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Show flFato Concedes Many Things to tho jf SMILE UPON THE FOE. j Little Success Where There's I Cheerful Man. g By Dr. Orison Svrott Marden. S Little Laughter. g Vjfj! jgqr' ONE of Goethe's stories there Is a . f description of a rude fisherman's &hut, which was glorified by the , flJJIcht from a little silver lamp. The is, the floors, the doors the roof, the HTtJ rn'lture-evorything In the hut wafl 3 or5 uisformcd Into silver by the magic of at.cs J iittla lamp. So does a cheerful op- osuSf nlst radiate brightness In the gloom- ft environment. Under the most dc- fxitu eselng circumstances, he sees some- )Sg Vvs to hisplro hPe nnd couraGe- that lle others fal1 down by the ways,dc' bficatj; heartened and defeated, he pushes . ft f Ho victory. caUii we sometimes see morose, pesslmls-n,mA: pesslmls-n,mA: k- people succeed in a material way, ., tfc! it their lives are. In every other rc- 811 j. failures. Even looking at tho -UtE6i estlon of success from a merely com-Lne-'Tn irclal standpoint, a man who faces 4 e world with a smile has ten chances 5 fane compared with a man who faces ':ti(VA twlth a frown. The world Invariably l,trJ iys us back In our own coin. If we "'"ten; jbwer and snarl at it. It will glower toilj id snarl at us In turn. KiJ Jay Cook0'? Advice, hib-lti't ,'1 owe such measure of success as 'e I'tt. "5 come to me." says Jay Cooke, "to Proct, Se fnct that I have ever been of a 'Sttti ppeful temperament, and have always hca7 iken men and their acts at a better frornsj itlmatc than harsh criticism gave the ieni. I believed that this country of krafcj urs teemed with wealth, and that all 3 Tfir, iat was needed was to go to work and Hfc5 hd It. The best advice I can give to p2ll iy one starting out in life Is to always uatrfes ibk on the bright side." iMr. Cooke's advice will hold good, as 'olnth-shg as the world lasts. Whether a :ndi outh Is in school or in college, in ncii'js o'untlng-house or courtroom, in busl-e busl-e artless or in a profession whatever his es fade or occupation he can have no untef (fore potent success quality than a njurb uoyant, sunny temperament, nee. " S.The cheerful man. the Mark Tapley, 11 rate rho meets every obstacle, every annoy-on annoy-on 13 tnce or defeat with a serene optimism the l-j, ihd a determination to make the best itofcf if It, can no more be balked of ultimate yoaiz Humph than the course of nature can ie changed. , 1 b3 Nothlng truer has been said than thrjt 1 ptf 'Fate Itself has to concede a good grt inany things to the cheerful man." HoA' ieni Sany brave souls have wrung victory rfom seeming defeat by smiling In the e c'iLftcc ot danger and pushing on In spite thivlSf'every difficulty. 3 ujjfcColunihus, In an unknown sea, at the 0 hS01"2 ' a mutinous crew, bated not a eDrofffjot of courage or cheerfulness, but still fflsalled westward to the discovery of a r. mcontlnent- 1 ser.: B Heroes of 'Good Cheer. lerti'i V?13110'3 Drake, the bold adventurer, stett ?ailed around the world in a vessel j, Icscrlbed by a historian as "hardly as ImI jig as a channel schooner." sustained dtfti ,s followers in the midst of the great-jjjjT great-jjjjT sst perils by his smiling composure. His cheerfulness increased In propor-.il propor-.il Jon to the dangers which beset them, llaii mattcrs not. Co hnlh many things n store for us." : - ould say with a ,7,5 fmllc, whlrli trl the drooping .I iplrlts of his crew and carried with It TWh Assurance of ultimate victory. 7 AmId what seemed to be the shlp-jnvJ shlp-jnvJ iweck of all his hopes. Charles Lamb M maintained a buoyancy of spirit which p might well put inuny a modern pe3sl-. pe3sl-. rnist to shame. Fearful that the seeds it insanity which had developed In his ilstcr Mary might also be lurking in F? ils blood, he gave up his promised vlfe, and thereafter devoted himself to a'-: ils sister. Poverty, sorrow, dlsap-? dlsap-? mlntincnl nothing could cast a per-aD-tI rninent shadow over that sunny soul. iow could he have given us the Im- nortal "Essays of Ella?" How could jj le have risen superior to his sorrows, ""-j iut for the mantle of cheerfulness in 5Iffiv which he habitually clothed himself? 