The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-04-06
Howe About:
Writers
Power of the Minority
Avoid Worry
By ED HOWE
e Ben sxndicat,

| Ine WOrlQ Is tlrlng or everything arLl-
| fetal, and turning TO things sober AND
| true; thai there are so many 0ooks
that producing and writing them nas
| become a racket" This is fur
Their than care to go. although 1
care as little for fiction as anyone
| frequently charge that many noted
writers are not understandable be-
cause of OyerwroughI figures of speech
and poeticaI fancies not properly be-
longing in any SOUND mind or print
Ii is not new complaint $50 Rob
ert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett
have gone of together" said Sidney
Smith, when their marriage was aD-
Rounced; Il hope they understand each
other; no one else does"
An idle young fellow twho plainly
! gives too much of his time 10 sportD
| lately called Oh the editors OF the
small town in which he lives, and In
| duced them TO print communication
/ declaring that another football sta
dunn is needed, although the town al
ready has al least two football fields
| good enough tone of them Lighted
for night games).
! was displeased with the editors for
| printing so foolish a suggestion dur
ing unexampled hard times. and told
my women folks lin the usual vigor-
/ Gus fashion common 10 submerged
mem that there was no prospect what
ever of the proposal being considered
The young fellow convinced me
again I am often mistaken. Within
few days be had all the clubs in town
siderable favor. The papers printed
long list of prominent citizens who had
promised TO TOOK into il" and who
seemed favorably disposed AT this
1 writing there is a fair prospect that
| this young fellow will win another
victory over thousands OF fairly SEN
sible citizens who are being outraged
and ruined by unnecessary waste, but
who are afraid TO assert themselves
even in the presence of boys ito say
nothing of their fear of old soldiers.
statesmen. women. preachers. educa-
I have observed that when | worry.
1t hurts me as much as eating too
much unsuitable food. Organize
! Don't Worry club of your own as
have done. and see how stiff you can
keep your upper lip in avoiding canse
for worry: men usually worry because
they have neglected something they
should have attended 10.
In my eightieth year ! have an am
bition TO candidly write summary Of
what | finally think of all l have en-
countered in my long journey. the
writing to be brief. easily understood.
respectable and honest But writing
has so long been exaggerated. unfair.
long drawn out. complicated, irrele-
want, partisan, that in attempting the
task, | find | have absorbed so much
of the bad style, ar discouraged.
The excuse and intention of writing
In the first place must have been TO
make honest records of transactions
yesterday for use today and tomorrow.
II q merchant or his clerk makes
note of shipment Of peaches 10 Gus
toner, why should he cucumber his
writing with mention of bushes, or
down. or color, in the peaches? The
customer viii remark this If ne cares
TO. when the shipment arrives. Or II
the merchant wishes 10 indicate on his
bill that the peaches were shipped
last night, there is no necessity 10 men
ton the moonlight, If there was any;
the customer will not be interested
In the growth of literature writing
men have developed so many bad hab-
| its. and / have learned so many Of
them, ! am unable TO express myself
as fttingly as | wish TO.
We human creatures are said TO be
the best specimens of living things.
The greatest of our tiny ambitions
should be TO make the most creditable
history possible for flrure professors
TO write about VIII readers who con-
slider Us a thousand or a million years
In the future say We did reasonably
well or will they say we played the
game badlyi In the distant future a
man may ind your skull. and carry il
tn COLLEGES. museums and laboratories
for examination What will the pro-
fessors say thousands of years in the
| future of the 1884 man? Will they
speak as well of US as our professors
now speak of the old Greeks7
Every day think: -I'n do better
tomorrow" And usually tomorrow 4
repeat what l did yesterday
Occasionally do a little better be-
cause of my resolves: whaf little i'm
provement / have made has been be-
cause Of them
When you see a drunken man max
ing a fool of himself and wasting his
money, IL rarely follows he is in thar
condition all the time. Next day he
will he i'll from his debauch. and shame
added 10 his punishment /
udNc OltSn NVuucTSu WY tuau Scts
| drunk ar all There is no fun in H.
He is always terribly punished; al
ways wastes his money to oblige a
low class who keep grog shops, and
do not themselves drink the firewater
they sell. have heard il said that in
the old free days of the saloon tnfoxi-
eating liquor was always viiiainously
adulterated. With dry side
walks and roads everywhere. why do
some occasionally insist upon going