The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-09
THE MEASURE OF. A MAN.

It is easy 10 be cheerful when the
days go like a. song,
And good things are coming easy and
there's nothing going wrong.
1t Is easy to keep smiling when your
path is smooth and straight
And you hit the ball a wallop when
1t sails toward the plate.
But 1t isn't easy pickinss that bring
out your very best,
It's the hard things that you tackle,
and the way you meet the test.
You may not accomplish wonders. but
tbs certain that you can
Buckle down. and show all corners you
can act like a man. -
Il is easy to glide smoothly with
enough to Just get by. -
When the road Is, smooth before you
and the car goes we'll in high.
No particular credits due you IL you
never have to sweat.
And do double duty often for the good
things that you get.
But 1t isn't when they're coming to
you in a. box car. lot
That you have a chance to show US
just exactly what you've got.
1t Is when you've got to hustle just as
hard as e'er you can
That you have chance to show us
you know how TO play the man.
II Is easy to surrender and sit down
to whine and moan;
To throw up your hands and whimper
and emit doieful groan.
But the good Lord hates a quitter
worse than anything on earth.
And the cutters loud complaining
only offers food for mirth.
It's the man who keeps on going,
never knowing when he's licked,
Who is drafted for the big job when
the best man must be picked.
You may not become hero-you may
be an also-ran-
But the world VIII pay you tribute II
you only play the man.
Somehow or other this oil investiga-
ton thing reminds us of one of T.
Nast's most famous cartoons-that
one where every CRATER in the circle
was pointing to the fellow in front
of him.
Harry Sinclair may be negotiating
for the Russian crown jewels. as re-
ported. but 1t Is a cinch he has lost
one jewel worth far more than all
the jewels ever owned by Russia s
royal family-the confidence and re-
spect OF the American people.
We never were called from Nebras-
ka to Washington to advise with a
president. but we once loaned pres
idential candidate % cents to pay for
some fruit he purchased at a Lincoln
fruit stand.
And at another time we loaned a
vice presidential candidate so cents TO
pay for shave and a haircut. and
waited until he could go back to the
hotel and get a check cashed so he
could repay the loan. BY the way.
the presidential candidate included
that quarter In our next weekly pay
envelope.
We can not commend Harley
Conant's Omaha creed too much.
Harley is mighty good booster. as
divers and sundry men OF our
acquaintance will testify.
Our pet peeve at this particular
time of year is loganberry pie dis
guised as blackberry. And will Mr.
BufDduh klfluly OefDlS suIIlt tiIfle dIlu
effort TO the propa CATION of seed
less blackberry? We have arrived al
that period In life when blackberry
seeds are very annoying when diseov
ered-as they easily are-nestling In
the most untoward places, We ara
impelled 10 make this request not only
because OF our own dental situation
but because we have a lifelong FRIEND
and fellow worker in the immediate
vicinity who is certain to discover tht
same annoyancein a very short spacs
OF time.
While engaged in discussing ar
along towards midnight luncheon fr
o Kane's restauraw, where newspaper
workers, thespians and theatrical mu
sicians are wont to foregather. ths
subject of old songs came up. The
subsequent discussion brought to mind
that 1t Is exy 10 trace the history
OF the pleasure wagon industry BY
recalling certain once popular songs
son a Bicycle Built for Two. marked
the beginning of the two-wheeled
craze. In Ny Merry oldsmobile'
his mind and broke his treaty and. as
consequence, was overthrown in the
Red sea-
The scripture narrative does not