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Show GOVERNOR DOUGLAS TELLS BOYS HOW TO WIN SUCCESS "Stick to Your Last," Says the Chief Executive Execu-tive of the Bay State, 'and Keep Your Ambitions Hijjh." FltOM n pheo nt the cobbler's bench at a mere pittance, William L. Douglas has risen to the highest position In Massachusetts, tint of Governor, nnd has made himself a millionaire. lie Is toda the Ideal "successful man" In business nnd politics, and has Just had the honor of declining n second nomination for Governor, which wns praetlcall assured to him. Ills rules nnd precepts of success nre given b.v him through tlio Hos-ton Hos-ton Sunday Ameilean. 'Ihe.v me rules that ho has tiled nnd tested; the rules which have elevated him to the highest position In the gift ot his State; the lilies which have won for him nn enormous fortune. The Governor Is Inteiestid In bo.vs. lie declares that these lulcs are given for the benefit of bos. Here they are: By William L. Douglas, COVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS, What nre the se rets of sin r ss Wlli I tell the bo s of Massachusetts w hat I think they are? lteeentl, In talking to u deleg ion of bilght-r.iceel bo), I told them that the should, In older to make tin most of llle, obey the old maxim, "Stick to our last." If on don't ou'll Mud that old ogre, called trouble, bobbing up In jour pathway path-way every now and then, and jmi'll never get to bo on speaking terms with sucet ss. rortune, ou knows, favors the brave. Well, In the battle of life the really brave man Is the one with courage enough to "stick to his last" In the face of curly lebulTs and temporary reverses, lie's the fellow who will eventually be able to laugh at tumble and to get chummy with success. What would J on think of n shoemaker who, after making p irt of a shoe on one last, became dissatisfied, nnd started another shoe on n different last, keeping keep-ing up this method until ho had finally spent nil his money for stock and hnd nothing but a lot of Iialf-llnlshed shops to show for It V Foolish way to do. Isn't It? Hut H'h no more foolish than for n ouug mnii to tackle u new line of business busi-ness every little while until he grows too old to learn nil business thorough!. KEEP AMBITION AT TOP NOTCH. Kvery thing In nature Is lilted to do one thing well nnd spends Its whole life doing It. You never hear of the ant going Into the hono-innklng business; nor of the bee building nnt-hllls for a change. Unch one knows Its place In the world and sticks to It, and that Is what bos must do If they would accomplish ac-complish great things. Of course, bo.vs are somewhat handicapped ns compared with the bees nnd ants. You see, bos aie not often Inirn with a knowledge of Just -what kind of last the 're best fitted to peg away on. Hut nearly every boy nt an early age dlsphig nn aptitude for something, and If that aptitude Is properly developed the process of selecting n Inst Is slmplllled. And remember nlun.vs to keep .vour ambition up to the top notch. Whatever What-ever you do, try to do It better thnn the other fellow. At school make It n point to stand nt the head ot onr class; nnd nt play don't be satisfied until you can Jump tlio farthest or throw the stralghtest. 'lhen when jon enter business life this matter ot getting ahead will become a habit. DO WHAT YOU CAN DO BEST. Now I want to give joii another thing to think nbout while you're growing up nnd preparing to win fame and fortune In the commercial world. It In this: Don't try to do what ou like do what 0ii can. That's a good companion-piece for "stick to your last." Don't let the attraction of something ou don't know lure ou iwny from the thing you do know. Once upon n time n young man whose father made pickles, and who had learned the pickle business from A to '., decided that he'd like to go Into the business ot making molasses candy. IIo didn't know anything about It, but he liked molasses candy nnd thought It would be great fun to make It and sell It. So he proceeded to try his hand nt tlio business. busi-ness. The result was disastrous. Ills candy wasn't good candy, because lie didn't know how to make It properly, and, therefore, nobody wanted to buy. I'lnnlly he went bnck to the pickle buslnqss and made n fortune, because ho cer talnly did know how to make good pickles, and everybody bought them. Do what you enn'nneT stick to It. That's wisdom. About the. most striking sentence. I remember Is this one, written by the great philosopher, Thomas Carlylc; "The king Is tlic man who can." There's a whole volume of sound sense contained In those seven one-syllable words All the elements of success are there set forth and the whole secret of greatness sticks out conspicuously from that simple sentence "The king Is the man who can." EVERY BOY MAY BE A KINC. It Is possslblc for all ott bo)s to be kings, provided each fits himself to do seine one thing better t li-m others do it. Hut )ou must work and study and persevere. per-severe. You can't Inherit Kingships from our fathers; ou must win them In competition with the world. As to how to go about this, every boy will have to work out the problem for himself. Thero Is no fixed rule for determining tlio capabilities of any bo, and the methods that will convert one bundle of liumnn material Into a successful business man may prove n total failure when applied to the next parcel. llo.vs In their dispositions nnd possibilities bear n striking reseinblnnce to toads. Did ou ever poke u toad to make It JumpV If ou did, then ou know that jnu can never tell what dlieetlon or how far toads will Jump'untll after they have been poked. And It's the same with bovs. Wo never know what a boy can do until nftcr ho hos been tested. Hut we're sure of one thing, nnd that is this: If n boy chooses his hist In the light of his nblllty, and sticks to It through thick and thin, he'll win nut In the end. |