The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-11-30

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complish the same end. But no one
could, with reason, contend that be-.
cause the porch climber WAS in the
house he was at home.
One who gains a position by Pull
must of necessity live in uncertainty
when the door may be opened to show
him out. Such an intruder may
snatch few pieces of silver, or bag a
handful of jewels before being forced
to vacate, but that is all. To feel
comfortably and happily at home in
the House of Success, one must be a
welcome and an honored guest.
Another thing which cannot be done
is to gain welcome in the House of
Success by climbing up the, back stairs
of Credit
No, | am not referring to the vari-
Gus methods of paying ones bills from
another's bank account. Many people
have been fairly successful in having
things charged to some one else. But,
after all, when you think about it, pay
ing a bill is only an incident in life.
| am speaking of life as whole. l
am saying that one cannot accept all
the good things which Life offers and
have them charged as one would buy
a pound of sugar or new hat, and
then dodge the bill forever.
You see, | rather suspect that there
is too much watered stock in the aver
age citizens responsibility. | think
that is why some of us do not invest
more heavily in humanity. When we
learn to make common, everyday liv-
ing worth one hundred cents on the
dollar, more of us will believe that
there is something in the business.
One who is credited with honesty
may sell a phony jewel now and then,
but one cannot continue selling glass
diamonds and maintain a rating Of
Al. However willing we may be to
hand out fake living to our fellow
countrymen, there is no way to keep 1t
up indefinitely.
Some even reach the point where
they spend the greater part of their
religious strength asking for blessings
on credit. They beseech the Almighty
for things which they know they do
not deserve, have no right to expect,
and would not rightly use if they got.
The rest of the church hour is spent
by the preacher giving them advice
which he knows they will not follow,
and asking them for money he knows
they will not give.
Think it over.
The person who has nothing in
vested in Life gets all the returns due
him-which are not much. And, as
you no doubt have noticed, it is the
person who holds no shares in Life
who complains most about scanty
dividends
There are some things, you know,
which grown-up men do not try to do.
OF course, though, some men and a
few women never grow up.
long time ago when we were boys
we crawled under the canvas and en-
joyed the circus quite as much as if
we had paid the half-dollar. But we
cannot see Sells Brothers that way
now-not if we have grown up. The
man who expects to enjoy the realities
of life by crawling under the canvas
is, to put it mildly, large for his age.
Most of us judge the world by our
selves. The trouble is, we guess wrong
as to our own value. We mistake
Credit for Capital.
There are too many of these five
dollar acknowledgements whose idea
of living is to put up twenty-thOu-
sand dollar appearance on an eight
dollar salary. They want Credit, you
see, for something which does not
exist.
When a man acquires the habit OF
thinking that the whole scheme of
things would go bankrupt if it were
not for the nickel's worth which he
contributes once in while, he is try
ing to live on credit to which he is
not entitled. Sooner or later he is
sure to overdraw his account.
And have you never heard people
pretending to give God the glory when
they were in reality only making a
loud noise on their own horns? Have
you never met the fellow who claims
credit for large charities when he is
in reality only getting rid of smooth
nickel which he failed to pass on the
street car conductor? Well, these are
some more of the people who are try
ing to sneak into the House of Sue
cess by way of the back stairs Of
Credit.
Another of the back stairs kind are
the folk who demand fifty dollars
worth of attention for every fifty
cents worth of courtesy. Such short
change artists are bound to hold hazy
ideas as to credit.
The one who offers something
for nothing is usually liar. The
one who seeks to take advantage
of such an offer is at heart either
a sharper or foOl-Or both.
A person whose living costs moth
ing, lives just that way. Generally
speaking, things cost all they are
worth-sometimes more. Free shows
are usually worth the price of admis-
sion.
Some of us seem always to acknowl-
edge our Indebtedness to our fellow
humans with mental reservations. Pay
day comes around and when our reser-
vations are subtracted there is moth
ing left for those we owe but cur
rent expense deficit.
Make no mistake. you can't bunco
Life indefinitely.
And never mind If the world some
times forgets to give the credit which
is your due. Be thankful that you are
not charged with all that you owe