7 ijAll the heroes have not led armies or .i j, commanded ileets. Some of them have vrlttfi one their work so Quietly, so uncom-" uncom-" d iplainlngly, that we who enjoy the fruit Df their labors' seldom, if at all,' think 'ceai them as heroes. " Joous and hopeful in spile of almost Jllfelong phslcal suffering, Robert a j- Louis Stevenson, quietly at work In his ' jjtn study, displayed greater heroism than racdi! many a famous milltaiT leader riding to 'battle. He believed that It was a ltj man's duty to be cheerful, and that It y was the part of a coward and a weak-Ipj weak-Ipj US ling to lie down and let tho body mas-us mas-us lir the soul. Constantly struggling lie jjfi Kth filsease. yet he was a dispenser of ,nei: happiness to all whose, lives touched ; dee lils- tiii Pessimism From Ignorance. lV! owidaya Pessimism has become a ird i- uItk ceI"tain classes. Many young , m imen think It is "smart," a sign of ln-'Ttr ln-'Ttr t.cllect and culture, to doubt everything, nlitS have 110 falth in the here or the herc-Slter. herc-Slter. They assume a blase air, a ques-, ques-, ftlonlng attitude or one of utter dlsbollef fflClf. 10f"ard the highest and best things in !LjtiJ K Wth few exceptions, pessimism, real Itstf $1 a93umed, but betrays the limitations nB$3? t"ui""i-i i-ut HuiruwuKsa vi minus incapable of grasping the glorious . at- !meanlng of life. The young man who orf ;wa"t8 to succeed wjll keep himself clear of It. ?.'r,nc-world Is gradually waking up to itne creative power of thought. "Ab a mian thlnketh In his heart so Is he," is literal truth. Our thoughts, In large jDaaure, creato oui) success or failure. V I enter Int0 thp (iUilHty of our !r they make us happy or unhappy, J,ffl rV0?111' or unhealthy, morbid or checr-XJj checr-XJj u, Just as we choose. ; ? It ta now a well established fact that .eory brain and nerve cell, in fact -4J ccU ,n the body, reflects the stato aD; P' the mind. "The discontented worries - ' ra P0r0S( person," says London Lan-F Lan-F H may very I,ke,y sliorten his days, TM P " eneral Jutlce of nature's ar-rangemeni ar-rangemeni provides that his early de-at de-at On 8huld entail no long regrets. ,tf laLv. ? othor hand- a ma" 'ho can &rotSAC;ps,h,B henlth' und h,s rr,C"d8 ' 1 t- fTK5 t0 k0P lllm'" - rcM.WurlduWlints aunny' helpful char-11 char-11 ?huns.. lugubrious prophets 'tffiwhero00 T? y fnllure and faster every- K avow J1 18 ns natural for us to try to V IU Tb 0Br"y' dlsaereeablc people lishidowH w t0MCScape from c,oudH and Khecrful ".""Kht. The hopeful, Jwcess an a aT women who see suc--6the omS neevlty ,n their callings arc XB'Avn ,110 are ught after. his credentials In his face and - manner. A bright eye, an elastic step, a cheery voice and pleasant smile open all doors, alf hearts to him. They have their effect even on the gloomy and morose. The most confirmed pessimist does not want to see his own feelings reflected in everyone he meets. If he Is an employer he will always choose from among the applicants for a position, other things being equal, the young man with alert manner and open, cheerful countenance. His knowledge of human nature tells him that such a one will be more valuable to him, both In regard to the quantity and quality of his work, than half a dozen halfhearted half-hearted pessimists. Singing- at One's Work. Carlylc. chronic grumbler though he was himself, appreciated the value of cheerfulness. "Give us, O give us," he cries, "the man who sings at his work! Be his occupation what it may, he Is equal to any of those who follow the same pursuit In pllent sullenness. He will do more In the same time he will do It better he will persevere longer. One Is scarcely sensible of fatigue while he marches to music. The very stars are said to make harmony as they revolve re-volve In their spheres. Wondrous Is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation Its powers of endurance. endu-rance. Efforts to be permanently useful use-ful must be uniformly joyous a spirit all sunshine, graceful from very gladness, glad-ness, beautiful because bright." A Scotch Calvlnlst minister who had employed a man to chop wood came out from his study after awhile to see how the work was progressing. He found the man chopping vigorously, his strikes keeping time to the lively air of "Bonnie Maggie Lauder." which he sang with energy. The minister was shocked at what he considered tho man's levity and rebuked him for singing