day family
and social problems that Mrs. Norris,
| Americas best loved and most popular
woman writer, is writing especially for
/ this newspaper. Another talk will be
printed next Sunday.