Evening star., 1925-04-19

man is represented as pointing to. a
man ahead of him and saying, He
did it." The second man>points to a
third and says, He did it," And 50
on until the circle is completed.
occasionally admit that 1 did it, and
you should.
An old saying is "A penny for your
thoughts" The offer is not high
enough. Some thoughts would not be
confessed for a million dollars.
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don't know: I merely have notions.
A new idea in big business institu-
tions is not only to pay valuable en-
ployes a big salary, but a bonus on
earnings. Men willing to work and
capable in other respects are so scarce
that their services command fabulous
prices. One man is said to receive a
million a year, in addition to bonus.
and other employers are bidding for
his services. Really capable employees
are making more money these days
than employers who spend their Win
ters in the South and their Summers
abroad. Really valuable employees are
SO scarce that many of our biggest in
stitutions are now owned by them.
When Henry Ford dies, who will
manage the Ford works? The best
man on the job, and he will get a
salary and commission that will stag
ger you. The real opportunities in
this country come to employees of
profitable institutions built up by
hard workers, dead and gone.
The original suggestion of all the
public extravaganza from which We
suffer came originally from public vel
fare workers who profited by the
| extra va Rance
| Seen in a foreign publication: If
1 you have trouble with servants, get
rid of your wife
| x = x
| I once knew a man of very bad
/ habits who was accused of an indis-
| cretion of which he happened not to
/ be guilty. And how he enjoyed
proving he was not guilty! He had
never before been innocent. and en-
! joyed the opportunity TO the utter
most. We are all a good deal that
way. = And / am grateful that my
worst offenses have not been found
/ out. We all complain about gossip,
/ but gossip is merciful to all Of us in
| that it does not know all.
I am inclined 10 believe John D.
| Rockefeller will in time become very
| pOpuldI. 4Ol the 6coOil that WtlcH It
wishes TO do good ne does it with his
own money and without bothering
! others.
No one has contributed penny TO
the Rockefeller Foundation except
Mr. Rockefeller himself, and in hu.
man history there is no record of an
| equally useful institution. And he has
| bothered no one, as Andrew Carnegie
did with his Carnegie Libraries.
The most troublesome man l know
| is Egbert Smotts. He has made a
good deal of money in a small town.
| and has become a tremendous nui-
Sance as a do-goodster. He wants to
found an Egbert Smotts School, an
Egbert Smotts Hospital, an Egbert
Smotts Band. an Egbert Smotts Park
the city, the county, TO give five
| thousand dollars to his one thousand
| and suggestion In addition he pes
ters people for personal subscriptions.
| think EgbeTt should do such good
as comes in his way with his own
money. and let others do good in their
way. This is the plan of d very intelli-
gent and practical man who is grow
ing in popularity so rapidly that ! am
of opinion he has the right idea.
/ shall never be satisfied until /
give John d. Rockefeller something
| a watch, a loving cup, or other small
thing / can afford, but which will ex-
| press appreciation.
| X x x
| Every American has the notion he
is particularly devoted to noble work
| An American, he says, is always de
| voted to education, patriotism, re-
| igion, progress, more than foreigners.
! This has been the burden of the
I speeches he has heard and the read
ing he has done since he can remem-
ber; so he tries TO he equal to the
| character. He does not stop to realize
that this stuff is fed him for purpose
| by dema gogues, TO cause him to sup
port foolishly eXtravagant things
The American. with all his good
] points, is a good deal of a Ounce He
believes his sentimental gush is his
strongest point. 1t is actually his
| weakest.
! x X x
The labor unions. the church, even
the women, need regulation we must
administer, however much it shocks
| us to admit il.
Copyright, 1925. by the Bell Syndicate. Inc