Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1935-04-18
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would steal from himself II there
wasn't anybody else he could rob-"
Thinking over this caustic Observa-
tion reflected that many people who
would want to fight II they were ac-
cused of larceny. do steal from them
selves, and do so continually.
We all have as. Mr.. Arnold Bennett
pointed out In an instructive essay.
exactly the same allowance of time
while we live.
It is ours to do with as we will.
II we devote it to foolish and un-
profitable pursuits we simply steal It..
All the advantages it might bring US,
all til. opportunities are self-pilfered.
And if at the end Of our working years
we have nothing to show for it, it is
our own fault.
Now think that over the next time
you are tempted to lay aside a half
done job just because it seems diff
cult and you would rather loaf for
while than continue it.
.
BY and by you are going to wish that
you had those hours and days back.
You would know what to do with them.
You would make every one of them
count.
You would do the things you ought
. to do and leave undone the things you
ought not to do, to garble the well
known phrase.
Eho sc ~ blavoo9 Va,
Who is the theft Again you.
Try to budget your time, SO that
all of 1t can be used to the best ad-
vantage.
Think what you are going to do to-
day-with tomorrow in view.
Don't look out of the window at q
circus parade or dog fight or any,
thing else in the time which can be
devoted to useful mental or physical
work.
You will find as you go along that many
people Mill steal your time il you let
fhen-dullards, or people yho haze ares
70 grind.
! You can help that to some extent,
but not completely. Bores will be
bores, and cadgers will be cadgers.
But you can control every minute
Of your own working time if you have
enough determination.
Naturally you want to do as well as
you can while you're here.
Doubtless you have ideals you want
fn iv0 f0 hiph
want to carry ont.
WE'LL shut the door to your time
safe, and don't permit even yourself to
let any time out of it.
The job may be difficult, and some
times uninteresting.
never take railroad or steamship
trip that l do not run into gentlemen
talking politics.
Talking They are all very
Politics sure that they know
how the country
could be run, and, If it were entrusted
to them, they would make better job
of it.
But Mark Twains observation about
the weather-that everybody complains
about it, but nobody seems to do any
thing about it's applicable to polit-
ical discussion.
I will say for the present administra-
tion-and my remarks are without, any
political bias, that it has done the coun-
try great service in making practically
everybody find out what is going on.
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A political reporter for at least half
of my working life, never remember
time when so many people seemed
to be talking about what is happen
ing Ia Washington.
That would be good thing If 1t was
not just talk.
But how many people who are
pleased with what is being done in the
Capitol write their representatives
there and tell them so?
And how many people who dislike
what is going on write to their con-
gressmen and protests?
The machinery Of this government is
all right. Some very wise and very
V0LA1OelS mCt OulAI ~ AAu SOS ~ AL
motion.
But 1t has to be kept in condition
to work, and that means attention by
its owners, who are the sovereign citi-
zens.
Some months ago very important
measure which some people applaud
and others execrate, was passed by one
house of congress over the Presidents
veto.
Did you arrange to talk to somebody
about that before It was passed, or did
you just wait till the day after anti
then send in your comments favorable
or unfavorable.
You ,oill admit that the boys who
fought the Revolutionary War sOent to
quite coed bit Of trouble 70 gain for
you the political freedom that you pos.
sess.
The least you can do Is to help that
machinery to run smoothly and turn