The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-06-26

thistle sort OF q chance
young people used to have. At
least q decent toe-hold on the
ladder. Instead, everything's
haywire! Stupidity and crook
edneSs on every side! every
man for himself and the devil
take the hindmost."
so where does that leave you?
Just what can you expect to
get, facing q mess like that?
: Where, out of all that wreck
age, can you find the markings
Of Big Time Career.
In short, you're asking just
:. what young people have always
Z aSked-''What does life hold for
Z me?" But there's o note in
4. your voice which the other gen.
Grafton never had-a Shrillness
and hardness: q defiant resent
r1ent. You know you're in for
. battle, and you're mad about
it!
That's right: you are in for
Q battle. And there's no use
telling you that it's going to be
. any picnic or handing you
any Pollyanna maxims about
J, the PRETTY SILVER LINING
in the BIG DARK CLOUDS.
II you're only a quarter as
smart as both you and I think
/. you are, you'd greet that sort Of
palaVer with q bronx cheer.
For you know that you're up
against q tough proposition.
It's going to be a hundred per
cent harder for you to make
good than it was for your
grandfather. You'll have to
z face hazards and handicaps-
challenges and competition-of
which he never dreamed. And
you'll have to do it without
much help.
The world Of grand-dad's
youth was still jogging along
pretty much as it had done for
the last 500 years, with about
the same notions and about the
same tempo. The old programs
and laws were still holding. It
didn't require superhuman mi
tiative and audacity for a young
ster to win through, provided
he was willing to work hard and
mind his step.
But all that has changed. OF
that old order there's hardly q
: COW trail left. You'll have to
build your world as the first
man did-fror the slime up.
And, what slime!
The primordial hog wallow
was q coy bed compared to
what you must face. Not just
fortnight brutality and wicked
ness-they are fairly easy to
recognize and right-but all the
81 varieties Of SpinelesS vicious
ness, complacent coWardice and
self.righteous cruelty. And the
finer and l-aver you are, the
sicker and sadder you'll be as
you strive to find your place in
this smeared UP world.
Nor would I be honest If 7
told you that, by some clever
hocus pocuS, you could avoid
the pain, disillusion and tragedy
Of life. It can't be done! You
are not that smart-"the master
Of your fate" in the sense that
you can mold outward circum-
stances to your desire. In spite
Of your best efforts you may be
stripped Of money, friends,
health and reputation by forces
beyond your control.
So many a time you'll want to
cry-"to the deuce with it all!
What's the use Of trying? Can
I possible get anything worth
while out of q mess like thiS?"
YES, YOU CAN.
No matter what grief you're
about to face-and it'll be plenty
you can always bank on this:
LIFE CAN BE WORTH
WHILE. YOU CAN FIND
THOSE THINGS IN TT WHICH
YOU WISH TO FIND. IF YOU
WANT TO FIND DECENCY
AND GENTLENESS, HONESTY
AND GALLANT COURAGE,
CLEAN HAPPINESS AND
HIGHER ADVENTURE, YOU
CAN HAVE THEM ALL THE
DAYS OF YOUR LIFE. IT'S
ALL UP TO YOU!
How can you find those
things in life?
BY PUTTING THEM INTO
LIFE YOURSELF.
LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE
1T!
You don't realize that yet.
You think that life is something
entirely outside yourself
something which you can
achieve or possess, as you'd pos
SeSS q piece of fine furniture or
an acre Of land. It isn't. The
life which you see, hear, touch,
taste and smell is merely scenery
actually as unreal as a
mirage.
Over that life you have but
limited control. Only those
things which you actually ex-
perience in your own spirit are.
real. BUT OVER THAT IN
NER LIFE YOU HAVE UN-
LIMTTED CONTROL.
LIFE IS AS YOU MAKE 1T.
A thousand men may face
the same scenery-go through
the same incident-but each
man gets a different phase Of
LIFE. Each man gets from ex'