Evening star., 1927-10-16

! B." comebacks, but I felt physically
fit and looked well, weighed more than
l had ever weighed in my life. and
felt that if under all these excellent
conditions l was rejected, there might
be small chance for me to make good
when the inevitable happened under
| hard work and l lost some of my ex.
ira weight.
However, ! gritted my teeth and
went for job after job until 1 landed
one. That Winter every other man in
| preached, but the first time / sneezed
or coughed my employer began to
| look worried
Because of the attitude of his en-
| ployer, the man kept at work when a
! heavy cold overlook him. stayed on
the job with a. second cold and acut-
| ally never had an equal chance with
the other employees in the office to get
| back on his feet.
| Before the Spring had come he faced
another breakdown. This time he
went to North Carolina, where he
| found work helping an advertising
man and reading proof on manu-
scripts.
1t was twice as hard for him to get
a job the second time he came home.
Lame and a Hunger" were bad risks
for any corporation, but finally he OBJ.
tanned a humble position. He deter.
| mined to hold it, so he cut himself off
from all dissipation, avoided the crowd
| that wanted to play at night, went to
bed early even when theater passes
were offered him, and lived with nor
NAL people who did not concern them
selves especially about his health. Ne
cessity had taught him the best of
health habits.
Finally this man began to make
good at his job; the first important
triumph over weakness was when he
learned to drive car. He could no
longer play tennis and had given up
golf, but despite lameness and one bad
lung, he could drive. 1t was a psyche
logical victory. He was to learn that
the important thing for him to do was
to establish in his own mind a conf
dence in his ability to do things most
people felt he could not do because
OF his handicap. For the same rea-
son he learned to speak in public, took
an interest in politics and participated
in political campaign speechmaking
He was jealous of the use of his en-
ergies. except where they counted;
then he spent them extravagantly.
Step by step he went up in his work
until he had reached a position of
power and large income.
MY biggest triumph" he says,
was achieved the day I knew it was
no longer necessary for me to sur
round myself with healthy, stimulat-
ing people. / no longer needed a
crutch, but could be one myself"
\
n the records of modern achievement
are many other examples of con.
spicuous triumphs over physical de-
fects. Steinmetz. whose reputation
has reached the most backward of ma
tons, whose genius has lightened the
burden of man and increased the eff.
cheney of industry, came to this coun-
try poor, grotesquely deformed boy.
Thrown back on himself, he developed
all of his mental qualities, something
few human beings ever do, since 1t is
estimated that the average man uses
only 40 per cent of his mental ability.
Far. more interesting, if not more i'm
portant than the record of his sue
cessful ACHIEVEMENTS, would be an ac-
curate history of his psychological
evolution and day .by-day struggle to
triumph over natures abuse of him.
One OF the cOuntryS great phySl-
clans, without any explanation, was re-
fused an interneship at one of New
York's largest hospitals. The real
cause was birthmark which covered
half his face. When he found out the
reason for his rejection he obtained an
appointment at a smaller hospital and
later helped by his brilliant work in
cancer surgery to establish a wide rep
utation for the institution as we'll as
for himself. He learned how to take