The Nome daily nugget., 1934-12-31
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My Most Important Job The Big Fellows H. G. Wells
By EDsHOWE
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l ny NhOol k'OA IoAASA JOD ~ SNNaA stantly strive to better manage my self, that I may increase efficienc! of mind and body.
 A man named F. o. Fox became general manager of the Santa Ft system some years ago, and wen out on the line In a special car Two or three of the older official, were with him, and they sfdetracket one morning, somewhere. An Irisf section foreman soon appeared wht was well acquainted with the older officials. The Irishman had2comt down to demand more wages Greatly very generous, and he knew 1t, but like the rest of us, he was alway. clamoring for more). So to the off cials he knew he recited what { good man he was; how he had long keen imposed on; how valuable hi: services were to the. company, etc
 The officials he had long knowT agreed with him tin our disposition to get along, we all lie to a mans face and roast him behind his back) "The man to see Is inside" the off cials said; "the new general mana ger" Then the Trishman started climbing the car steps, grumbling his protests, and declaring he in. tended to speak piece of his mind after long suppressing his indigna. ton. Almost immediately the Irishman returned from his visit to the new general manager. "A big fellow, ain't her" the Irishman said and returned to his work.
 F. c. Fox Is large man; at that time young and athletic. Mir. Fox was sitting at his desk, back turned. The Irishman sized him up, did not speak to him, and quickly backed out. Everybody respects the Big Fellows, although nobody admits it. Perhaps they should not; such admission may be confession of cowardiee-of lack of nobleness; l do not know, and am not discussing the question here. only wish to say everybody respects the big fel- lows a little more than they re. spect the little fellows.
 We all bluff good deal; and bluffing is mostly foolish. -
 Your hand" has certain value The ten will take the nine; and so on up to the controversy between the two spot and the ace; or the controversy betwen the section fore man and the general manager There may be a certain satisfaction in indignation meetings, public and private, but they have brought me so little through my many years that I attend few of them.
 The world has widely accepted H c. Wells as a man of unusual fair. ness, education and intelligence, by giving him honorable distinction He recently made speech in Lon. don and said: "In many regions of the earth there is an epidemic of intolerance which takes ugly and novel forms. To me 1t seems, more than anything else, rebellion of the clumsy louts against thought and sanity and they are now ram pant everywhere with ldiOtic sym bols, and idiotic salutes contriving idiotic cruelties. Is the civilized ma jority safe? Personally do not think so; expect to feel uneasy for another ten years; by that time expect the clumsy louts to be conquered by capable majority which should have better controlled them long ago."
 Mir. Wells statement Is true enough, but 1t isn't new. I've been saying the same thing, in almost identical language, at least four years.
 Why should not grand opera be given for what 1t will bring in at the box officer Why should we go so far In art as to pay lot of men and women enormous salaries to screech in a manner we do not actually care a great deal for, and demand that business men or the government, pay the deficit? 7. All the rest of us are compelled to advertise our show, and take what. ever comes in. Why should not artists do the samel You may reply they simply will not. All right ; then let them go to the devil, or to Italy, or wherever they come from.
 ."The less we have to do with women," Schopenhauer wrote, ''the better. They are not even 'neces- sary evil; life is safer and smooth CT without them. Let me recognize the snare that lies in women's beauty, and the absurd comedy of reproduction will end. Thus the ex- tinction of the race will be achieved. Why should the curtain that has just fallen upon defeat and death always rise again upon a new life, a new struggle, and a new defeat? How long shall we be lured into | a.. khnk Ixx AS,