sing-ing such an "ungodly" air. He suggested sug-gested that he sing Instead ono of Watt's hymns, leading off himself with one of tho most lugubrious of the collection. col-lection. The worker obedienty followed, nnd again, unconsciously, his strokes kept time with the melody. The minister minis-ter watched him awhile, and then, with an apologetic air. said: "Weel, mon, I think ye'd better gang back again to 'Bonnie Maggie Lauder. " We cannot, even if we would, prevent our work from being affected by our state of mind. Haydn, the composer, was not without his sore trials, yet his compositions abound with the spirit of Joy. When some one asked him how it was he made all his music so Joyful, he replied: "I cannot make It otherwise. other-wise. I write according to my thoughts. When I think upon God my heart is so full of Joy that the notes dance and leap, as It were, from my pen, and since God has given me a cheerful heart It will be pardoned me if I serve him with a cheerful spirit." Life Prom Sunshine. That part of the earth which in its revolution Is turned away from the sun is unable to nourish plant or tree. Decay De-cay and death set their seal on all but the hardiest shrubs and evergreens. The song birds take their flight to more congenial climes. Vegetation ceases until it is again awakened to life by the sun's touch. The sun of cheerfulness cheerful-ness Is equally potent In the human heart. Without It we are sluggish, dull, cold, apathetic. Our energies slumber; our talents do not develop; we become diseased morally and physically; we cease to grow. The man' who creates an atmosphere of gloom and discouragement wherever he goes, who never has a kind uplifting word for those about him, is not a successful suc-cessful man, no matter how high his station or how great his fortune. An ambition to be universally helpful, to make a little lighter tho burden of every one he meets, to make life more desirable, the world a better and happier hap-pier place to live in; these are the Sentiments Sen-timents which must animate the truly successful man. Money has no power to measure success, nor has achievement achieve-ment unless it is attended by this helpful, help-ful, elevating character. While he was yet a poor boy working for $2 a month and his board, and try-.lng try-.lng to educate himself evenings, Peter Cooper was planning how to make life easier and brighter for others. "If I ever get rich," he used to say to himself him-self then, "I will build a place where tho poor boys and girls of New York may have an education free." His 9unny, loving nature did as much good as the fortune ho gave to the founding of the great educational institution which bears his name. His pastor, Rev. Robert Collyer, said of him. "His presence, pres-ence, whereever ho went, lay like a bar of sunshine across a dark and troubled day, so that I have seen It light up some thousands of careworn faces as If they were saying who looked on him: 'It cannot be so bad a world as we thought, since Peter Cooper lives In It and gives us his benediction.' " Carnegie on Joy in "Work. "There Is very little success," says Andrew Carnegie, "where there Is little lit-tle laughter. The workman who rejoices re-joices In his work and laughs away Its discomforts Is the man sure to rise." "I resolved that, like the sun, so long as my day lasted, I would look on th6 bright side of everything," said poor, suffering Tom Hood. "Give us an honest laughter," cried Sir Walter Scott, who, when overtaken by difficulties under which many would have lain down in despair, still worked away with a steadfast cheerfulness which carried him on to victory. Some of us can be very pleasant and smiling when everything comes our way, but this fair weather cheerfulness is of little use in the battle of life. It is the kind of which Ella Wheeler Wilcox Wil-cox sings that we all need to cultivate: 'Tls easy enough to bo pleasant When life flows along llko a song. But tho man worth while Is tho man who can smile When everything goes dead wrong, For the test of tho heart is trouble, And It always comes with the years, And tho smllo that Is worth tho praise of tho world Is the smile that come through tears, ORISON SWETT MARDEN. TEditor Success Magazine; Author of : "Pushing to the Front." ' Winning Out," 1 ole, |
