The Winslow mail., 1924-02-15
DR.C.E. BARKER
DELIVERS four
NOTABLE TALKS
Makes memorable speech on
Happiness, which can
be obtained by following
five simple rules; Speaks
to men, women and high
school students on vital
subjects
Happiness"

Happiness"
Yes, happiness, which means so
much in the life of every one, can
be obtained by following five simple
rules, according to DR.. Charles E.
Barker, noted doctor of medicine and
lecturer, who delivered a series of
addresses in Winslow on Sunday and
Monday. DR.. Barker says he knows
his simple rules will bring happiness
as they brought happiness to him as
we'll as to many people who have
followed them.
DR.. Barker, the only man that Ro-
tary International has ever sent out
to talk on the subject which he dis
cusses, has given addresses to more
than 100000 high school students in
the United States and Canada as
we'll as to a great many adults dur
ing the five years that he has lect-
ured for Rotary. He also made a
name for himself in the medical pro-
fession, having been the health ad-
visor of William Howard Taft during
the years that the chief justice was
president of the United States.
On Sunday evening at the Wash
4 ington school auditorium DR.. Barker
spoke to the public on yHappiness'.
He prefaced his speech with few
Introductory remarks in which he
said that his address was the accumu-
lation of many years experience.
developing little simple scheme for
being happy DR.. Barker declared that
happiness had come to him from
following it. He asserted that he
believes that his scheme will fit any
man or woman in Winslow. Whatever
your position in life is, the scheme
will work if it is followed, according
to the noted lecturer.
Sneaking in a straightforward and
convincing manner DR.. Barker said
in part: "People are always seeking
happiness, but few are happy The
trouble is that we think happiness
is dependent upon material things,
which is absolutely erroneous. If
happiness is not dependent upon ma
terial things, what is it dependent
upon? Happiness is dependent upon
following certain laws.
"My firmest conviction is that no
one is good except through following
laws NIICIl OIIIS SOOullCSo. ANY
who follows laws of good will be
good, that is simple enough, isn't it?
Happiness, is a condition Of the
mind, and the happy man is one who
follows laws which bring happiness
"Woodrow Wilson said that happi-
ness is something that cannot be
found by seeking in things, but it
comes when one does certain things.
"The first of my five simple rules
for becoming happy is: Cultivate the
habit of looking on the bright side of
things. But how can | look on the
bright side of things? Stevenson ans
wered that question better than any
man | know.
Stevenson said, 4 am not respons-
ible for the temperament l have
when | came into this world, but |
am responsible for it after | am here,
for can change it in life
Temperament can be changed.
used to fuss and rail and make my
self miserable as we'll as others in
my younger days But for every evil
under the sun there is a remedy. If
there is no evil, there is no remedy.
If you cannot help thing that hap
pens don't worry and fret about it,
forget it. Take things placidly as
the come.
"My second rule for becoming hap
py is: Accept cheerfully the place
in life you find yourself each day.
l thought l would have some trouble
in making the prisoners at the Ohio
State Penitentiary believe this rule,
but | reasoned it in this way if it
won't hold good in prison, it won't
hold good on the outside. l gave it
to them A week later I was called
back to the penitentiary to give the
same lecture again. The prisoners
told me they had found out that this
rule would work even in penitent-
iary.
"You know people are always
wishing for what they are not. Fat
people envy lean people and the lean
envy the fat Bald headed people
like myself envy people with hair
and although it may surprise you,
people with heavy hair have told
me that they wished they were bald
headed. People are always wishing
that they were something they are
not, as wishing they lived in Cali
fornia People are wishing, wishing
that they were some one else.
"This wishing of people reminds
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