Evening star., 1924-11-02
Howe About
Looking on the Bright Side; Efficiency In
Morals; A Little More Tolerance.
BY E. ". HOVE.
"Ihe Sage OF Potato Hill"

a big family. and his parents were
very ordinary people. But today he
is a leading citizen of town of seven
or eight thousand people. His man
ners are correct; he dresses we'll; he
is a man among men. and has such
education as gentleman should have,
most of 1t acquired out of school He
has stormed no Alps; he has simply
worked and behaved, and saved, and
been as intelligent, fair and polite as
every one should be. 1t pleases me
that a boy who had as poor a start
as any boy / ever knew has been able
to succeed easily and naturally. The
thing that distinguishes this country
over any other is that a greater per
centage Of it's poor boys may become
well-to-do or distinguished.
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It is generally said high resolve is
the only way to accomplish the best
work; but the few wise ones say hun
ger and competition are more impor-
tant as incentives.
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Every man needs frank criticism of
his conduct And the man him
self is the only one who knows all the
facts, and can do a proper job of it.
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II you are careful OF your conduct,
and of your health, you have cheated
the devil 1t is the only cheat
ing that is fair.
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II is frequently said the failures in
human society in the past were due
to lack of knowledge We have about
everything now; printing knowledge
SO far advanced that it is said there
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terry; electricity great educational in
lstitutions, steam, rapid transportation.
refrigeration, and all history recorded
and tabulated, and we are still MAX
ing mistakes. ] sometimes think the
wise thing in handling mistakes j.
not to be entirely rid of them, puI 20
reduce their ferocity and number.
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We hear much of the Importance Of
| efficiency in business, which amounts
to no more than this: The easiest.
| shortest and most effective methods
Why not efficiency in morals? A mar
works eight hours day, and apprs-
ciates the Importance of efficienCE.
Why is he unable TO appreciate ii,
| Importance OF the same thing duriu-
| the other Is hours of the day
! There is efficiency in sleep; in prep,s
ration for it; in being properly
| freshed. There is efficiency at tab
| in meeting men and women social.
| There is efficiency in your love :.
fairs: in your family affairs.
| should enlarge the scope of that wc
| efficiency.
| Every one is pretty rough with tn
| fools. There should, on the contrar.
| be a good deal of charity for then
A big man physically is gallant wit.
little one, and man of fair in
telligence should be equally consider
ate of a fool. Some of the men VII
| advocate Socialism, and have estab-
| lished fairly good looking magazine
| in which to exploit it, do not know
any Better; they are mental cripples.
Soci .iism has been SO completely dis
cred.>e lately that a man who adVo-
catea it Is either a fool or a roEuc.
| If ths latter. he should be put in jail
! but Is he is only a fool, bear with
his preaching that Russia is a torch
to lead the way to a higher and bet
! ter civilization.
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I believe in modest missionary
| work, and all my life have found
much of it to commend. 1 have never
| lived in a community where the mark
i ed tendency among ordinary citizens
was not toward good morals. educa-
| ton, progress, and help for the un-
fortunate. No man is so busy he has
not time to instruct boys in rules to
assist them in becoming good and use
| full citizens: l scarcely have ever
known woman not a missionary
| among girls. l do not greatly ad-
mire the man who appears in a com
munity, and after ringing the school
! house bell to attract the people, pro
ceeds to tell them how ignorant and
| vicious they are.
| Copyright. 1924 by the Bell Syndicate, Incn