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Show Miscellany Ambition. By LAURA KINGSTON. 1 am suro that everyone whoso eye catches these words cherishes, warm in tho inner heart, some tiuo dreams, some high nmbition, somo vision of noble conduct which, if put into practice, would transform life, would bring the whirring angels' wings into tho affairs af-fairs of earth. To one man to many mon tho succoring suc-coring of ther poor and the sorrowful would be their choson mission. Tn the atroug arms of self-sacrifice and strenuous strenu-ous endeavor they would feel themselves them-selves lifted toward their chosen heaven. With others, tho scoking of Truth, iu all her shining garments, is the secret impulse of a lifetime. In many of us the ambition is a more personal one some deDnite step to be taken when the future comes down into present, somo delight to be achioved in tho coming days. But apart from these extraneous ideals there is hardl, T suppose, a man or woman drawing breath who does not cherish Bome. secret ideal of conduct, con-duct, somo tiny plant which it hopes will one day burst 'forth iffto glorious blossoming, to tho transforming of the mind which has harbored it. Then, in the dajB when exquisite flowers are starring the plant which has been so warmly sheltered, then will your lifo tako to itself a new and gracious outlino, then will holy impulses im-pulses urge you on to yet higher achievement, and you will find the ideal within your eager grasp, the willing capture of your long chase. Is this how you reason, you men and women who look to tho future for all the golden fruit which is to crown your lifo) I tell 3ou, then, that never a mortal being grasped in tho future reward or ideal or achiovemont which had uot been worked for iu the mist-hung mist-hung past which was onco tho living present. Ambition is a fino thing, and whon it is tho ambition for self-improvement it is tho quality which may well to-generate to-generate tho world. In this'world vou brought the clean sheet of your lifo, scored, maybe, with broad tendencies, with inherited likes and dislikes, but every ono of theso tondouoies it is within your power to eradicato or modify. Out of this world you can only tako your cultivated personality, tho sheet of 'your lifo, with tho pictures pic-tures and diagrams which you j-oursolf havo traced there or have allowod to be traced there. And.I greatly fear that if yon are depondine on your droam ambitions to do the delving and digging, tho designing de-signing and construction, which go to tho making o a satisfactory lifo edifice, edi-fice, tho final result will bo disappointment disap-pointment and chagrin for you. The finest nmbition must" have some correlating spring of action or it will, ot dire necessity, fall dead to tho ground. Inspiration, tho initial impulse, desire de-sire for perfection all thcao may come from the socrot ambition, tho shv ideal which you have so assiduouslv cherished through tho years; but corn-plot corn-plot ion. the perfection of a realized ideal, can only como whon achievement achieve-ment setR to work and brings into the region of your everyday life the thing which had previously shone, aloof and star-like, in tho heaven of 3our dreams, . The ultimate test of a man's life is tho chnrnctor which ho suoceods in shaping for himself, and onlv definite, considered action can mark liis character charac-ter for good. 1 do not ask you to put aside vour tp! 'mi for your own personnlitv the i' Ii vf. hoped to see realized ,f 1 J I 1 i. i'i look upon thorn as tho inspiring plan which yon, the architect of your own fortunes, havo drawn up preliminary to the buildiug of character and personality. Quaker Quips. Virtue ip its own reward. All the heroes don't draw peusions. liovo occnsionall- dies a lingering death, but it is more often duo to heart disease. Tho fellows who believe there should be a tax on bachelors are all married mon. Wealth may not bring: happiness, but it is quite possible to" be happy iu spilo of riches. You can generally make a married woman happ'y by convincing her that she is a martvr." Many a fellow who is of no use on earth is regarded by the girls as being just heavonly. She Men" arc what women make them. Hc I heliovo you aro rig'ht. The world is full of fools". Tho devil doesn't care how often a man goos to church on Sunday if ho can uso him the rest of the week. "Tho truth is mighty," quoted tho Wiso Guy. ''Yes. nngllty disagreeablo sometimes, " addod the Simple Mug. The trouble with the people who expect ex-pect us to laugh over their jokes is that they also "want us to weep over their troubles. Tommy Pop, what is the difference between charity aud philanthropy? Tommy's Pop The principal difference, differ-ence, my Fon, is that philanthropy enn generally ntTord to hire a press agent. Philadelphia Record. Do Not Jmnp at Conclusions. "Do nol jump at conclusions and do not be hnstv iu judgment." said Strickland Strick-land W. Oillilan. "To illustrate my story 1 will tell a story of August, my pet dog. August was alwaj's jumping at conclusions. "He would run out into tho street to jmnp at them. "When a ho'rse wenl by August would jump at hi? conclusion. "When a cow went by August would jump at her conclusion.' "Ono day a nuilo went b3 and August Au-gust jumped at. the mule's conclusion nnd the mule kicked. "That was the last of August. "And tho next day was the first of September." Chicago Post. GregariouH Man. v Ho had boon calling for some time and she thought she would give him a gontlo hint. "Tt is not good for man to live alone," sho said. "That's why wc have clubs," he responded re-sponded calmly. Louisville Courior-Journal. |
