The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-08

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'The question for each man to settle
is not what he would do if he had the
means, time, influence, and educational
advantages; the question is what he will
do with the things he has. The moment
young man ceases to dream or to be-
his lack of opportunities and reso-
lutely looks his conditions in the face,
and resolves to change them, he lays the
cornerstone of solid and honorable
success.-Hamilton Wright Mabie.
In other words "Hamilton's" slogan would
probably be snake the most of what you have
when you get it where you are" Righto!
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The wise deplore smoking by wom-
en-, at least until they finish having child
rem. Hitherto men have done the fool
ish things But women have been w1se
and children have had at least half a
chance. But after all, it is the individ-
ual woman's business to decide about
neutrality-suspicious. Brisbane.
We have no desire to smoke but we are glad
Arthur comedies that it is our privilege to decide
this thing for ourselves. Men have been trying to
decide things for women for so many years that
it's great joy to find one who finally admits
that at least few things are cup to u.s."
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In most good works undertaken by organza-
lions or individuals there are two chief handicaps
The first is the class of people who are i'm
patient with things they are that they want
Ito pull everything up and make a fresh start
The second handicap is that class of people who
think everything is so perfect at present that
they object to any change. In the middle, like
the filling Of layer cake, is the safe and sane
class Of people who can see the evils and are will
ing to deal with them at time until they
are cleaned up as far is humanity possible.
It might be well for each of us to take the time
to classify ourself in of these three groups.
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Does it pay to advertize? We don't dare
to say on our own initiative but here's what two
really big men say about it. The first one quot
ed is John N WHY'S president of Willys-Over-
land Inc;
"I can hardly conceive of any business
rising to the full limit of its opportun-
ity without advertising. 1t is my hon
! est belief that advertising must be count
ed on to do considerably more than half
of the actual selling"
And Paul M. Metzger, president of the Wash
ington Shirt Company which operates chain
of eighteen stores in Midwest cities says;
| "There two good reasons why
chain stores should feature nationally
advertised goods at advertised prices;
! first advertised products give the chain
prestige, and second, the national adver-
tiser creates powerful demand for his
products"
Christopher Morley has written lot of
quaint and clever and amusing and true philo-
sophy of life. In nothing else have we found
more of these attributes than in his Transla-
lions from the Chinese-queer short little STAN
gas or paragraphs or whatever you like
to call them, in which the philosopher is person
flied by droll old Chinese mandarin. 1t is Nor
leys contention that inscribed upon the secret tab
lets of every mans heart are certain hopes, fears
and passions which are rarely expressed and never
egible to the observer because they written in
a species of Chinese. These are the secrets
little book with big interest. From it we have
taken this Bit
On my way to your theatres said the
dubious Old Mandarin
| see tomorrow's papers already On sale
At eight o'clock tonight,
So does your strange mad city
Leap holly towards the Future,
Tossing aside each Day before it is finis-
ed,
Hungrily, fatuously, craving the next.
Is. it possible that the editor
Is dissatisfied with each and every of
his irreplaceable To-days
That he hurries Tomorrow so close upon
its heels?"